Scottish Wildlife Preservation Gets New Objective

September 18th, 2006: Scottish Natural Heritage (SNH) has simplified its record management with Objective.

SNH helps care for, conserve and manage Scotland's wildlife, habitats and landscapes. It’s aiming to be a more responsive organisation, and believes that it has achieved this with Objective.

Previously struggling with paper-based management systems, SNH’s processes were complicated by misfiling, lost documents and record inconsistencies. It was also weighed down by the time it took to locate records to make changes.

Objective implemented a central EDRM server, three remote EDRM servers and three multi-server replication servers to help SNH clean up its records. Objective then integrated the system with SNH's Groupwise email before migrating data about existing paper files from spreadsheets into Objective.

Objective says that staff are now able to access records with ease, making adjustments and finding the correct information when they need it. Updates and filing are more manageable and the new system allows online access for staff to search for and find records and documents without leaving their desks.

"We now have in place a solution which has enabled SNH to revolutionise the way in which we manage store and deliver data and information both internally and to our customers,” says Moira Munro, project manager at Scottish Natural Heritage. “I believe that with Objective now at the heart of SNH's information management toolset the organisation is well placed to meet and perhaps even exceed the targets set by the government."

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