Signatures and time stamps for electronic release processes and approval procedures

Single signatures, multiple signatures and parallel signatures for your legally secure business processes

The verifiable creation, revision of documents and approval by different employees is frequently necessary for handling business processes. In many cases, these employees are at different locations. This entails high costs for copies and for sending files. Another factor to be taken into account is the lengthy processing times, which generate additional costs. As soon as all approvals have been granted, the documents have to be stored as long as possible in order to document the process in a legally binding manner.

The use of signatures and time stamps allows workflow processes to be replicated in a form that is paperless and yet legally binding. Hence, approval processes can be accelerated even over long distances and costs reduced for copying, printing, distributing and archiving, for example.

An additional benefit lies in the fact that electronic processes can be monitored centrally. Consequently, it is possible to intervene at any time to make corrections if a process breaks down. The same also applies during the monitoring of errors and manipulations. This additional control and documentation feature is particularly helpful for persons responsible for processing who also have to monitor, document and finally approve several approval procedures at the same time.