Eiectronic Document Management System (EDMS)

This document is to introduce reader to the study on electronic document management
system (EDMS), an electronic system to manage, organize and publish electronic
documents. This document will also detail the processes and the tools used in creating
such a system which purpose is to help ease the process of storing and sharing of
documents for students in the UTP campus. Electronic document are computer data that
are intended to be used in their computerized form, without being printed (although
printing is possible). Traditionally, people would spend significant time and effort to
search for and manage a whole stack of documents. Realizing the many disadvantages of
managing documents manually in its printed form, organizations are shifting towards
utilizing documents in itsdigital form which provides more advantages. Thus, having an
electronic system would provide a bettercapability of managing electronic documents.