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Market Forecast
Demand for document scanners is 
showing a growing trend centring
on workgroups. Higher sales can
be expected in this area as a future 
growth market, when backed by
new product development and
sales promotion activities.
Why the Industry
Requires Scanners
Text-Based Information in the Market 
Electronic Data
Creating electronic data files from paper documents 
(such as bills and statements)
Scanned paper documents and faxes
Documents that are important for business consideration
Documents that have been output from PCs
Articles from newspapers
Articles from magazines
Documents from meetings and other literature and 
similar kinds of paper-based information
This refers to the 
lifecycle management of 
all content, from the time 
it is generated until it is 
disposed of.
Centralised management by converting information 
into electronic data.
Audio data     Motion image data     Internet data…
Using content from this kind of text-based information can be complicated
if it is not similarly managed and archived.
A large amount of office work time is spent searching for information.
ECM (Enterprise Content Management) of Businesses
The Lifecycle Management of Text-Based Information
Input Manage Output
Text-Based Information
Electronic data
Video data
Recorded data 
Electronic Data Conversion with
Business Scanners Is Essential
Production
Store
Disposal
Development
(Obtaining)
Save
Process
In order to accurately manage 
the lifecycle of each type of 
content among the vast amount 
of text-based information of 
each business, and to provide 
management that allows easy 
access when necessary…
Panasonic Advantages DOCUMENT SCANNER