bEST Technology Suite

The key to our continued success is to partner with vendors and developers who trust our products, and want to share the benefits of the partnership with their own customers. If you are a systems integrator, developer, independent software vendor, or another type of technology provider and want to join our team, consider the benefits of our bEST Partnership Program. We have created a variety of solutions to enable our partners to seamlessly integrate customized applications with our MFPs to support the unique service needs of their customers.

Our bEST Authorized Partners represent the "best in class" in their respective industries, and we are proud to offer their powerful applications, seamlessly integrated with select Konica Minolta MFPs. Now, with bEST integration - the option of a direct connection to the MFP control panel is available!

eCopy ShareScan, by Nuance, is an easy-to-use document imaging and workflow solution that dramatically improves business process efficiency, lowers document distribution and management costs and slashes the total cost of operating (TCO) network scanning installations.

This award-winning software enables office workers to easily transform hardcopy documents into searchable, editable electronic data and securely incorporate it into their communication, collaboration, workflow, and business applications directly from the graphical touch screen on Konica Minolta Integrated MFPs.

The eCopy ShareScan line of document imaging solutions delivers the most value and sets competitive benchmarks in security, application connectivity, and graphical user interface design, integrating Konica Minolta MFPs into document distribution, document management, and workflow systems

Unlock paper-based information and unleash the full potential of your existing business systems.

• Consolidate paper and electronic processes into a single efficient workflow
• Slash time and money spent delivering and managing hardcopy documents
• Ensure security, business continuity, and compliance
• Enable workgroup collaboration without the paper-bound constraints of time or distance

DocuBreeze, developed by Konica Minolta Business Solutions, provides fast, simple and sophisticated access to a wide range of information, collecting documents from various sources and automatically processing documents to your specifications.

By addressing every key facet of the document lifecycle — including collection, processing, distribution, and archiving — DocuBreeze can optimize the value of your bizhub™ document system and leverage the full power of your information in the digital networked era.

• Collects documents from multiple sources: Windows, Mac, Linux, mainframe, AS/400, Email, bizhub MFPs and FTP servers.
• Provides multifaceted imaging processing, automatic image cropping and resizing, noise reduction, etc.
• Can perform automatic OCR, barcode and keyword routing and indexing, searchable annotation and Bates stamping.
• Acts as a sophisticated job scheduler, with automatic file collection and distribution along with advanced permissions-based archiving and retrieval.
• Simple web-based interface makes DocuBreeze easy to use — and because document tasks are automated, your workflow can be more productive.

DocuBreeze collects files from, and distributes to, a number of devices on your network. After your System Administrator sets these devices so your DocuBreeze system can recognize them, they can be added to the system as fully functioning devices. Devices include:Konica Minolta Multifunctional Products (MFPs), File Servers, FTP Servers, and E-Mail Servers (POP, IMAP, or SMTP). You can give each device a unique name, description and set device-specific options. DocuBreeze can also access most input, output and storage devices on your network (such as your PC's hard drive).

DocSystem, developed by Prism Software Corporation, is designed to accomplish a broad range of document tasks with automated ease — including print distribution to best-match devices, file converting and encrypting, document review, revision and approval, even image processing and file formatting according to rules you specify.

For maximizing print efficiency, speeding document throughput, automating file management tasks and much more, Prism DocSystem is an intuitive and easy-to-use solution that will make any workflow more productive.

• Rules-based management can enable you to set your own parameters for custom automation that fits your application.
• Distributed printing can maximize the efficiency of your MFP devices, with rules based on file size, print time, date, author, color, or special needs.
• Documents and print jobs can be processed with file conversion, compression, encryption, watermarks and page deletion or insertion.
  
• Document revisions can be routed electronically and tracked through the process of review, mark-up, changes, approvals and signatures.
• Text can be changed, images can be adjusted, information can be inserted or deleted, files can be moved or renamed, directories can be modified and much more.

DocRecord, developed by Prism Software Corporation, is a powerful, low-cost solution for electronic document management — to capture, organize, categorize, index, search and retrieve information as needed. DocRecord can help you manage information more quickly and cost-effectively, saving time and effort by capturing information seamlessly from anywhere on your network. It watches network folders and queues, integrates with other enterprise applications, and permits you to drag-and-drop files from desktop to system. Track the history of changes made to the document while keeping all iterations on file. Know exactly who checked out a document, when the document was checked out and keep a running history of all changes made to that document.

With Prism DocRecord, your files can be automatically sorted by category, grouped in folders based on projects or workflow processes, and searched by keywords, index fields and other criteria. The result is a smooth, intuitive workflow that enhances the power of your information.

• Custom categories and indexes can be created based on the needs of your workflow — and there's no limit to the number of categories or indexes in your system.
• You can group files based on projects, work processes, or document type to streamline filing and expedite retrieval.
• Images can be scanned and converted via OCR for keyword-search — and side-by-side thumbnail viewing allows files to be quickly compared and selected.
• Documents can be converted, annotated, enhanced, revised with mark-up corrections, viewed in over 200 file formats and stored in common formats.
• Files can be easily stored and accessed — eliminating lost or misplaced documents, reducing storage costs, and providing a ready disaster recovery system.

Equitrac believes that effective document accounting is key to controlling overhead and increasing productivity. For law firms, architects, engineering companies, consultants and other professional service providers, the Equitrac Professional Solutions Suite does it all — for any document output to any device anywhere in your network.

With Equitrac, output from your Konica Minolta bizhub MFPs and other peripherals, printers, copiers, plotters and CAD systems, from major equipment manufacturers can be tracked and managed — with support for leading document management systems and professional time and billing software.

• Direct integration with your existing IT infrastructure, including support for multiple print workflows, database types, operating systems and user identification methods.
• Automatic exception notification with fully integrated web-based editing for call accounting and other disbursements.
• Equitrac Legal Solution and Call Accounting with VOIP Integration can identify, price and record every call — with software-based capture, costing and reporting of other client-related expenses such as research, couriers and catering.
• Equitrac Express 4 provides advanced print/copy management for colleges, universities, K-through-12 schools and libraries.
• Equitrac Office 4 helps businesses reduce print waste, control costs, and direct output to the most efficient print devices with enterprise-level security and convenience.

NSi AutoStore is a bEST Certified document capture, process, and routing solution that gives customers the ability to scan and route documents directly from the control panel of their bizhub Office MFPs. With versatile AutoStore Express and enterprise-level AutoStore Workflow, there is a version to meet the needs of any size organization.

Here are the significant AutoStore features:

• Gives Konica Minolta bizhub Office MFP users the ability to scan and route documents from the convenience of the MFP's control panel
• Captures information based on paper and electronic files (MS Office, IBM Lotus Notes, Windows Explorer)
• Output integrates into a wide range of EDM, ERP and Groupware Systems

The AutoStore document capture software, process, and routing solution platform includes:

• OCR Conversion to Full-Text Searchable PDF, MS-Word, MS-Excel and more...
• Zonal OCR (Automates Indexing)
• Automatic Document Based Rotation
• Image Cleanup (Improved Recognition)
• Automatically Removes Blank Page, Dots, Hole Punch, Borders, Lines, etc.
• Barcode Recognition
• Scan to: Email, Folder, LAN Fax (direct w/RightFax), MS SharePoint, IBM Lotus Notes and more...
• Bates Stamp & Watermark
• Activity Tracker with CAC Authentication (AD/ED) that identifies who, what, when, and where documents are going

With the versatile AutoStore Express or the enterprise-level AutoStore Workflow, Konica Minolta offers the NSi AutoStore document capture, process, and routing solution to meet the needs of organizations of all sizes.