The latest release of our premier electronic signature process management system, SmartSign Web, includes the ability to sign commonly used business documents created in popular Microsoft Office applications such as Word, Excel and Powerpoint. This new capability also enables users to add scanned images and IBM Lotus Notes documents into SmartSign for electronic signature capture. New documents uploaded into the system are quickly converted into Adobe PDF for review and signature capture.
This new feature allows users to create custom documents and quickly add them to a transaction for signature. The SmartSign template designer’s easy to use drag-and-drop interface can still be utilized to mark up the documents for data collection and signature capture. These custom documents are automatically integrated with standard forms already managed by SmartSign and eCore, allowing more flexibility for complex business transactions that often require unique documents based on business rules.
This capability is not limited to the creation and send process, downstream participants of a transaction can also upload documents such as attachments in any of the new supported formats. These documents will also be dynamically converted to PDF and added to the transaction. For example, if a user must upload a scanned image of his drivers license. The scanned TIFF or GIF image can be uploaded directly into SmartSign. The user does not have to learn how to convert the scanned documents into PDF or perform any post-scanning process on the image.
Benefits
Leverage existing investment in familiar document creation tools
Quickly send out custom documents for signature
Increase employee productivity by eliminating document conversion and processing tasks
Speed time to close business transactions with streamlined business processes that eliminate paper distribution and handling
Improve security with tamper-evident seals on documents and the detailed audit trail
This is only one of the hundreds of new capabilities featured in the latest release of SmartSign and eCore. Check back here over the next few days as we share more of the features available; such as advanced configuration options, workflow automation tools, tighter integration with internal applications, and more!
It’s hard to believe that 10 years have already passed since President Clinton symbolically eSigned the E-SIGN Act. In that time the electronic signature industry has certainly grown and progressed a long way. The software and processes have greatly improved, mobile devices have evolved and changed the way business is done, and everyday more businesses are realizing the benefits of online automated processes. Without the E-SIGN Act who knows what direction the industry and e-commerce as a whole would have gone.
The E-SIGN Act not only made electronic signatures legal, it instilled confidence in businesses, and more importantly their general council, to leverage new and emerging technologies to help their businesses grow. In 2000 businesses were still struggling with the idea of how to handle online business transactions, e-commerce was still a somewhat new idea without much supportive legislation.
Over the past decade it’s become hard to imagine not having the ability to jump online to complete a transaction, purchase insurance, sign leasing agreements, etc. without the confidence that your documents will be correctly signed, secured, and managed. eOriginal is not only a proud pioneer of these technologies but we continue to forge ahead by enabling businesses to utilize other technologies such as multimedia signatures with voice authentication, bio-metric data, and hand-written signatures captured on pads to complete their online transactions. The value of electronic signatures and the E-SIGN Act and is proven by the success of our clients who have adopted our technologies to improve their processes such as:
A major leasing company that in several months shortened their customer acquisition from 5 days to 10 minutes.
One of the largest auto financers surpassed their target of 44% adoption and reached an 80% adoption rate within the first 12 months and can now complete a transaction in as little as 20 minutes.
An insurance provider that uses our patent-pending voice signature technology to not only complete a contract but also initiate payment in a single transaction.
Several of our clients have securitized more than $5 billion in econtracts using our systems for the secondary market
As impressive as these achievements have been in the last 10 years, the next decade has even more promise as business drive down costs, become greener, speed their processes and incorporate additional technology such as the latest generation Smart Phones and the iPad™ to create a better customer experience. So big thanks to the E-SIGN Act for kick-starting our industry.
Electronic signatures scale to meet demand for construction inspections and exceed compliance requirements.
eOriginal an industry pioneer and leader in the electronic signature market has announced a partnership with Certified Chinese Drywall Testing, a multistate drywall inspection company that provides insurable results for their inspections of imported Chinese drywall.
“Chinese sheet rock is likely to be the largest product liability issue the construction industry has ever seen, said Joseph Weissglass, President of Certified Chinese Drywall Testing, LLC. “The high volume of demand for our testing and inspection programs required an e-contracting solution that could scale and be compliant and the best, most complete solution we could find was eOriginal’s SmartSign Web.”
eOriginal’s data collection, digital signing, and lifecycle management of electronic signatures and transferable records management such as e-contracting can be deployed as premise behind the firewall, SaaS or cloud.
“eOriginal is a natural fit for companies like Certified Chinese Drywall Testing that want to quickly reap the benefits of automation for a better customer experience that is still compliant”, said John Jacobs, Account Executive for eOriginal.
About eOriginal
eOriginal provides advanced electronic signature, vaulting and electronic transaction solutions that are tamper–sealed, auditable and legally enforceable. eOriginal SmartSign® enables compliance with the eSignature requirements of the ESIGN Act, UETA and the UCC. eOriginal has provided secure, verifiable execution, delivery and management of commercial loans, leases and other financial industry documentation for fifteen years. eOriginal customers, including top–tier financial institutions, have processed over 20 million electronic signatures without a single system error or legal challenge.
To learn how eOriginal can streamline your business processes, visit www.eoriginal.com call (410) 895-7699 or follow eOriginal on Twitter @eOriginal.
About Certified Chinese Drywall
Certified Chinese Drywall Testing, LLC offers the Nation’s only insurable testing option for Chinese drywall. Potential buyers, sellers, attorneys, banks, and other interested parties rely on Certified Chinese Drywall Testing to provide comprehensive, quantitative, and conclusive Chinese drywall testing.
Certified Chinese Drywall Testing, LLC offers services throughout the state of Florida and across the Gulf Coast, as well as Virginia.
SmartSign Web’s enterprise grade electronic signature service has been deployed by many organizations across multiple industries. With the introduction of our new Basic and Advanced signature packages, we have extended our ability to satisfy any organization, from the single-person enterprise and small-medium sized business to a large enterprise deployment. We recognize that a one-size fits all solution isn’t going to accommodate every business processes, so our new Basic and Advanced packages offer customers additional flexibility in selecting the service that best fits their business process.
SmartSign continues to offer the most flexibility and configurability to integrate into your business processes, regardless of size, complexity or budget. Our multiple deployment methods and advanced features are designed to provide our customers a scalable solution that can cuts costs and help businesses grow. If you would like to learn more about creating an individual plan for your company please contact us.
Partnership will revolutionize the parts delivery process through real-time, web-based systems that streamline and automate routing, tracking and delivery
EAU CLAIRE, WI and BALTIMORE, MD (PRWEB) May 11, 2010 – The founders of Elite EXTRA, a revolutionary new routing and tracking tool, and eOriginal Inc., a leader in electronic signatures, vaulted repository and electronic transaction solutions, have partnered to offer point of delivery electronic signature capture for the automotive parts industry.
Jim Ward, President of Extra Trax, the company that owns Elite EXTRA (Extreme Routing and Tracking Application), recognizes the electronic signature solution is a critical add-on that will benefit Elite EXTRA’s customers by providing a secured electronically signed document as proof of delivery or service, creating the option for a paperless system for customers who choose it.
“This is the first routing and tracking system that combines automated optimal routes at an affordable price point with real-time electronic signature capture,” said Ward. “Together these tools will revolutionize the way auto parts are delivered by creating efficiencies and reducing waste for customers.”
Jim Tebay, eOriginal’s Vice-President of Business Development, said “We’ve played a key role in automating automotive finance with our solutions, so we see Elite EXTRA’s real-time solution for parts delivery as a natural complement and one that provides a fast return on investment for both dealers and parts suppliers.”
Electronic signature capture, embedded into a web browser on the driver’s cell phone, will be provided at the point of delivery, to capture the signature from the person receiving the order. The signature will then be stored for the customer with the pertinent details of the delivery, invoice or work order, and accessible in real-time via Extra’s customer web portal.
Because both the Extra Trax and eOriginal processes are aimed at automating and streamlining operations for deliveries, the two complement one another in helping businesses to operate efficiently, reduce staff and cut overhead operating costs.
Elite EXTRA has a proven return on investment (ROI) of 15 percent through route optimization and driver and dispatcher efficiencies, and signature capture will further augment that ROI by reducing the amount of time staff spend in searching and accessing paper documents.
“We did an extensive search for an electronic signature solution to help streamline our customers’ operations in a manner that is easy, efficient, and secure,” said Ward. “eOriginal has been wonderful to work with, and through integration offers a complete, cost-effective, cutting-edge solution for customers wanting digital, web-based signature capture.”
Elite EXTRA, which was launched in 2009, is a web-based system that creates automated optimal routes, tracks drivers, and provides an estimated time of arrival (ETA) for customers. It uses the latest in open source geospatial technologies to streamline the automotive parts delivery system. Advanced geospatial algorithms calculate delivery routes and route orders, helping dispatchers to determine the optimal routes for their drivers. It is a powerful, yet lightweight and cost-effective solution for all industries that transport goods or services.
The first release of the system was developed exclusively for the auto part delivery industry with extensive input from pioneers in the logistics and auto parts industries. It costs less upfront, and is less per driver than comparable software as a service (SaaS) packages.
Extra Trax, LLC is a logistics and routing subsidiary of Applied Data Consultants, Inc. (ADC) that is targeted solely at providing customized routing and delivery tools for the logistics industry. Its headquarters are in Eau Claire, Wis.
About ADC
Incorporated in 1996, ADC provides customized web solutions, application development, enterprise-wide consulting and mapping services. ADC now has 40 employees between its Eau Claire headquarters and its Omaha, Neb. and Denver, Colo. branch offices. For more information about ADC, please see: www.adc4gis.com
About eOriginal
eOriginal, Inc. provides advanced electronic signature, vaulting and electronic transaction solutions which are tamper-sealed, auditable and legally enforceable. eOriginal SmartSign® enables compliance with the eSignature requirements of the ESIGN Act, UETA and the UCC. eOriginal has provided secure and verifiable execution, delivery and management of commercial loans, leases and other financial industry documentation for over a decade. eOriginal customers, including top–tier financial institutions, have processed millions of electronic signatures on millions of documents without a single system error or legal challenge.
To learn how eOriginal can streamline your business processes, visit www.eoriginal.com or call 410-895-7699. You can also follow eOriginal on Twitter @eOriginal.
Transitioning your document-centric business processes from paper to fully electronic is not ‘one size fits all’, which is why we chose to focus on providing more configuration options and work flow flexibility in our latest release. Based on feedback from the inaugural meeting of our User Group, the product team went to work adding new features requested by the users. The majority of requests centered on adding more configuration options for signers and dealing with ancillary documents within SmartSign Web. Below I’ve written about just a few of the 85 new features and enhancements available in the 6.6 release coming this May!
Wet-Ink Signed Documents – Many of our customer’s transactions contain multiple documents that require signature, and sometimes there are regulatory, risk, or government agency requirements to submit a paper document with written signatures on one or more of those documents. SmartSign Web now allows you to flag a document or documents for wet-ink signature in the electronic transaction. The signer will be prompted to print and sign the document and you can provide additional instructions on where to send the paper signed documents. All other documents will be electronically signed and protected in the Trusted Repository. Additionally, SmartSign Web will record the user’s print action in the audit trail of each wet-ink signed document.
Signer Attached Documents – Many times there are ancillary, or supplementary documents needed from the signer in order to continue a business process – beyond simply the capture of signatures. Now you can configure SmartSign Web to prompt your signers to upload scanned documents into the package. Uploaded documents may be flagged as required or optional, depending on your business process. Uploaded documents are automatically added to the electronic transaction and stored in the Trusted Repository alongside the electronically signed documents.
New Signature Collection Modes – SmartSign Web now offers you the ability to configure the method in which signers enter their signatures in the signing room. The familiar all-in-one mode allows the signer to enter multiple signatures in a single collection form, which is great for internal or repeat signers that want to quickly complete the process. The new interactive collection mode requires your signer to click on “sign here” blocks within each document to enter their signature. The interactive collection mode also enables you to turn on (or off) a quick navigation feature that allows the signers to easily navigate between signature blocks and initial areas. SmartSign Web remembers the signers typed signature, uploaded image signature, or written signature from a signing pad as the user navigates between the signature areas.
Contact our support team or a sales representative to learn more about these exciting features or for a personalized demonstration.
eOriginal would like to announce the release of our new website. Our new site has been redesigned with a fresh new look and has been updated with information about our latest products and services.
We gathered and evaluated feedback from our visitors in an effort to provide content that met the needs of our customers and visitors. Enhanced navigation, more focused content, and a streamlined delivery is guaranteed to be a valuable asset to anyone looking for more information about our company, products, and services.
Innovative approach dramatically streamlines application origination using voice and electronic signatures.
BALTIMORE, MD (PRWEB), April 12, 2010 – eOriginal Inc, a leader in electronic signatures, vaulted repository and electronic transaction solutions, has partnered with Heritage Union, an innovative provider of income protection life insurance plans under the brand name SalaryShield®.
Heritage Union, an early adopter of voice and electronic signature, found itself in a unique position when their vendor decided to pull back to their core business and phase out of the life insurance business. They had more than adequate service in the interim and time to find the best available electronic and voice signature service provider.
They wanted a vendor that had a “bullet-proof” process of binding a voice or electronic signature to the application document on a single platform. And they required a managed repository for their application documents, providing a lifecycle management process that would satisfy both audit and legal scrutiny, as well as provide a means of non-repudiation.
“We looked at a broad range of vendors before determining that eOriginal was the only one that met our criteria of 1) a single vendor to support both voice and electronic signature on a single platform 2) ability to deliver the total process we needed 3) a repository that was very robust and would deliver the highest standard of perpetual care,” said Sean Gorenflo, Heritage Union’s director of infrastructure.
“Heritage Union is a great example of a fast-growing company that has used innovation to craft their offerings, take them to market and manage their operations,” added Jim Tebay, eOriginal’s VP of Business Development. “Our signature processing treats their voiceprints like any other compliant esignature; and it is a natural fit for many call center operations that want to use our technology for straight-through processing.”
About Heritage Union
Founded in 2005 by financial services executives who experienced first-hand the intrusive, overly complex and frustrating nature of obtaining life insurance, the Richmond, Va.-based Heritage Union family of companies designs life insurance products aimed specifically at helping middle class American families protect their income in the face of premature death. Licensed, well-capitalized and staffed by industry professionals who recognize that shopping for life insurance should not require a crystal ball or MBA, Heritage Union is transforming an industry with new, innovative income-protection life products under the SalaryShield brand that are easy to buy, affordable and understandable. For more information about SalaryShield, visit www.salaryshield.com.
About eOriginal
eOriginal provides advanced electronic signature, vaulting and electronic transaction solutions which are tamper–sealed, auditable and legally enforceable. eOriginal SmartSign® enables compliance with the eSignature requirements of the ESIGN Act, UETA and the UCC. eOriginal has provided secure, verifiable execution, delivery and management of commercial loans, leases and other financial industry documentation for over a decade. eOriginal customers, including top–tier financial institutions, have processed millions of electronic signatures on millions of documents without a single system error or successful legal challenge.
Saving time, automating processes, and shortening sales cycles have always been a key component of competitive business. Everyone is always looking for another way streamline the lead to win process, and technology has and will always be instrumental to the process. eOriginal SmartSign Web® is designed to fill the gap allowing businesses to complete straight-through single session processing that allows you to close more deals faster by shortening the time and limiting the resources it takes to get your contracts signed.
Here are 5 benefits created by eOriginal’s SmartSign Web integration and workflow improvement capabilities.
Multiple Integration Options – SmartSign Web is designed to be flexible and integrate with your current systems. Multiple integration capabilities from a zero integration out-of-the-box solution to a fully embedded option with automated workflows allow SmartSign Web® to conform to your business needs and processes, not the other way around.
Data Gather and Data Merge – information (address, birth date, customer ID, etc.) can be collected at the beginning of a signing session and mapped throughout multiple forms, saving you and your customers’ valuable time when executing contacts.
Document Template Library – commonly used documents are set up once with signature block and data fields mapped and saved within our system. No longer will your sales reps need to re-create the same transaction over and over. Just pull up your transaction type in the template library to send and get eSigned.
Fast Delivery – all that needs to be sent is a quick email providing a link to access the documents and log-in information inviting your customers to digitally sign your contracts.
Extensive Suite Of APIs – eOriginal offers the most complete package of web service calls to help streamline everything from document set-up and upload to email notifications. Our previously mentioned integration options and APIs can complement your current systems (LOS, CRM, CMS, etc) to streamline your operations, saving time and generating more revenue with fewer resources.
Additional information can be found on eOriginal’s website. For more information about how SmartSign Web® can help your business, contact us or call 410-625-7699.
Electronic Signatures Reduce Closing Delays and Enable Straight-Through Processing for Loan Officers
Mission Hills Mortgage Bankers, a California-based mortgage bank, made a proactive initiative to avoid a three day wait for the delivery of disclosure documents that would have been imposed by last year’s Truth in Lending Act (TILA) amendment known as the 3/7/3 Rule. To prevent this ruling from delaying the loan origination cycle, increasing costs and potential closing delays, Mission Hills Mortgage Bankers’ IT staff began a competitive evaluation of web-based electronic signature solutions that would enable loan officers to use straight-through processing. Mission Hills Mortgage Bankers selected eOriginal SmartSign® on the basis of compliance, ease of integration and total cost of ownership.
“The implementation went in without a hitch”, notes Collin Cobb, Mission Hills Mortgage Bankers’ Marketing Manager, who oversaw the training of loan officers. “Mission Hills Mortgage Bankers makes a big effort to set itself apart from its competition by combining our proven business practices with new innovations.”
“Mission Hills Mortgage Bankers joins an impressive group of financial services firms that went through a rigorous selection process before selecting eOriginal because of our compliant e-signing tools and vaulted repository services to better manage the lifecycle of the electronic transactions,” notes Steve Bisbee, eOriginal’s President and CEO. Increasing regulatory, security and audit compliance initiatives, and the desire to protect the asset value of transactions that might enter the secondary market, make eOriginal a strong player in risk management.
About Mission Hills Mortgage Bankers A direct lender originating loans throughout the nation, Mission Hill Mortgage Bankers is a division of Gateway Business Bank. Founded in 1969, Mission Hills Mortgage Bankers is one of the top privately owned mortgage banking firms in the country. For additional information about Mission Hills Mortgage Bankers, go to http://www.missionhillsmortgage.com/, or email inquiry@mhmb.com or call 800-229-3832.
About eOriginal
eOriginal, Inc. provides advanced electronic signature, vaulting and electronic transaction solutions which are tamper-sealed, auditable and legally enforceable. eOriginal SmartSign® enables compliance with the eSignature requirements of the ESIGN Act, UETA and the UCC. eOriginal has provided secure and verifiable execution, delivery and management of commercial loans, leases and other financial industry documentation for over a decade. eOriginal customers, including top-tier financial institutions, have processed millions of electronic signatures on millions of documents without a single system error or legal challenge.
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