The Problem

Paper-based forms are expensive, static, and they slow down your business processes. Up to now, developing custom eForms always required a lot of resourcing, testing, development, patience, and cost. While you may think paper is a cheap alternative, there are a lot of hidden costs in other software licenses and paper handling that you probably didn't know about.

Your other option is to develop a fillable PDF, but let's face it, they aren't much better - plus, if you want to actually fill them out, you'll have to download them and lose all the security you worked so hard for.

The Platform

FormFactor was developed as an add-on for Alfresco. It extends Alfresco's document management features with a new type of form document. Think of it like a GoogleDoc, where end-users can fill out forms, edit to adjust for changes, version, search, attach to workflow, and file into your records management system.

Available on Alfresco 5+:

1. Cost savings

We created FormFactor to help with your bottom-line. By replacing your paper-based forms with electronic forms and automated workflow, your processes will be more secure, cost effective, and streamlined.

More specifically, it helps with:

  • Form development costs -
  • Per page scanning costs -
  • Scanning, image QA, and OCR costs -
  • Hardware costs (printers & scanners) -
  • Paper handling costs -
  • Cost of re-work -
  • Improving security -

2. Boosting efficiency

The very nature of having an electronic form integrated into your ECM system provides a number of benefits out-of-the-box. FormFactor allows you to utilize document versions, previews, metadata, workflow, security, and more. But there may be some things you didn't think of:

  • - Faster processing times
  • - Automated workflow/business logic
  • - Automated metadata deployment
  • - Increased compliance & validation
  • - Increased resource availability
  • - Auto-population of form data
  • - No technical skills needed
  • - No server downtime
  • - Better user experience

3. And your SMEs will love it!

SMEs love FormFactor, because it allows them to create branded form templates without the need for developers. All of your designs and form components (fields, headers, footers) can be re-used across the application, while designing for mobile, tablet, and desktop is taken care of for you. and comes with a free edition of JumpSeat.

  • Low barrier to entry -
  • Drag and drop form creation -
  • Drag and drop layout management -
  • Form Templates for rapid development -
  • Form categorization & security -
  • Manage drop-down lists centrally -
  • Re-usable form components -
  • Automated metadata deployment -