If you’re a business drowning in stacks of paper, it might be time to hire the professionals to get you from overwhelmed to efficient. Now, you may be asking, “Why should I hire professionals when I can just let my team do it themselves?” And that’s a fair point.

In fact, some businesses have taken the DIY route when digitising their paperwork. But the reality is that life happens: everyone can get swamped with their own deadlines or a lack of standardised naming systems can make your digital files harder to find. And, trust us, it doesn’t take a lot for digitisation efforts to take a back seat when things like this happen.

Before you realise it, you’re drowning in paperwork once again, your digital filing system is all over the place, and you’re back to square one—no, you’re worse off. Because you’ve put in all that effort for nothing. (And you don’t want that!)

That’s why reaching out to the professionals is key. But before you take the plunge, you need to ask yourself these 4 questions first. That way, you’ll know if the document scanning professionals you’re considering are worth their salt (or not).

Let’s begin!