What compliant, easy-to-use electronic signatures look like in practice without the burden of third-party tools and expensive, per-envelope fees.
The compliance requirements around electronic signatures are well established. E-Sign and UETA set the standard, and most modern platforms are legally valid.
What separates a good solution is everything else.
Historically, e-signatures require third-party tools with separate logins and expensive, per-envelope fees. That creates friction for staff doing the work and IT teams trying to keep budgets under control.
The institutions and agencies thinking about the "next generation" of how electronic signatures fit into processes are treating them as core infrastructure, not a mere feature. For example, embedding signatures directly into the electronic forms people already use, instead of focusing on signing documents.
When a signature feels like a natural part of completing a process rather than a detour, adoption follows. Convenience and compliance in harmony.
The University of Dubuque modernizes workflows, eliminates manual processes, and recovers over 40 hours/week by utilizing Etrieve to streamline operations.
Point University partnered with Softdocs to bring consistency to its student processes via document management integrated with Ellucian Colleague.
Oakland Community College replaced ImageNow and Docusign with Etrieve from Softdocs, integrating with Ellucian Colleague SaaS using Ethos.
UMass Global replaced legacy DMS, e-forms, and e-signatures apps with Etrieve from Softdocs while integrating to Salesforce, Workday, and Ellucian Banner.
Conversations with the customer teams who did the work, discussing implementation, lessons learned, and key results.
Expedite approval processes with secure, compliant electronic signatures.