American Lung Association: "Prior to EchoSign, We Had a System -- But it was Too Cumbersome to Use"

We're about to cross 400,000 EchoSigners -- and we still learn something new every day in our dialogues with our customers.  Today the American Lung Association put out a nice release on using EchoSign.  A portion is reproduced below.

The interesting part is how they explicitly called out switching to EchoSign from an existing online approval system.  The ease of use of EchoSign finally enabled them to finally automate 100+ P.O.s a week -- which they couldn't do with their too-difficult-to-use, existing system.  We often think of e-signatures as something new, but in fact, one way or another, all EchoSigners are switching from an existing system (be it paper, or fax, or an overly complex online system) to a new one.  That's actually asking a lot and we know that -- so we are dedicated to making sure EchoSign signatures and approvals are at least a 10x better, easier, and faster process than what you have today.

The American Lung Association of New England covers six states in the northeast and processes between 100-150 purchase orders per week.  The need for electronic signatures was born out of a bottle necked paper-based system that, prior to EchoSign, was bogged down in lengthy approval cycles, and late vendor payments and penalties.  Prior to EchoSign there was an online approval system but it required a separate login and was cumbersome to use.  Now, using EchoSign, purchase orders can be approved directly from the user's email and can be processed in minutes.  In addition, approvers can sign orders remotely so the process runs smoothly even when approvers are offsite.

"As a proponent of clean, healthy air, it just made sense for us to leverage an e-signauture solution to manage our procurement process," said Cathie Arnold, Vice President of Finance & Operations.  "EchoSign is easy to use and fit into our existing procurement processes seamlessly.  We're always looking for additional ways to use EchoSign and we are planning to use EchoSign for our employee on boarding processes.  We're excited to introduce EchoSign to other regional chapters of the American Lung Association."