Create a Paperless Office: Reduce Paper Use and Increase Productivity
Ask yourself — why has the concept of the paperless office received so much fanbase? For some, it brings the promise of helping to save the environment by killing fewer trees. I live in a city where plastic bags are banned in grocery stores, so I fully embrace the environmental benefits, but they really aren’t the primary driver behind the paperless office. Rather, it’s because organizations are constantly facing pressure to improve efficiencies, optimize business processes, and reduce costs. When many organizations first began to transition from paper to electronic documents in the 1980’s, there was an initial reduction in the amount of physical paper used, but the truth is that we use more paper today than during the days of the Pet Rock. Consider these statistics: - Each day, one billion photocopies are made (Source: Forrester Research ) - The annual growth rate for the amount of paper produced by the average company is 25%. (Source: Gartner ) We finally have t...