There are many benefits with a paperless office, beyond simply having less paper to deal with. While you’re unlikely to have a completely paper-free office, electronic communication and other systems can eliminate much of it. Let’s take a closer look at how this has benefited some businesses:
Reduced costs and quicker access to information. MajesticInvites.com is an eight-person company that designs online invitations. Being paperless saves the company about $100,000 per year on printing, mailing, paper and storage space, reports Alina Uzilov, the company’s president. And because employees can access electronic documents more quickly than paper, they can almost instantly respond to customer questions or make their changes [source: Small Business Computing].
There are many benefits with a paperless office, beyond simply having less paper to deal with. While you’re unlikely to have a completely paper-free office, electronic communication and other systems can eliminate much of it. Let’s take a closer look at how this has benefited some businesses: