Webinar Review -- The Paper Free Office: Dream or Reality?

The people over at AIIM (Association for Information and Image Management) do some really great work in developing case studies, reviewing solutions and products, collecting data, and just about anything else that ultimately leads to educating individuals on our industry. Their webinars are a great way to keep up with current trends and issues surrounding document imaging, so we thought we'd highlight some findings from their latest webinar which you can find on their website http://www.aiim.org/.

One thing they found that shouldn't be too surprising is that the largest organizations are the one's experiencing the most dramatic reduction in paper use. The cost of paper based processes is always higher, though the figures tend to be more dramatic when facing thousands of employees as opposed only a few. However, this should not deter small and medium sized businesses from developing an imaging solution as they are very scalable, and the ROI will be there regardless of the size of your business.

Office space is not cheap at all. AIIM found that on average, paper storage takes up 15% of office spaces. You mean to tell us that this is money well spent? Let us help you GET RID OF THOSE FILES and put that office space to better use.

When it comes to incoming mail, AIIM found that it costs an average of $3.63 to collect, distribute, and process each document when in a paper-based environment. Furthermore 29% of organizations scan at least half of these files POST-PROCESS! If anyone can explain how that makes sense we'd love to hear it. With OUR SOLUTIONS we can capture that incoming mail, distribute it immediately to the proper individuals, and archive the document all in one step. We effectively eliminate that $3.63 and archive those documents much more effectively. Time and money people... Time and money.

Perhaps the most troubling statistic AIIM provided was regarding invoices and purchase orders. They found that 77% of organizations print invoices that are received ALREADY IN ELECTRONIC FORMAT! Even ignoring those that make multiple copies, this is still a completely wasteful process. Now that WE'VE MERGED WITH RELION our technical capabilities have tremendously improved. We can COMPLETELY AUTOMATE YOUR AP PROCESS which means regardless if they come in via electronic or paper format - your data gets to where it needs to go as fast, easy, and cost-effectively as possible.


Give us a call today and let us help your business cut out the wasteful spending and enter into the next level of efficiency. MAKE THE PAPERLESS OFFICE A REALITY! 952-906-3022