Paperless office, part 3: Which documents accrue
The third part of the knowledge series uses concrete examples to show where the potential of a paperless office lies. Furthermore, a calculator is presented that anyone can use to calculate their own potential in digitization.
In the last parts of the Knowledge Series from Clavis IT in Herisau focused primarily on the legal starting position and the definition of terms. In the current third part, things are now getting concrete: It is shown for which document types in a company experience shows that digitization generates maximum benefits for a paperless office.
Electronic processing and archiving of business documents can be applied to almost all document types and yet the benefits of digitization vary. A benefit can be derived from two areas: Either through the digitization of processing operations or in the archiving of documents themselves. The article provides an overview of the potential behind which document type, such as contracts, invoices, order documents, physical mail, but also industry-specific documents such as construction plans, government reports, delivery bills or freight/customs documents.
Also presented is a Calculatorwhich can be used to calculate the cost-saving potential offered by a paperless office.
