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Paperless Office: Big Benefits for Small Business

By Dennis Kempner posted 07-03-2015 20:25

  

For owners of a small business, the process going paperless can seem like a daunting task.  You may think that you don’t have enough documents for you to need to go paperless, or that your files are easily manageable. The reality is that going paperless is the perfect direction for a new or small business to go towards. Going paperless offers a lasting asset that most small businesses want to reach: growth.  Reducing the amount of paper in your small business will increase workflow efficiency while reducing the many annoyances and costs of dealing with physical paper. Below are a list of just a few benefits going paperless can offer a small business.

  1. Cloud: Digitally converting your documents and making them available in the cloud will make your documents both easily retrievable and quickly accessible. In the cloud, your files will be just a click away, avoiding those time-consuming file cabinet searches. The Cloud is a centralized and secure internet location that holds all your files and data, allowing you to quickly view your files from any device with internet. The cloud will reduce or eliminate the need for physical file storage. Communication will also increase as files can be easily viewed and shared through the internet.
  1. Reduce or Eliminate Administrative Costs: The goal of any business is to minimize expenses while maximizing profits. This is especially true for any business that is small, or just starting out. Eliminating paper from your office will greatly reduce, or even eliminate, the countless expenses of handling physical paper documents. You will instantly save money on paper, ink, toner, printers, physical storage, file cabinets, etc.
  1. Company Growth: The money you save on paper can be refinanced towards growing other parts of your business. Eliminated paper expenses will invest in future company growth. For example, your small business may be focused on customer service. No customer wants to wait on the phone while you scramble through file cabinets for that one file. Paperless digital documents will allow you to quickly retrieve any document a customer needs.
  1. Workplace Productivity: By going paperless, you can streamline your workflow. When you are no longer slowed down by paper, it is much easier to promote innovation and creativity. Gone are the days when one document had to be passed around the office for everyone to see it. With digital documents, all your employees can view documents from any device, making teamwork a breeze. Your entire office can now be on the same page.

By going paperless, your documents will be easily retrievable, accessible and more manageable. Going paperless allows your small business to do so much more, with so much less.



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