Going Paperless

Going paperless. Sound a little scary? Nah, not really. At least it doesn’t have to be. As few as 10 years ago, we kept box upon box of archived paper files. At one point, we had at least 100 of those boxes stuffed to capacity with trees. Unfortunately, it was a necessity. Back then, though, the technology (at least affordable technology) to go paperless wasn’t there. It would have cost thousands of dollars in labor and services to retroactively make all those paper files into electronic files. Fast forward to today and going paperless is quite simple and inexpensive. But why go paperless?

Less physical storage space necessary – save on file cabinets, paper, and folders

Locating files becomes more efficient – it’s as easy as “edit” “find”

Paperless, or electronic storage, is more cost-effective than printing everything and storing it on paper copy – electronic storage space is cheap!

The “ink” on an electronic copy of that important whatever won’t eventually fade like a paper copy will

Files are more easily transferred from your archives to an associate who may...