The benefits of paper!

[brothaslide]

QUOTE: Originally posted by macguy

I still gotta like the paper version it's just easier to read and flip back and forth.
Easier on the eyes as well.

I'm in the paper to digital business (www.twinimaging.com) and yes paper is more convenient. On the other hand, most businesses are going to a digitally based ECM (Enterprise Content Management) solution so that they can easily track down information in a timely manner. Many companies are switching to scanning and forms recognition for their accounts payable/receivable departments to speed up the payment process.

Below are some surprising facts regarding document management. . .

Paper Puts A Strain On Performance, Budget (Editorial Integrated Solutions, December 2002; Written by Ed Hess)

You probably have no idea how much time and energy your enterprise wastes on handling paper documents. If you're having trouble imagining the hard costs associated with manual document management, consider some statistics from a PricewaterhouseCoopers study that found that professionals spend 5% to 15% of their time reading information, but up to 50% of their time looking for pertinent data. Additionally, the average organization:

makes 19 copies of each document
spends $20 in labor to file each document
spends $120 in labor searching for each misfiled document
loses 1 out of every 20 documents
spends 25 hours recreating each lost document
spends 400 hours per year searching for lost files. .

Sean

[Anonymous]

Gotta agree, now adays lots of stuff can be found online, and you've got choices on wether you want the old paper versions, or the electronic version.

I still gotta like the paper version it's just easier to read and flip back and forth.
Easier on the eyes as well.

[lupo]

Gordon,
have the cordless mouse and keyboard, but when surfing from the couch I need binoculars to read the posts, as my magnifier lamp's extension cord is not long enough and I have problems typing with my feet, as i need my hands for my binoculars (allthough my post sometimes come out like I DID use my feet typing!)[(-D][(-D][(-D]

[Eriediamond]

[#ditto][#ditto] I agree, there is nothing like browsing old catalogs and model railroad mags for ideas and encouragement. I'm an over the road trucker and while out in Arizona last November, my plumbing sprung a large leak and had to have emergency surgery. After returning home to NC., I spent months laying on the couch with Bubba (>^..^<) wearing the Walthers and other mags out. Just came out of another surgery a couple of weeks ago to have all that plumbing reconnected again so have some more "couch time" ahead of me yet, but am gradually leaving it longer periods for exercise and to get strength back and back to normal life again in a few weeks or so. Anyhow, there are a wealth of ideas in those paper things called magazines and books and is really relaxing unless Bubba (>^..^<) doesn't think your turning the pages fast enough!!![(-D][(-D]

[CP5415]

Lupo, you need to get a cordless mouse & keyboard (and a lot of batteries)
if you want to surf on your couch. The mouse I have, the keyboard I don't. I love the mouse.
I was changing the batteries for my wife upstairs in the kitchen, about 25' away & I was moving the curser.

Gordon

[lupo]

[#ditto] Gordon
I tried installing myself on the couch with my computer/monitor/keyboard and mouse,
no room left for me, so I found out nothing beats browsing real printed paper!

[CP5415]

I finally remembered about the the Walthers catalog my LHS had saved for me in January.
I recently picked it up & thumbing my way through it, find several items I had asked about a couple of years ago in another forum but didn't receive any answers on.
Sometimes it's easier to find things in a book than it is on line.


Gordon