Thanks to the one person that responded offline. I thought I'd share what I found through internet searches
There are over 4 trillion paper documents in the U.S., and this number is growing at 22% per year. - Coopers & Lybrand
It costs $25,000 to fill a four drawer cabinet, and $2,160 per year to maintain Orfal, Harkey, and Edwards in Essential Client/Server Survival Guide
In spite of reports to the contrary, paper use is huge and continues to grow. Each day, U.S. workers generate 2.7 billion new sheets of paper. ATG & Rheinner, Reuters
Paper Management reduces office productivity. Of a total 8 hours wasted per week in paper document management activity, finding documents wastes 1 hour, difficulty sharing documents wastes 1 hour, distribution & storage wastes 1 hour, and archiving and retrieval wastes half an hour. Gartner Group
The number of pieces of paper used in offices in the United States is increasing at 6% per year. Personal computers and copiers make it easier to generate paper output. Cap Ventures, Norwell, Mass
http://www.ambsystems.com/ManagingPaper.htmAMB Systems, LLC1867 HeatherhillTrenton, MI 48183 *----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Almost 80% of today's information is still paper-based. U.S. and Canadian businesses generate over 1 trillion new pieces of paper each year The average time to retrieve and re-file a paper document is 10 minutesAn average of 3% of documents are lost or misfiled and have to be recovered at an alarming cost of $120 per document The average office worker makes 61 trips per week to the fax machine, copier and printer It costs about $25,000 to fill a four-drawer filing cabinet and over $2,100 per year to maintain it(Source: Gartner Group, Coopers & Lybrand, Ernst & Young)http://www.filepic.com/costjus_legal.htm *-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------1 * 3 ft. filing cabinet drawer = 9,000 documents (pages)
1 * 4 drawer filing cabinet = 36,000 documents (pages)
1 * 4 drawer filing cabinet requires 21 sq. ft. of storage space (Including space to open drawers) Annual cost of storing your documents:
No. of filing cabinets __________ X 21 sq. ft = __________ total square feet.
Total square feet _________ X $ _________ per sq. ft. = $ ________ Annual Cost Time management experts estimate that searching for documents occupies 20% to 30% of the average employee's time. Therefore, based on the 20% figure, the annual savings in man-hours is as follows 20% X No. of employees __________ X $ ___________ Avg. Annual Wages = $ __________ Savings
http://www.nopapercuts.com/ROI.htmImaging Solutions
1300 Bristol North Suite 100
Newport Beach, CA 92660 *------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Assume that you receive 200 important paper documents daily for filing. 200 documents x 6 minutes each to file = 1,200 minutes daily / 60 minutes per hour = 20 hours x $15 per hour (including SS and benefits) = $300 per day x 260 days a year = $78,000 per year http://www.disusa.com/whitepaper/whitepapers.htmlDocument Imaging Solutions, Inc.P.O. Box 517
Spring Lake, MI 49456 Barry Malone
Mgr Global R&D Records Management
500 Arcola Road
Collegeville Pa. 19426
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484-865-2345
Fax 484-865-9271
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