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There are significant costs associated with managing paper documents. It is one of those costs you don’t budget for, but which can really add up. Did you know the average cost of materials and labor to fill a four-drawer filing cabinet is around $28,000?
Here are a few measurements that may help you identify your current spend:
Average time to retrieve one document
Paper: 7 minutes
Digital: 4 seconds
Average time to re-file
Paper: 3 minutes
Digital: 0 minutes
Average total cost of retrieval and re-filing
Paper: $2.00
Digital: $0.20
Average cost of an unavailable file
Paper: $120.00
Digital: $0.00
Average annual cost of maintaining a file
Paper: $3.44
Digital: $1.81
(Information from the Dartnell Institute and ODDSAR Publication. Dollar amounts based on a US $12.00 per hour wage, includes salary, fringe benefits, overhead and taxes. Includes materials, space and labor.)
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