Why Do We Still Need Paper Docs?
Concerns remain over confidentiality compromises and the general risk that comes with relying on paper documents for contracts and confidential data.
55% of employees said their company has a formal strategy in place for reducing paper consumption/usage.
Nearly half print documents/files on a daily basis, and one-third said they do so at least six times a day.
55% said their organization typically uses paper-based processes for contracts, invoices, agreements and other docs that require approval via signatures.
38% said that, when they receive paper documents at work, they typically put them in folders in a file cabinet, and 20% leave these documents on their desk.
17% feel their company is placed at risk because confidential documents are frequently printed and left unsecured.
29% said they’ve personally read something that was confidential—and not intended for them to read—because it was printed and left unsecured at the office.
38% said documents are lost or misplaced at work at least “a few times a month” and 16% said this happens no less than on a weekly basis.
Windows desktop/laptop: 57%, iOS phone/tablet: 20%, Android phone/tablet: 13%