 | In a typical business 95% of all the information still is
carried by paper. |
| 80% of a manager's time is spent gathering information |
| It costs 87¢ to file and retrieve a single document (@
$7.50/hour wages) |
| 3% of all documents are lost or misfiled. |
| It can cost upwards of $100 to replace lost documents. |
| Storage costs of paper can be very high (eg: Manhattan) |
| Paper has limited indexing and searching capabilities. |
| Keyword searching of content is NOT possible. |
| In practice paper has limited sharing capability. |
| Access by remote users is difficult. ( large number of pages, large sized) |
| Cannot be integrated into automated processes (requires data entry) |
| Paper requires a lot of support equipment such as copiers, files, punches etc. |
| It is difficult to implement security. (Different levels for different people) |
| It is easily damaged or destroyed. |
| High cost - Service bureau, equipment and materials all add up. |
| Slow - The time to film, process, load and retrieve can be weeks. |
| Needs temperature and humidity controlled environments for storage. |
| Emulsion adhesion problems in roll film. |
| Duplicate sets are more practical than paper but process is lossy. |
| Shares the indexing limitations of paper. |
| Shares the search limitations with paper. |
| Shares limited sharing and process integration problems. |
