The ROI of Enterprise Content Management

The data shows a huge opportunity for Enterprise Content Management (ECM)

Elimintate Paper

90% of corporate memory exists on paper

Immediate Access

Professionals spend up to 50% of their time looking for information.

Improve Handling

Most offices waste 65 cents of every dollar spent on handling records.

Reduce Labor Costs by 50%

The average office spends $11 to process a document; $20 to file a document; $120 to find a misfiled document; $220 to reproduce a lost document.

ROI #1 - Capital and Operating Costs

When trying to determine a return on investment, businesses often consider hard costs first.

Paper used for printed documents, photocopies and faxes

Contracts to purchase, maintain, service and repair copiers, printers and fax machines

Toner and consumables used to operate computer printers, photocopiers and fax machines

Shelving and space required to store the equipment supplies

Extra phone lines for multiple fax machines and all-in-one printers

Filing cabinets used to store printed documents

Supplies, such as folders and tabs, required for paper filing systems

Real estate to house file cabinets (estimated to be 12 to 18 square feet per unit)

Offsite storage of archived, or worse yet, current documents

Microfiche and other items required for non-electronic storage

Transportation and handling of documents bound for offsite storage

Retrieval of needed paper documents that are stored offsite

Shipping or delivery of documents to and from clients, business partners and other offices