Looks Like we Made It – to the paperless office
Posted by bmackay on October 20, 2008
Wow, it was bound to happen. After all these years of me spouting off about the benefits of technology and the paperless office, the Economist now reports that paper use is falling. No longer are printers spewing endless reams of paper to provide information. Well, not really, they are just spewing a bit less…
Take a look at your own paper use habits. I for one have gone paperless with my travel boarding passes, gas receipts, ATM receipts, bills, tax forms and the like. At work I rarely print out meeting materials, just lug the laptop. Our new HR/Payroll System at TRU will eliminate more paper from the mix as pay stubs and tax receipts etc go electric.
At work, the single greatest boon to my paper reduction is the fact that the office printer is located a long way away from my desk. It’s just too darn inconvenient to print stuff out. I rarely print out emails unless they go on and on, page after electronic page.
So I decree it’s the beginning of the end (of the beginning) for office paper. I can’t live without books, magazines and newspapers so until electronic paper is a commercial reality I will continue to buy these by the metric tonne. This move to e-Paper could take a while, but, with those nimbostratus clouds hanging over it, our inveterate pulp and paper industry needs to rapidly adapt and change with the changing times.
