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How paperless is your office?

Does a paperless office make environmental and business sense - and how paperless are you? Let us know your perspective and you could win one of three magnums of champagne

Written by AccountancyAge.com

Accountancy Age, 18 Jun 2007

Accountancy Age is running a brief survey on the paperless office, looking at the environmental and business drivers behind the move to digital storage.

The survey should only take a few minutes to complete and everyone who does so will be entered into a prize draw to win one of three magnums of champagne.

Please let us know what you think by 30 June.

Have you established environmental initiatives to reduce the amount of paper used in the office?
Yes

No

Do you currently outsource work to remote users?
In the UK

Abroad

Is that work primarily...
Secretarial

Accounting/auditing

Both

Have you considered using imaging to manage your client’s documents?
Yes

No

If yes, did you proceed?
Yes

No

Do you currently have remote access to your client's paper documentation?
Yes

No

Do you use an ASP/hosted accounting system that clients can access?
Yes

No

Does your firm generate revenue from reselling services other than accounting packages (eg, Sage)?
Yes

No

Do you frequently write off time taken to retrieve documentation from your clients?
Yes

No

If your clients were able to manage their paper documentation using an electronic system that had a low cost and time impact, in your opinion, would they be likely to:
Increase their revenue (missed billing opportunities, improved client retention)

See no real revenue increase, as paper-based systems are just as efficient

Decrease their costs (operational efficiencies, reduced labour)

Suffer increased costs due to the price and maintenance of such a system

Where do you currently store your working papers?
In an electronic document management system

In storage located within the offices

In an external commercial storage facility

In another external storage facility

If you store documents in hardcopy, does the retrieval of them represent a significant cost to your business?
Yes

No

Do clients frequently claim to have sent you documents that you have not received or are not in your prosession?
Yes

No

Do you visit AccountancyAge.com?
Weekly

Daily

More than once a day

Never, until now

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