In spite of being expensive, paper is typically not primarily because of material costs alone. There is a fact that distributing, storing, accessing, and managing paper documents may place an greater strain on companies' profitability.
There is a fact that a lot of small and medium-sized businesses still depend heavily on paper for recordkeeping and for conducting many of their transactions.
There is a fact that a lot of small and medium-sized businesses wanted to go paperless but likely couldn't. The reason is that a lot of their customers and suppliers are not only unwilling but also unable to exchange conduct business transactions and documents exclusively electronically.
Even when these companies can't totally eliminate paper, they can make "paperwork" smarter by digitizing documents.
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This white paper examines costs of paper and explores solutions that can help to eliminate some paper-related costs and to reduce others.