Office moves can often throw an organization into complete chaos, affecting business processes, personnel and even profitability for weeks leading up to the move day and for weeks after. For a professional organization, this level of disorganization during an office move could have critical long-term effects. However, an office relocation can also challenge your existing business practices for the better, encouraging new ways of working and thinking. By following a few straightforward office moving tips, you can ensure a successful, stress-free move day.

Researching into common ways to store paper files from the many accumulated files generated by corporations big and small; I started with assessing the industry field the corporation is a part of. For instance, a lawyers’ office would generate considerably more paperwork than a stand-alone plumber; a giant corporation with many employees would generate a far greater amount of paperwork than a small office of insurance brokers.

The digital age is upon us and many companies are struggling to decide the way in which they are to solve the “paperless document storage” issue. How are we going to control and manage our documents if we truly no longer print and file documents in our workplace?

What is GDPR?

Back in 2016, the European Union passed a bill to introduce the Global Data Protection Regulation. The purpose of the legislation was to define the legal rights of EU citizens in relation to their data and to enforce regulations on the data controllers and processors who hold that data. The GDPR will be introduced on the 25th May 2018, and will put impose sanctions on businesses that don’t safeguard the data they process. 

Every manufacturing process is complex and consisting of multiple steps. In order to maximize profits, companies will have to look for ways to streamline every single operation and reduce the manufacturing time/complexity.

Do you believe that your manufacturing processes are inefficient? If so, you can rely on a couple of simple approaches that can make a difference as far as productivity goes.

Whether you’re looking at the issue from the point of view of an academic or historian, or the viewpoint of a business looking to optimize its operations, data preservation and the issues surrounding it has quickly become one of the most crucial challenges facing modern thinkers.

Once you move to digital document management, you’ll never go back to having a paper-based archive. What’s even better that a digital solution is a cloud-based document management system that doesn’t have strict hardware requirements and that is incredibly practical.

Cloud-based apps allow for a lot more flexibility than any other type of software. The cost-efficiency of such solutions is also unparalleled, making them ideal for both small and large businesses.

How big is your company’s document archive? If you’ve been in business for some time and you’re attempting to meet compliance criteria, chances are that the folders have stacked up over the years. This archive requires space, it requires management and it doesn’t make it particularly easy to retrieve the documents that you need immediately.

The cost of document storage varies depending on the specific needs of the business. If you deal with a high volume of documents, however, you know that it can be expensive. This applies to both paper-based and digital archives that are managed on site. 

Few departments in any company deal with paperwork on a larger scale than the HR department—and while it may be easy for a smaller scale HR department to keep up with the documents at hand, larger HR departments can quickly balloon to unmanageable inefficiency. Our Scan to Zero program helps reign in paper documentation over time, slowly transitioning your department from analog records to a paperless office.