Important facts about paper production & its impact on the environment The annual global production of paper & cardboard is more than 400 million metric tons, with China & the United States accounting for more than 50% of the total consumption of paper & paper-based products. A total of 386 hectares of forest was lost…
When was the last time there wasn’t a single stray document lying about at your workplace? Probably the day you moved in, right? Document piles, stuffed folders & unorganized filing cabinets are a part of our everyday work life, especially for small businesses. Because most small businesses still communicate using written documents. From receiving documents…
Organizing office paperwork means arranging documents in a systematic way to make it easier to find them when required. There is no concrete way of organizing paperwork. Some people label their filing cabinets or drawers, some use color-coded tags & some people prefer to move away from both the previously mentioned time-consuming processes and go…
People often think freelancing is ‘easy work’, and in some parts, it is. Freelancers don’t have to slog their way to the office every day & they certainly don’t have to organize their lives around the traditional nine-to-five work hours. But there are certain aspects of freelancing that even the most staunch supporters find problematic,…
What is a virtual filing cabinet? A virtual filing cabinet is just like a regular filing cabinet, but for digital documents. Paper-based or physical filing cabinets have limitations like high storage & maintenance costs and low accessibility. As the name suggests, a virtual filing cabinet is used to store data on computers, which eliminates all…
Aren’t you tired of coming back to the workspace and finding stacks of discovery requests, invoices, case files, etc just lying around? Or spending hours going through physical documents, emails, scans, printouts, etc only to find a single document? These aren’t ideal ways of managing documents. The best way to manage legal documents, or any…
What is a document management system? A document management system helps small business convert written documents into digital documents, and lets you organize, store, search & track all your documents under the same platform. Benefits of a document management system for a small business Cost Benefit Paper documents need physical storage space, filing cabinets, stationery…
A well-organized office filing system is a must-have for every business. An office filing system makes it easier to store & locate documents. But a filing system can mean different things for different businesses. For example, an effective filing system for a small-scale entrepreneur may be separate folders for invoices, employee records & sales receipts,…