Owning and running a company in the modern age requires a fast and clear mind. One way in which the practice of running a company now, differs to even 10-15 years ago is the use and processes involved in keeping and tracking paper documentation. Whereas in the past you would be expected to keep every single piece of paper and store every document that has been used in a work process or a transaction between your company and a customer, or your company and a supplier, there are now other options available to you. The safe process of document scanning to utilise the cloud and online management of documents, alongside a stringent and secure method of storing physical documents that you really do need to keep, is the correct approach when managing a modern company.

The biggest thing to consider as the manager of a modern company is how you can effectively streamline your operations without losing time, energy, money and without affecting the capabilities and productivity of your employees. At every stage and process of a company there is the requirement for paperwork, but does it all have to be physically stored and kept for future use? If you can work out how to filter out the unnecessary paper waste and make it easy for your staff to work within new parameters that involve digital documents, you will start to see real progress within all aspects of your company and its daily stats.

Growing a company is hard work. As you do grow in size you’ll notice that there is obviously more of everything. This extends to the daily pile up of paper and physical documentation. Deciding to scan documents as and when they are created is a great culture shift within a modern organisation. It creates a narrative of ‘green thinking’, which is important for brand recognition. But it also provides your employees with the habit of creating digital documents for later use. Being able to store important physical documents off site creates a safe haven for those documents that you really will need an original copy of at a later date, whilst storing everything else in the cloud. That way your staff will have instant access to documents that they need, as and when they require them, without having to go off searching for the physical original or requesting the original to be sent through from the storage facilities where you house your physical documents.

The benefits to managing your documents in a modern and forward thinking way include the freeing up of space that is no longer being used as storage at your business premises, as well as constantly raising the standards of your customer service approach as customers can be answered immediately through your staff’s ability to access digital information easily and instantly.