Going paperless in your business

Going paperless in your business, means shifting from the use of paper and other physical documents in your business, to using only digital documents.

How does it benefit your business?

Many of the benefits of going digital, include:

• • Saving time and boosting your business efficiency
  • Reducing business costs
  • Being more environmentally friendly
  • Reducing human error for your business
  • Saving space
  • Helping with your emergency management.

Further information on the benefits of a paperless business can be found here

How do you make the change?

1. 1. Checking your businesses digital maturity here
   2. Use tools and software to make processes easier and more accessible
   3. Get support from experts at the digital support program, or elsewhere
   4. Help your staff to make the transition, by involving them in decisions and maintaining adequate communication on the changes being made.
   5. Looking at similar businesses who have also made this change could help give you ideas.
   6. Understand the rules and laws that apply to electronic marketing.

 

All the information above was collated and sourced from business.gov.au, which has further details on all the topics discussed.