The Cost of Filing $1.00 ! This is how much it cost you to file each and every piece of paper in your filing cabinet !
According to Benchmark Consulting International, workers spend 500 hours a year searching for files and information. Additionally, a misplaced document costs $120 in expenses and lost productivity, while a filing cabinet costs $25,000 to fill and $2,000 annually to maintain.
I hear you saying, "It doesn't cost that much in my office!" Think again, take a look at your office and see how much time and money you're wasting filing paperwork.
What does is cost to file your paperwork ? For each piece of paper you file,
You have to classify it
You have to sort it
You have to make a folder for it
You have to get up and go to the file cabinet
You have to find the right place to put it
You have to put the folder in the file cabinet
You have to remember how you stored it
What does it cost to use your paperwork ? For each piece of paper you use,
You have to remember how you stored it
You have to get up and go to the file cabinet
You have to find it
You have to make a copy of it
You have to put it back in the file cabinet
You have to remember if you need to file the copy you made
What does it cost to lose your paperwork ? For each piece of paper you lose,
You have to remember how you stored it
You have to get up and go to the file cabinet
You have to find it
You have to start looking in other places for it
You have to spend a lot of time looking in other places
You have to call the person who filed it to see where else they may have put it
You have to decide that you can't find it
You have to make excuses for not having it filed
You have lost the information on that paper
You have lost the opportunitiy to profit from that information
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