Today, the Red Stack is Green. Oracle ECM is Green ECM. How? Here are several ways - If you have more ideas on how ECM is Going GREEN post them in the comments area!
Save The Trees
- electronic content means less printing, less paper consumption, more trees saved
- scanning of paper you already have means information is preserved electronically and old "hard copies" can be recycled - which saves new trees from being cut to be made into paper...
Cut the CO2 and Emissions
- electronic and web based distribution means less snail-mailing, FedEXing, UPSing, DHLing or courrier-ing of packets of information to shareholders, stakeholders, team members and collaborators. Less physical paper travel means less fuel burned getting it there.
Efficiency Boost Means Less Waste
- doing the same things better, quicker, smarter means less waste of the resources that support those efforts - from paper to fossil-fuel based electricity to automotive and airplane fuel.
Ok, but that's just theory you say. How about a real case study showing that going GREEN with Oracle ECM makes sense not just for the tree-hugging, dirt-munching crowd (of which I am a proud member) but also for the shareholders.
Situation: 2000 Manuals and 65% are redistributed per year, so in 2 years, 2600 Manuals would be distributed. Each Manual is averages 5 pages, so a total of 10,400 pages would be produced during 2 years. These documents go to 65 locations, each getting a complete set which would make a total of 850,000 pages that would be printed at a cost of .02 per page. $15,000 in distribution costs. Based upon a survey, each location would spend 1 hour per month handling these documents for a total of 24 hours over 2 years - 65 locations.
Earth Impact Actions: printing, distribution, handling
Solution - Oracle ECM:
- Less Document Handling at the Sites - $46,800 (24 hrs. X 65 sites = 1560 hrs X $30 per hr)
- Less time for Document Publishing - $18,000 (9 minutes less per Manual to load & maintain over the 2 years for 600 hrs. less at $30 per hr.)
- Materials Cost Savings - $17,000 (not having to print over 850,000 pages of documents at .02 each)
- Shipping & Handling Cost Savings - $ 15,600
- TOTAL SAVINGS - $97,400
Now that's something that we can all agree is a way that saving the earth makes SENSE / CENTS.
Have a Great Earth Day!
