1. The average U.S. executive wastes six weeks per year retrieving misplaced information from desks or files. At a yearly salary of $75,000, this can translate to 12.3 percent of total earnings.
2. 90% of all documents handled each day are merely shuffled.
3. It costs $120 in labor to track down a misplaced document or $250 to recreate it.
4. Over 800 million pages are created from computer printouts per day, enough to fill a file drawer 225 miles long.
5. Despite visions of a paperless office, 80-90% of all information in the average office is still maintained on paper.
6. 80% of filed papers are never referenced again. 50% of all filed materials are duplicates or expired information.
7. Experience continues to show that 30%-40% of all recorded information can be immediately deleted from electronic systems or paper systems.
8. In every survey taken over the last 20 years, managing paperwork falls in the top ten time-wasting activities.
9. Just introducing email into an office increases paper printing by 40%.
10. Workgroups lose 15% of all documents they handle and spend 30% of their time trying to find lost documents. 7.5% of all documents are lost and never retrieved.