Paperless Benefits
Reduce Administration Overhead
Paperless Systems provide:
- Reduced costs.
- Eliminate the need to generate vast amounts of paper, site folders and storage space.
- Increase compliance. Teams are more likely to complete the paperwork and in greater detail if the system is easy to use reduces their workload.
- Improved records management and auditing outcomes.
- No lost documents
- trace-ability
- Superior data capture.
Data Security
Overcome
- Lost Data, paperwork goes missing
- Illegible results, when relying on handwriting or because of contamination e.g. dirt
- Data inconsistency. Different team members naming items or documents differently
- Permissions based access
Consistency
Control
- Naming conventions
- Document formats
- Document Revisions
- Validation of data inputs prior to completing forms.
Data Capture & Reporting
- Data entered into an electronic form can be captured and reports automatically generated.
- Remote auditing capabilities and data investigation
- Near real time results
Production Savings
The time taken to complete hard copy forms, submit for review, approve and file can be better served working on the project. Having a paperless system with effective workflow capabilities will eliminate the submission, scanning, filing components.
If photographic evidence is required and you are utilising a paperless system you can take the photo directly onto your QA documentation. Eliminating any post photo processing activities required using a paper based system.
Environmental Benefits
Drastically reducing the hard copy documentation used on projects reduces the environmental footprint caused by Paper and Printer Ink use.