Top 6 Reasons to Outsource Your Scanning

Companies are digitizing their day-to-day operations, converting heavy paper documents into lightweight digital files. The downside of document conversion has always cost. But the benefits of converting paper to digital today far outweigh the initial cost of scanning.

In fact, digitizing the backlog of paperwork and adopting paper-saving technologies for the future improves every company’s bottom line: Saving money is a great motivator.

How much money is lost due to paper documents? In short, too much. According to The Triple Pundit, the average worker in an office uses 10,000 sheets of paper annually and the average four-drawer cabinet costs about $25,000 to fill and $2,000 each year to maintain. That’s the cost of paper for one employee—not including the expense incurred because of productivity bottlenecks—searching for paper files.

Digitizing thousands of documents may seem achievable to scan in-house; after all, scanners aren’t terribly expensive. However, once you get started with your backlog, you’ll find that scanning projects aren’t always easy to manage.

That’s why outsourcing a high-volume scanning project to a professional document scanning company is a sensible solution. Here’s what you’ll gain from leveraging the expertise of a document scanning company:

Cost savings

Though scanners aren’t expensive, the amount of time employees spend wading through hundreds of boxes of papers detracts from their other responsibilities—the ones you hired them to perform based on their specialized skill sets. On the flip side, once your documents are in digital form, employee productivity goes up as documents are available at the click of a mouse. You’ll also recoup the cost of leasing onsite storage, which traditionally took up prime office space. Digital documents don’t take up any physical space.

Save Company Time

A dedicated team of professionals experienced in document management leverages efficiency, reliably scanning all documents in the most cost-effective way. Scanning can start immediately and end quickly when you don’t have to buy or rent equipment and train employees.

Save Office Space

Office space is recaptured when physical documents are digitized. But you’ll also save space that would be required to process, organize, and scan documents if you scanned in-house. By outsourcing, you ship all of those documents away to a facility designed to maximize scanning efficiency. How will you use all that extra space? Or will you downsize to a smaller office now that you don’t need it?

4. Know the Costs Going In

When you outsource your scanning needs to a document scanning service, the line-item costs are known up front so you can approve the project in your budget. Your project won’t include any hidden costs or surprise fees and expenses, as opposed to the unforeseen costs that pop up in-house.

5. Focus on Your Company

Is “Scanning an enormous backlog of documents” part of your company’s mission statement? No, it isn’t. The document scanning process in no way moves you closer to achieving your long term objectives. Outsourcing document scanning reduces stress and focuses your resources on carrying out your mission.

6. Meet Compliance

Companies who specialize in document scanning services know industry regulations ensure compliance. Scanning experts not only convert your documents to digital files, but they do it in a way that satisfies your industry’s document requirements. With top-of-the-line technology and a refined process, your new digital documents will meet the highest standards for image quality and security.