From Paper to Electronic

Nowadays, people manage most of their personal lives electronically. We communicate through the internet and email more than ever.

A good example of moving to electronic is on-line banking:

Preferred banking method of US Consumers

* ABA, September 2009*

In the corporate world, electronic data management is also growing quickly. In fact, we believe the mass transition to online banking to be very similar to the transition from paper to electronic in our industry i.e. QMS software. Our hypothesis is that over the next 10 years, the majority of Life Sciences companies will be using Electronic Systems to report, circulate and analyse Quality-related data.

In the Life Sciences Industry, where Documents and Forms must be controlled and easily traceable, going Electronic seems to be the option many companies are leaning towards. View our Webinar, An e-QMS Success Story

If your organization is using paper for most of its QMS Operations and wishes to start the process of moving towards an e-QMS system, SOLABS can help you (Learn more about SOLABS QM). The tables below refer to the top reasons companies decide to go electronic and these might be helpful in building a business case.

Top reasons companies transition to electronic:

(data extracted from a study conducted by Price Waterhouse Coopers, Captaris and IOMA)

Cost of paper

Traceability of paper

Benefits of going electronic

More Benefits of going Electronic