paperless offices
Document-free work environments
Paperless offices store and process documents electronically rather than on paper.
The term emerged in the 1970s as a prediction for how computing would transform workplaces, though the reality has been slower and messier than prophesied: We were promised paperless offices, but I'm still drowning in printouts.
Most organizations now operate in a hybrid state, with digital systems supplementing rather than replacing paper entirely.
- e-documentElectronically stored official record
- digital transformationAdopting technology across operations
- digitalizationConverting to electronic format
- document managementControlling files and paperwork
- fileStored collection of data
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