Learn how the outdated document habits of employees can cost an organization dearly in productivity.

1. Productivity
in the New World of
Content and Documents

2. The Bottom Line:
“Document challenges are robbing organizations
of 21.3% of their overall productivity.”
Melissa Webster, “Bridging the Information Worker Productivity Gap: New
Challenges and Opportunities for IT" IDC, September 2012, pp. 4-5

3. Lack of Access to the Right Tools
In orgs with < 100 employees,
57% are not equipped with a PDF editor.
74%
In orgs with 100+ employees,
74% are not equipped with a PDF editor.
57%
“The State of Document Productivity in the Workplace.” Nitro, 2014

4. Editing 30%
Signing 17%
Reviewing 15%
Collaborating 14%
Sharing 14%
None 5%
0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% 30% 35%
All forms of interactivity & collaboration
are seen as equal challenges.
PDF editing is far and away the
most common challenge.
End users face many challenges when working with PDF.
“The State of Document Productivity in the Workplace.” Nitro, 2014
Document Challenges

5. How Productivity Is Being Lost: The “Old” Way
Disparate, inefficient, unsecured document processes and workflows.
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6. Printing is a Common Habit
Among Users
Legend: 1 = Never; 5 = Very Frequently
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Average Frequency
Frequency of Actions Involving PDF Documents
33% of knowledge workers use
a printer, scanner or copier 10+
times/day.
“The State of Document Productivity in the Workplace.” Nitro, 2014

7. Barriers to Effective Collaboration
Have emailed the wrong
version of a file to a boss,
client, or co-worker
Have found themselves
working on the wrong
version of a file
48% 6.9
hrs/wk
81%
Spent collecting,
consolidating, and
deciphering feedback
Harris Interactive Knowledge Worker Survey, 2013; IDC InfoBrief: The Document Disconnect, 2015

8. Provide the Tool, and It Will Be Used
Average Nitro User engages with
Nitro at least once per day:
• Edit a document 5 times/week
• Combine/merge documents into a
single document 4 times/week
• Request collaborators to a document
1 time/week
• Request a signature 2 times/week
• Sign a document 6 times/week
• Add a note to a document 3 times
per week

9. Businesses See Upside in Tackling
Document Productivity
Execs and managers in sales, HR, procurement, legal,
and other departments estimate that improving
document processes could lead to:
IDC InfoBrief: The Document Disconnect, 2015
36% Increase in Revenue 30% Cost Reduction

10. 4 Things You Can Start Doing Today
Provide workers access to the right tools
Eliminate paper wherever possible
Prescribe standardized collaboration practices
Investigate a Smart Documents Platform

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