This document discusses the benefits of using electronic media rather than paper documents for storage. It lists six main benefits: accommodation, modern working, customer service, efficiency, cost savings, and risk management. Storing documents electronically can remove waste from physical storage space, remove barriers to flexible working, enhance customer handling, improve efficiency and quality of services, reduce costs of information management, and mitigate risks associated with document storage.

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Officer Document says….
Electronic media rather than paper
documents should be used as the method of
storage wherever possible; there are many
benefits…
Accommodation: ‘Remove
wastage in the organisation’s
estate’
Modern Working: ‘Remove
barriers to modern ways of
working’
Customer Service: ‘Enhance
handling of customer enquiries
and requests for service’
Efficiency: ‘Improving service
efficiency and quality’
Cost Savings: ‘Reducing the
operational costs of
information management’
Risk Management: ‘Mitigating
the various risks associated
with information
management’