Image scanning
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Document Scanning or Image Scanning is the action or process of converting text and graphic paper documents, photographic film, photographic paper or other files to digital images. This "analog" to "digital" conversion process (A<D) is required for computer users to be able to view electronic files.
Why is Document Scanning Important? Studies have demonstrated that in paper-based systems, workers waste approximately 20% to 40% of their time searching for documents. Lost or misplaced paper files are a common problem with potentially disastrous results. The following statistics on document management are alarming:
* 90% of all corporate memory exists on paper. * Of all documents that get handled each and every day in the average office, 90% are merely shuffled. * The average document gets copied 19 times. * Companies spend $20 in labour to file a document, $120 in labour to find a misfiled document, and $220 in labour to reproduce a lost document. * 7.5% of all documents get lost, 3% of the remainder get misfiled. * Professionals spend 5-15% of their time reading information, but up to 50% looking for it. * There are over 4 trillion paper documents in the U.S. alone growing at a rate of 22% per year.
- Source: Coopers & Lybrand
See also Image scanner.
