Advantages of E-paper in Organizations

We have talked about some of the ways Electronic Paper technology can eventually be used in our personal lives. Now we will look at how E-paper can be advantageously applied to a business environment.

One cost effective application for businesses is to replace regular paper with E-paper. This both saves money, as E-paper can be reused ad infinitum, and is more environmentally friendly because it doesn’t require huge amounts of trees be cut down for its production. (1,2)

Besides the cost saving benefit of using Electronic paper, its versatility and simplicity is likely to contribute to its induction into organizations. Instead of printing off 25 copies of a 10 page business report in the morning for your department meeting in the afternoon, the employees who attend the meeting will be able to upload the document to each employee's E-paper reader as they walk into the meeting room. Technology might even allow whoever is presenting the report to highlight, circle, and underscore words on a master e-reader and send those annotations in real-time to the other employees E-readers. (3)

The bottom line is that E-paper is a cost effective, environmentally friendly and more versatile option than regular paper. These advantages are sure to see E-paper succeed in the business and organizational environment.

1) http://www.gizmag.com/e-paper-benefits-environment/8441/

2) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epaper

3) http://www.treehugger.com/files/2008/10/epaper-research-will-bring-full-color-interactive-digital-newspapers.php