for inflexible expensive equipment. Supply costs are reduced as the need for the supplies that are associated with paper handling (file cabinets, file folders and paper itself) is reduced. Storage costs are reduced as the amount that can be stored on small optical or magnetic media is much larger than the amount that can be stored on paper in the same place. Off-site as well as on-site storage needs are reduced in this way. Personnel savings comes from needing fewer people to handle the same tasks in an EDIS environment. The number of file clerks and data entry personnel can be greatly reduced when EDIS is introduced, thus reducing th
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