Despite the best efforts of large and small companies, one of the biggest obstacles to going green remains this: significantly reducing or eliminating the huge amount of paper, toner ink, and other materials needed to produce legal documents, invoices, and other critical communications.

What is more, many companies striving for greenness rely on overnight delivery services to ship such documentation, when in fact they could dramatically reduce this expense.

So leave it to current market conditions, driven by record-high energy prices, to force company management to rethink the manner in which official documents and communications are produced and delivered. And now, a fast-growing 5 year-old green company, DocuSign, is working “to make electronic signatures as ubiquitous and simple as email.”

According to the company’s website, advantages include:

• Eliminate unnecessary costs
• No more overnight shipping, faxing delays, or signing errors
• Increase revenue
• Use the web to close deals in seconds and lock out competitors
• Competitive edge
• Grow business faster and more efficiently

By employing electronic signature technology, any company could eliminate thousands (or millions) of dollars in administrative expenses, and in the process save a forest.

At Harvest, we are currently researching electronic signatures for proposal approvals and proof sign-offs. It will help us improve the speed of our operations and improve our overall quality and service.

Once again, a simple and sustainable innovation can save waste and expense.

–

Source: Sturdy Roots