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Latest advancements in technology has been practically employed in almost all industries and spheres of life making work easy. However, there exists few industries that are yet to fully incorporate the use of modern technological tools in their operations. An example of such industry is the trucking industry. The growth of technology in the trucking industry has been very slow.
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Many other industries that have incorporated the use of modern technological tools in their mode of operations can testify of its increased productivity and many other benefits. A typical trucking business office will consist of a computer and other items such as a fax machine, various file cabinets and probably a white board. Many people may consider this as the usual equipments and tools necessary for the business operations.
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However, the argument is that these work tools have actually been replaced by modern electronic gadgets in this technological age. Therefore, the continual use of these old and outdated equipments will result to less productivity and inefficiency. Electronic mails and document imaging have evolved to replace the use of fax machines.
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The use of fax machines for sending and receiving messages is more expensive on an annual or monthly basis than an email. Use of email is free and faster than the purchase and use of fax machines for business operations. Document imaging have replaced the use of file cabinets. Documents can be scanned and saved on a computer system.
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This leads to a reduction in the amount of purchase and use of file cabinets as well as the physical space it occupies in the business office. Apart from the advantage of financial savings in the replacement of file cabinets with document imaging, it also saves valuable time of filing or searching for documents in the cabinets. Documents can easily be saved and found on computer systems when they scanned and digitalized.
