Survey: Computers making workers less efficient

Computers are making employees less efficient in the workplace according to a new survey conducted by EMC Corporation.

EMC, a developer and provider of information infrastructure technology and solutions, employs more than 1,600 people at its Cork and Dublin locations.

In its survey of practices in the UK EMC found that employees that print out documents, to ensure this paperwork is not ‘mis-filed’ on the IT system, are costing businesses more than €20bn a year.

This clearly indicated the need for content management systems to dramatically reduce the time it took to find relevant information, better distribute information where needed, and improve overall efficiencies, it said.

The survey, conducted by independent research company KRC Research, polled 500 office workers across the UK on their daily working habits.

The study showed that on average, people spend just 52 minutes searching their IT system for emails and other electronic documents.

“It’s clear from this survey that more could be done on a day-to-day level to reduce waste,” said John O’Melia, vice president Content Management & Archiving, EMEA.

Article courtesy of The Evening Echo newspaper