Labor Cost Comparison
Manual Storage vs Electronic Storage

Manual Storage Labor Costs:

  • 7 minutes to Find/Retrieve/Re-File a Document
  • $7.50 Hourly Labor Rate Assumption
  • $0.875 Cost to Find Most Documents
    1000 Documents Processed each Day
    x 22 work days per month
    = 22,000 number of documents Per month
    x $0.875 Cost Per Document Search/ Retrieved
    x 12 months in a year
    = $231,000/ year with Traditional Filing Systems


ELA View Labor Costs:

  • 30 seconds on-line Document Time*
  • $7.50 Hourly Labor Rate Assumption
  • $0.0625 Cost Per Document to Retrieve
    1000 Documents Processed each Day
    x 22 work days per month
    = 22,000 number of documents Per month
    x $0.0625 Cost Per Document Search/ Retrieved
    x 12 months in a year
    = $16,500/ year with ELA View Imaging

With ELA View:

  • Original Document Remains filed intact

  • Refiling time is eliminated

  • No "Out of File" conditions

  • Floor space for filing is virtually eliminated

$120 Cost to Find One Lost Document.......

Just 1% lost documents can DOUBLE your costs