Airlines reflecting increasing popularity of going paperless
When a new technology comes to any industry, generally there is a time period in which many businesses adopts and leverages the tools quickly. In many cases, these new machines, platforms or programs end up being a fad, but often, something new comes along that ends up being revolutionary and beneficial for early adopters.
Employees at offices would likely place document management software on this list. After going paperless / digital, many companies didn’t turn back. And why would they? After all, this technology has provided them infinite benefits of going paperless. It allowed workers to complete tasks remotely, because all the materials they need are online anyway. Also, managers can eliminate any extra storage and printing costs that had to be met in the past, while enabling instant edits, signings, approvals and other tweaks made to documents.
When tools like this spread like wildfire, the trend is usually restricted to one sector, or a small cluster that has similar interests. That’s not the case with document management software, however. Paperless software is available for adoption to businesses in just about all sectors, and diverse businesses from retailers to medical offices have have already leveraged these platforms and seen a return.
One such sector that might not be assumed to benefit from digitization is the travel industry, particularly airlines. Recently, Delta Airlines made the switch to paperless office, and now other businesses are following the suit and reaping the rewards. This is a great example of how document management software or electronic workflow can be used by nearly any business and personalized to work for anyone.
FedEx clearing paper out
According to The Republic, flight kits on FedEx planes used to be made up of three bags weighing 125 pounds. They were so heavy because they contained about 14,000 pieces of paper – charts, maps and other instructions. However, that’s all changing, the source reported, because this information is being hosted online and flight attendants and pilots only need to use a tablet to access important documents.
This will be the standard in all FedEx cockpits within two years, according to James Bowman, VP of Flight operations, so the only paper that will board the airplane will be some of the forms that need to be filled out by hand, weather advisories and flight plans.
Air Canada turning to tablets
Pilots on Air Canada flights are also using this tactic, TabTimes reported, and will be replacing 35 pound kits with much lighter tablets. The news source explained the airline is going digital because it will be able to save weight, which means less fuel consumption per flight, which adds up to significant cost savings in time.
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