The phrase "a paperless office" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe an office environment that minimizes or eliminates the use of paper, often through digital documentation and communication.
Example: "Our company is striving to become a paperless office by implementing digital filing systems and encouraging electronic communication."
Alternatives: "digital office" or "paper-free workplace".
I was once scoffed at for suggesting that we try to have a paperless office instead of killing rainforests.
As recently as a few decades ago, for example, you could still hear predictions that computers would one day create a paperless office.
Such scenes can't be reproduced precisely at Chiat/Day; this is a "paperless" office, where even the jottings on wall-mounted chalkboards are electronically recorded and filed.
Richard Lucas, director of White Knight Consulting which advises corporate clients on achieving a "paperless office", says it is important to devise clear rules and strategies rather than sporadically starting a clear out, with teamwork essential for an effective mission.
In the mid-70s, Businessweek published an article by the head of Xerox's research lab that is credited for first putting down (on paper) a vision of a paperless "office of the future".
A firm called Micronet Inc. recently opened a "paperless office" in Washington, which demonstrates how existing technologies can be employed to carry out virtually all office tasks with completely automated equipment -- equipment that generally can also be used at home.
You can create a system like this yourself, or you can purchase document management software] (usually included as a part of a paperless-office-software package) to create a suitable workflow for you.
While a truly paperless office is still a way off, new technologies are bringing smaller businesses closer to the goal.
To make a new push for a really paperless office, the "Paperless Coalition," which includes Google Drive, HelloFax, Manilla, HelloSign, Expensify, Xero and Fujitsu ScanSnap, today announced the launch of a new campaign to get businesses to go paperless to save "time, money and trees".
Bill Gates, who kept a conspicuously paperless office at Microsoft headquarters, sent us a photo of his new workspace: a hospital in Bangladesh, alongside wife Melinda.
Restructuring the company's processes and procedures to operate in a totally paperless office environment has significantly increased efficiency, productivity and profitability.
