STATISTICS

• “The average executive wastes six weeks per year retrieving misplaced information on desks or in files. At a salary of $75,000 per year, this would translate to 12.3 percent of total earnings.”
  
  
• “80% of filed papers are never referenced again. 50% of all filed materials are duplicates or expired information.”
  
  
• “60% of materials going to storage, due to relocation or lack of space, have no retention value and should have been destroyed at the office filing systems level, decluttering file cabinets.”
  
  
• “During the last 25 years, our leisure time has declined by 37% while our work week has increased by a full day.”
  
  
• “Spending 10 to 15 minutes every morning mapping out your day can save up to 6 hours a week.”
  
  
• “The largest impact on productivity would result from improvements in the layout of the office, the arrangement of the computer, and thermal control.”
  
  
• “Effective ventilation, lighting, and acoustics increases productivity 6-16%.”
  

Source: Key Organization Systems
PO Box 73365
Houston, TX 77273