DIGITAL PEN & PAPER |
PDA or LAPTOP |
Minimal training required |
Equipping your workforce with a PDA or laptop typically involves time consuming and costly training |
No change management necessary
Everyone will be accustomed to using pen and paper
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Change management is also a key business issue when radically changing the way your workforce operates |
Simplicity - take your pen from your pocket and write |
Unpack, power up, log in, type, save, shut down, pack away |
Speed of use - quicker to write than type |
Dependent on typing speed and ability to navigate small screens |
Less physically obtrusive |
Bulky equipment to carry around |
DIGITAL PEN & PAPER |
PDA or LAPTOP |
Little investment required |
Expensive |
Low on-going costs |
Relatively high on-going cost of use, service and replacement |
Low cost implementation and roll-out |
High-cost of implementation and roll-out |
No expensive software costs |
Expensive software with associated training and support |
Rapid return on investment |
Slow return on investment |
Easy to justify cost benefit |
Difficult to justify the cost |
DIGITAL PEN & PAPER |
PDA or LAPTOP |
Information is only stored in pen until it is sent. Low risk of confidential information being accessed |
Loss of PDA or laptop could result in significant confidential work loss |
Easy to follow audit trail - time stamped log of pen user, time started, time finished, time signed -also knows the order in which everything was written |
No audit trail |
Reduced scope for employee misuse |
Potential to misuse company equipment |
No value in stealing a pen - easy to replace |
High theft targets. Inconvenient and costly to replace |
Instant proof of delivery - signature capture |
Signature capture - only available on some PDAs |
Digital Pen & Paper is a cost-effective way for traditional paper processes to digitally
store, share, and act on the information collected. This section compares DP&P with more commonly known digital hardware, such as PDA or Laptops, and charts the outcomes in three categories below:
