EDSF Study on the Impact of Electronic Document Delivery Sees Modest Effect Now, but “Print Suppression” To Come

Last week (July 6), the Electronic Document Systems Foundation (EDSF) released important new research, Document Communications Industry Trends: 2006 Survey Results. This is the third year of this co-branded trends study, sponsored by an EDSF grant and undertaken by industry consulting firm DocuLabs in conjunction with the Center for Research in Information Management (CRIM), University of Illinois at Chicago. EDSF makes this and other important industry research available in its online library at www.edsf.org.

The responses seem to reflect a disconnect between willingness to make the necessary investments to transition to electronic communications and the desire to do so.

Since this is the third year of this trends research, meaningful—and somewhat surprising—trends are emerging. The study is designed to gain an in-depth understanding of key issues and trends in the document communications industry, particularly as it relates to the growth in adoption rates for electronic document delivery and the resulting print suppression ratios. The study is a must-read for anyone in the document communications and/or printing industry who is interested in the impact of electronic communications on printed materials, now and in the future.

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