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Agenda
Diversity and flexibility in the modern workplace
13
Cyber Security
Why 2016 could be the year of the CIRO
14
Dictation
Maxine Park makes the case for co-sourcing
16
Projectors
Business Info
quizzes Claire Kerrison about
developments in projector technology
21
Collaboration
How to simplify content sharing in
meetings
22
Cover Story
Take our communications survey for your chance to win an Action Cam
24
Innovations
This month’s best new products and services
26
Meetings
Our guide to old-school, plug-free audio-visual products
30
App Update
New apps for business and leisure, including a
paper-saving site diary for construction sites
32
Managed Print Services
How Epson has helped Peverel Court Care slash print costs
34
Smart MFPs
IDC makes the case for smart MFPs in OKI-sponsored white paper
36
Content Management
Julian Cook highlights key trends shaping content management in 2016
38
Deliveries
Why ‘next day’ is so yesterday
41
Health
How to prevent the spread of germs in your office
42
The Month in Numbers
The hidden impact of apps
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As we go to press, a new Office of National Statistics
Environmental Accounts
report reveals that the amount
of materials consumed in the UK (including those used
to make imports) has fallen from a peak of 889.9 million
tonnes in 2001 to 659.1 million tonnes in 2013. Another
way of looking at it is that over the same period the amount
of biomass, metals, minerals and fossil fuel consumed per
person in the UK fell by about one third, from 15.1 million
tonnes to 10.3 million tonnes. Some commentators
have seized on the report as evidence of ‘peak stuff’ – a
term often used to suggest that our capacity and/or
appetite for material goods is finite and reversible. In
fact, material consumption is much more likely to be
influenced by economic factors and advances in technology,
manufacturing, mining/extraction and even recycling than
whether or not we feel the urge to buy an extra cushion
for the sofa. Indeed, the ONS figures show that material
consumption was lowest in 2011 (642 million tonnes or
10.1 tonnes per person).
For evidence of the impact of technological and manufacturing
advances on resource efficiency, you just need to look around the
office. From the smart MFP in the corner to the smartphone in
your hand, from energy-efficient LED lighting overhead to recycled
carpet tiles underfoot, we are now able to do so much more
with so much less. The smartphone is the most obvious example
– telephone, music player, radio, entertainment system, torch.
With NFC, your phone can be used as a form of identification at
network MFPs, as a key to unlock doors and as an electronic wallet.
And then you’ve got all the apps. Network multifunction printers,
too, offer a range of tools in one compact footprint and, apeing
smartphones, provide a platform for document-related
apps. The big difference is that MFPs are continuing to
shrink, whereas smartphones and tablets have started to
get bigger. The cloud is another example of how modern
IT enables more efficient use of resources by reducing
the need for businesses to acquire, accommodate,
maintain and update/upgrade servers and software. ONS
analysis shows that greater resource efficiency combined
with increases in GDP has led to a marked increase in resource
productivity – the economic value of every kilogram of material
consumed – from £1.87 per kg in 2000 to £2.98 per kg in 2013. If
only worker productivity had risen at the same rate.
James Goulding, Editor
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