This attitude has seen it install time and cost-saving fax software in its factories and offices throughout Europe. Before the advent of e-mail, consistent worldwide fax standards ensured that faxes could be sent globally, between operating offices everywhere, without difficulty. We can send information such as personnel announcements and project details to multiple recipients quickly and without delay. Our Italian office estimates that Zetafax saves half an hour per user per day, while our German office puts the saving at 10 minutes per fax. These benefits accrue from several sources, according to Papworth.
Some elements become 'virtual' rather than 'physical'.
For example, we use much less paper and have lower printing costs, because there's no need to print a physical document in order to fax it. There's no physical queuing at manual fax machines or even, taking a step back, at printers to pick up documents to fax. A number of other functions are automated which improve the service and the process. Everyone receives automatic notification of failed transmissions, there's automatic retry for failed faxes, and even automated billing to help with cost control. Eli Lilly and Company Ltd. has installed Zetafax across many of its corporate sites.