- Delays in retrieving information in an emergency (30 minutes +)
- No visibility of information except for the person that has a physical copy
- Legibility, completeness and accuracy, is always questionable
- Industry struggling to find people, need to do more with less
- Minimum 2 years filing requirement creating administrative burden
- Contrary to popular belief, paper is the most expensive way to track shipment of dangerous goods and hazardous waste
- It costs $20-50 per document through its lifecycle (could add up to Millions of $ of effort wasted every year)
- High administrative costs, errors, and duplication of effort
- Paper does not support remote work in a post-pandemic world
- Millions of sheets of paper being used every year, cutting down trees and other environmental impacts
- Static information with no real-time updates
- Tedious to extract ESG/Sustainability data and prepare annual summary reports