Case Study: Applied Materials achieves 90% paper reduction and $300K annual savings with OpenText Report & Output Management

Cutting Costs with Improved Report Processing

Applied Materials, the world’s largest producer of wafer fabrication systems, needed to modernize its report distribution across global R&D and manufacturing sites. The IS department was overwhelmed by manual printing and couriering of roughly 7,000 reports (about 100,000 pages) daily to 2,500 users, maintaining 600 printers and suffering lost reports, rising paper/microfiche costs, and wasted employee time.

By deploying OpenText Report & Output Management, Applied Materials moved to electronic report delivery with secure web access for remote users, searchable report repositories, and selective printing at the workstation. Paper output fell by more than 90%, microfiche costs dropped up to 80%, administration time decreased dramatically, and the company now saves about $300,000 per year — an ROI of roughly 200–300%.

Applied Materials

Subodh Tawde

Manager, User Systems