Case Study: Niagara Catholic School District Board achieves paperless sustainability gains with Xerox DocuShare

Niagara Catholic School District Board saves $38,000 a year with Xerox DocuShare

The Niagara Catholic School District Board, a member of Canada’s EcoSchools Initiative, faced a challenge with paper-intensive processes that impeded productivity and prevented it from meeting its sustainability goals. The district was required to store student files for 55 years, which consumed massive amounts of storage space and necessitated daily courier runs for document approvals, resulting in high costs and a large carbon footprint. They turned to Xerox for a solution.

Xerox implemented its DocuShare platform to create an electronic document repository, integrating it with the district's existing systems. This solution digitized 800,000 documents, automated approval processes, and provided easy access for over 30,000 users. The measurable results included saving $38,000 annually on newsletter printing and postage, eliminating a courier route, and drastically cutting paper consumption, which allowed the district to finally achieve its sustainability goals.

Niagara Catholic School District Board