Three Reasons to Outsource Your Shredding

Financial

Outsourcing your shredding needs is actually LESS EXPENSIVE than shredding in-house. When you consider the cost of an office shredder, the paid employees' time taken to operate the shredder, maintenance costs and other implicit costs like electricity and disposal, a comparison with the cost of an outsourced shredding service illustrates that shredding in-house actually costs 40-60% MORE than an outsourced service.

Do the math: Hoosier Shred's largest security container holds 300 lbs. of paper (Hoosier Shred can shred this amount in 8 minutes). A standard office shredder would need 26 hours to shred the same amount--employee wages alone would far outweigh the cost of utilizing Hoosier Shred, and that's before considering the inherent expense of benefits and payroll taxes. Then factor in the cost of the shredder itself, and the results are undeniable...outsourcing is more cost-effective!

Operational

Have you ever tried to use an office shredder? After you've removed the staples, paper clips, rubber bands and binders, you are required to hand-feed the shredder a few pages at a time. Office shredders overheat, break down, and cause a significant amount of frustration to the unlucky user. Hoosier Shred's service eliminates the need for employees to remove staples, paper clips, rubber bands, and to dispose of the shredded material. Hoosier Shred provides a free locked security container and ALL LABOR for complete on-site destruction and disposal of the shredded material. Total employee involvement: the time it takes one employee to co-sign your Certificate of Destruction issued on the spot, certifying complete and secure destruction.

Security

Employees are BUSY! Even with the intention of keeping current with daily shredding, day-to-day spikes in workload result in the shredding piling up. At the rate of paper generated, it doesn't take long for an inconvenient pile to accumulate near the shredder. Janitorial staff could inadvertently "recycle" or simply "trash" this paper. Employees have many tasks and duties to perform throughout the day; the added frustration associated with typically temperamental office shredders can lead them to divert sensitive material to the trash or recycling bin. Besides, certain confidential information should not be handled by internal personnel.

It is natural to think of an outsourced shredding service as just another line item in the expense ledger. Once the whole picture is considered, however, savvy managers see that outsourcing makes sense for financial, operational and security reasons. Simply put, there is a reason that outsourced shredding service is the most commonly used method for business, education and government to destroy sensitive records - It is efficient, cost-effective, and most importantly, secure.