Tuesday, January 11, 2011

Benefits of Barcode Technology for Education Institutions

Barcode technology in being applied in educational institutions to improve their operations. It is being used for administrative purposes, registration of candidates, cafeteria, library, etc. Some of the most common benefits are as follows:

Streamlines administrative tasks
Barcode technology helps in increasing accuracy, efficiency and productivity of administrative tasks of any department in the institution. Administrative tasks like maintenance of documents, inventory maintenance, ordering and billing of stationary and equipments in the institution and admission procedures can be improved by application of barcode technology.

Improves attendance procedures
With the help of barcode technology, institution officials can easily keep a track on attendance of students and lecturers. The information stored in this way is very accurate and reliable and can be used in judging the performance.

Enhances security
Barcode technology helps in identifying the students belonging ti their institution and keeping a track on their whereabouts and social behaviour. This helps in preventing strangers from entering in to school premises.

Tracks library books
Automation of library through barcode technology is useful in tracking journals, library books and periodicals. It reduces the need for labour and also misplacement of books. It helps in registering the issue, return and renewal details of the books accurately.

Reduces labor costs
Adoption of barcode technology helps in error free data entry, eliminates paper work, enables wireless transmission of information and decreases the number of manual labours, thus eliminating the respective costs.

Asset tracking
Most important use of barcode technology is asset tracking. This information helps during claims made for insurance in cases of accidents or natural calamities.

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