Transaction re-engineering using scanning technology

Abstract

The project arose out o f a need to update and improve the overall efficiency o f a small/medium sized manufacturing and distribution company. The re-engineered system streamlines the process o f ordering, production delivery and accounting. In addition, it increases end-user involvement in the networked processing system. The project was separated into two phases. • Phase 1: Re-engineer the business processes as part o f a cost benefit analysis. • Phase 2: The development o f a document imaging system, which could be integrated into the networked transaction processing and accounting system. This involved the utilization o f bar coding as a unique identifier for each order/delivery docket. Documents are scanned and the data stripped out and stored as simple data files in a database. This speeds up the process o f data storage and retrieval and facilitates access to the data by other functions within the organization.