Penn State Purchases Global License for DocFinity® Barcode Server
The Pennsylvania State University buys unlimited-user license for barcode software
STATE COLLEGE, Pa – January 25, 2005 – The Pennsylvania State University has made a global license software purchase for the DocFinity Barcode Sever module from Optical Image Technology, Inc. (OIT), a software company based in State College, Pa. Penn State’s global license purchase gives every department within the university access to the new software. The DocFinity Barcode Server enables users to automate indexing processes to eliminate manual entry, reduce errors and improve indexing accuracy.
Several departments already have plans in place to use the software. Penn State’s Office of Physical Plant has plans to use the DocFinity Barcode Server to index time cards for employees. Each employee has their own identification number and barcode, and the DocFinity Barcode Server will index each time card based on the employee’s barcode. Henry Wilusz, the senior system engineer at the Office of Physical Plant said that the DocFinity Barcode Server will be used to index over 800 time cards that are used each day in the department.
Larry Maso, lead programmer and analyst at Penn State’s Applied Research Lab is also planning to implement the software in his department, in a way very similar to the Office of Physical Plant. “We have a bunch of time cards taking up a lot of space,” said Maso. “We’re trying to get rid of years’ worth of boxes.” The Applied Research Lab will be using the software to image and index the time cards so that they can be called up electronically at any time without having to retrieve a physical copy of it.
While Penn State’s global purchase has just taken place, the technology is not new to every department. The Undergraduate Admissions Office has been using the DocFinity Barcode Server for several years now. They currently use the barcodes for paper applications and high school transcripts. The barcode label contains critical information like the student’s identification number, name, and even tells what type of document it is. Users now only need to click a barcode button, and the file is automatically indexed and put into its proper place in a cascade. “It enables us to get so much more into the imaging system with very little work for the staff,” said Phil Pruszko, the network analyst at the Undergraduate Admissions Office. “It leaves very little room for error.”
About Optical Image Technology, Inc.
Since 1986, OIT has been developing award-winning integrated document management solutions. OIT’s DocFinity Suite of document management software has gained prominent industry recognition by organizations such as AIIM International, Doculabs, Kinetic Information and Transform Magazine.
OIT serves customers throughout the world and across all major industries, including insurance, education, financial services, government, healthcare and more. By dynamically coordinating and managing the transfer of content with its document management software, the DocFinity Suite of products, OIT enables organizations to realize increased profitability, improved productivity and enhanced customer satisfaction by empowering enterprise-wide business processes. For more information, please visit www.docfinity.com.
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Release Date: January 25, 2005
