2014 E-Newsletter, Managing Time; Creating an Electronic Tracker
After a holiday, vacation or lately the winter blast, you may experience backlogs and find yourself juggling multiple tasks all too often.
Well, what if you can cut down on the the time it takes you to process paperwork without breaking a sweat.
How? You guessed it, an electronic tracker.
It's nothing like keeping things organized and close by--so close that you can practically store essential information right on your computer.
But wait a minute, you probably thinking I already have multiple computer systems and databases doing just that--NO NO, I'm referring to the other essential stuff.
How many times on a daily basis do you retrieve files and folders from your file cabinets? Once, twice perhaps more, well then it's time to consider a simple yet budget friendly time saver not to mention space saver, YES an electronic tracker. So you have no excuses, stop filing, sorting, re-sorting and re-filing over and over again!. And finally your office can reflect just that an office without the cabinet clutter.
Requirements:
- Office computer
- Basic computer skills
- An imagination
Here's how!
- Make a list of the type of information you're pulling daily to create subheadings for your spreadsheet
- Open up spreadsheet computer applications (my preference is excel)
- Set-up the headings, grab files to enter pertinent data followed by formatting
- Continue to tweak the layout and consider a printer friendly option
- Save to hard drive or cloud server and VOILĂ!
For an extra bonus upload an image to accompany each file. Audit files periodically and set-up a central location to track new and revised forms before storing away.
Whoever said managing data has to be complicated overlooked the electronic tracker!
Hope you enjoyed this savings tip from Biz-Pro LLC!
