Digital Student Records Leave More Time for Studies</h1> <article> <h1>Digital Student Records Leave More Time for Studies</h1> <p>Webmaster — Tue, 25 May 2010 03:19:00 +0000</p> <p> Having a high level of national and international recognition, CES University’s academic focus includes medicine, dentistry, biology, veterinary medicine and zoology, as well as law. It also offers postgraduate courses such as clinical medicine and clinical dentistry, including master's degrees and doctorates. Since the second semester of 2008, applicants have been able to enroll via the university's website. The university's main campus is in Medellín, Colombia, where all of its academic services are based. Branch campuses are located in Sabaneta, Envigado, Girardota and in other parts of the country. </p> <p>Documents <br />For each student enrollment, the system generates a form. Documents like reports, ICFES certificates (entrance exam, etc), qualifications and so on are attached. These documents then become part of the student's record or résumé. They are stored at the university and are active while the student remains at the institution and become inactive or withdrawn once they have graduated or leave the institution.</p> <p>Work Process <br />Before DocuWare was installed, applicants wishing to register and enroll for classes stood in line for hours at the campus Admissions and Registrations office. Two staff members spent an average of six hours a day registering students. With this constraint, new applicants often had disappointingly, long wait times.</p> <p>The documents submitted by each applicant were stored in physical folders and sent to the assigned staff interviewer as the final step to enrollment. Following the interview, they were stored at the Admissions and Registrations office. As an applicant becomes a student, additional documents were generated and added to their folder increasing the University’s liability due to physical manipulation, alterations, lost documents or unauthorized access. Eventually all documents were sent to the Centro de Administración Documental or document administration center responsible for record keeping.</p> <p>Solution Requirements <br />The university was allowing students to enroll via its website but had difficulty managing the different documents since it had no control over their method of capture, quality or size. It needed a solution that would simplify the process, allow for the different document types and could be easily integrated into its website.</p> <span class="read-more"><a href="/case_studies/digital_student_records_leave_more_time_studies">continue reading...</a></span> </article> <article> <h1>OKI Printing Solutions Refreshes Family of A4/Letter Color and Mono LED Printers with the Launch of Four New Models Designed for the SMB Market</h1> <p>Webmaster — Tue, 25 May 2010 03:11:00 +0000</p> <p>MOUNT LAUREL, N.J. -- OKI Data Americas, which markets its products under the OKI® Printing Solutions brand, today announced the launch of new A4/Letter color and mono LED printers for the SMB market, expanding its lineup of dependable workgroup printing solutions. The compact and robust C330dn and C530dn color LED printers are ideal for small workgroups requiring fast print speeds, flexible media handling and exceptional color output quality. The B411 Series and B431 Series of mono LED printers provide exceptional performance to meet the needs of demanding workplace environments delivering fast print speeds, high consumable yields and duty cycles in a user-friendly compact design perfect for small workspaces. The newly refreshed family of color and mono printers provides a full suite of best in classi features, delivering maximum efficiency designed for a variety of workplace environments. </p> <p>“The B411 Series and B431 Series are compact and versatile mono printers that not only deliver on features and performance, but they save time, cut cost and add value to any office environment.”</p> <p>Color LED Printer Highlights of the C330dn Announcement: </p> <p>• The C330dn Color LED printer delivers the fastest print speeds in its classii with up to 23 ppm color and 25 ppm monoiii along with the fastest first page out and one of the fastest processor speeds in its classii. </p> <p>• Featuring a standard built-in duplexer and the highest standard paper capacity in its class,ii the C330dn has a paper capacity of 350 sheets, which is expandable to 880 sheets with an optional 530-sheet 2nd paper tray. The C330dn also has a monthly duty cycle of 45,000 pages. </p> <p>• The C330dn is 9.5” in height, making the device compact and ideal for offices with limited space. </p> <p>• The versatile C330dn also comes standard with a 128 MB RAM upgradeable to 640 MB. </p> <p>This class-leading color printer is ideal for small businesses and workgroups requiring a reliable device that delivers fast, HD Color performance with exceptional media handling in a compact design when space is at a premium. </p> <p>Highlights of the C530dn Announcement: </p> <p>• Delivering the fastest print speeds in its classiv with 27 ppm color and 31 ppm monoiii, the C530dn also produces the fastest first page out speeds in its classiii with 8 seconds mono and 7.5 seconds color. </p> <span class="read-more"><a href="/news/oki_printing_solutions_refreshes_family_a4letter_color_and_mono_led_printers_with_launch_four_n">continue reading...</a></span> </article> <article> <h1>OKI Refreshes Color A4 Lineup, Launches Faster Monochrome Models</h1> <p>Webmaster — Tue, 25 May 2010 03:06:00 +0000</p> <p><i>By <a href="http://www.buyerslab.com/news/viewarticle.asp?article=67310">Dmitry Sheynin</a>, Research Editor, May 24, 2010</i></p> <p>Building on its April 15th launch of the OKI Printing Solutions C610 and C711, OKI Data Americas continued its A4 lineup refresh today with the announcement of two more color printers and a pair of monochrome models.</p> <p>At 25 ppm and 30 ppm, respectively, the color C330dn and C530dn deliver the fastest print speeds in their class, according to OKI’s competitive analysis of select models from HP, Brother, Lexmark, Dell and Samsung. Meanwhile, the monochrome B411 and B431 boast higher monthly duty cycles, at 80,000 pages, and higher toner capacities, at 4,000 and 10,000 sheets, respectively, as well as a more compact design, than the models they replace. All four models were designed with an eye toward increasing workplace productivity.</p> <p>“One of the things we strive to do at OKI is help increase efficiency in SMBs,” said Carl Taylor, director of marketing for OKI Data Americas. “We do that in a variety of ways: by offering highest-in-class print speeds and duty cycles; decreasing the need for user intervention with higher-capacity toner cartridges; and incorporating a number of power-save features, cutting energy costs.”</p> <p>The C530 can be put into sleep mode instantly with a dedicated button on the control panel and has a deep sleep mode that drops energy consumption to 1.1W. Both color printers also work with OKI’s Color Access Policy Manager, which allows administrators to further limit the cost of color printing by setting permissions and disabling color output for certain users or job types.</p> <p>The C330 and C530 utilize a single-drum assembly that incorporates the drums for all four colors, meaning whenever one color reaches end of life, all four must be replaced, resulting in waste. Despite this, OKI claims the devices’ cost-per-page will compare favorably to other units that utilize separate drums. </p> <span class="read-more"><a href="/blogs/webmaster/oki_refreshes_color_a4_lineup_launches_faster_monochrome_models">continue reading...</a></span> </article> <article> <h1>Health Services Provider Goes Digital</h1> <p>Webmaster — Tue, 18 May 2010 01:52:00 +0000</p> <p> Documents <br />UNIMED maintains volumes of documents including medical records, hospital charts, doctor statements and more. In Brazil, the original document cannot leave the office of origin, so copies of patient records and bills are sent back and forth between offices for processing every 15 days. This exponentially increased the number of documents UNIMED maintained and resulted in multiple copies of the same information at several different locations.</p> <p>Work Process <br />When a patient visits an in-network UNIMED physician, the medical records and billing documents are processed and stored at the local UNIMED office. If a patient seeks a second opinion or chooses to see a UNIMED doctor in another city, the two offices must bill each other for the visit. Because transferring and maintaining documents is such a large complex process, when patients get a second opinion many of the tests are repeated two to three times since the original test results are not easily available to the second physician. This phenomenon was a drain on the organization’s bottom line and efficiency, and contributed to the huge amount of records UNIMED needed to maintain.</p> <span class="read-more"><a href="/case_studies/health_services_provider_goes_digital">continue reading...</a></span> </article> </main></body></html>