Wednesday 29 February 2012

State the Differences between Paper Based Information Systems and Paperless Information Systems

Paper Based Input Systems
Paperless Input Systems
v   Inputs to the accounting system that are based on handwritten or types source documents.
v   Input directly into the computer network, and need for keying in source documents is eliminated.

v   Provide a lower degree of automation.

v   Provide a higher degree of automation.
v   Does not involve optical scanner and bar-coded merchandised.
v   Need the use of optical scanner and bar-coded merchandised.

v    Lower degree of  control.
v    Higher degree of  control.

v    Work in batches.
v    Does not work in batches.

v    Time consuming.
v    Less time consuming.

v    Data update regularly.
v    Data update instantly.

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