·         It replaces manual systems such as paper (filing cabinets), diaries and other office applications with one centralised database

·         Enhanced administrative and communication processes through the use of certain office tools, organisers and mergers, avoiding duplication and information islands thereby increasing efficiency and addressing data protection requirements.

·         Ensures appropriate and accountable reporting to funders and management

·         Improved means to collating and monitoring our participant’s and organisations data

·         Increases the efficiency of an organisation, allowing concentration on what's important - working with people and delivering services

·         Improved efficiency: Communication can minimize the likelihood of duplicated effort and investment across the organisation

·         Reduces the costs for other stationary materials and be more ‘environmentally friendly’

·         The organisation sees the further deployment of ICT as an opportunity to re-design business processes around best-practice

·         Employees are given the opportunity to be come competent and confident in using other ICT applications

·         Self-build functionality is used on data fields to allow the clients to customise their databases to their own needs

·         A system user feature enables different staff users be given usernames & passwords. Varying level of access can be assigned that restrict users to parts of the database. Only the systems administrator can set up the users. An automated logon file will record the times/dates of when all users logged in and out