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Internal techniques are suggested to credit department managers to measure, monitor, and control their department's work activity and improve productivity.The steps to improved productivity involve identifying the nature of the work flow, measuring its size and flow rate, and determining productivity rates. Integrated recording tools for monitoring the work flow's rate and flow quantity include work requisition forms to identify the work requested before it can be processed, a double entry system of credit department report and work logs, credit department analyst work logs, weekly credit inventory progress reports, and monthly status reports.The system is rather simple and uses common management concepts.

The best way for individuals and companies to determine what hardware and software to buy is first to find software that best fits their needs, then find the hardware that best fits that software, and then test them together to make sure they work. Hardware becomes obsolete quickly, but not all users need the latest, fastest, and most powerful systems. The trend toward compatibility and connectivity among systems gives users increased flexibility, and some users would like to have a single system with enough flexibility to handle several different operating systems.