THE NEED FOR A NEW TECHNOLOGY:

Orgamation Technologies has developed a core child care management system that models the ways that service based businesses operate. This business system presents ways to lower costs via improving productivity through expedient allocation of work force efforts and financial resources, and by managing expenses like overhead, equipment and supplies. The goal is to measure the "right things" and to improve the daycare organization's "bottom line" profit picture significantly.

Most current computer based business systems are actually nothing more than ordinary databases. They do little beyond collecting and filing information. Child care centers, organizations and schools achieve very little by using such software systems. People still do the organizational and communications work. Analyses of what computers have achieved, particularly in the service sector, show that computer work has replaced paperwork, but the workload has not diminished. In spite of all the technological developments, productivity in the service-based industries has actually declined in the past few years. Russell Redenbaugh, business analyst and author in his publication, The New Common Sense, states, "We are not observing and measuring the right things ".

Orgamation has accomplished the project of developing an early education and child care software system that complete routine tasks automatically, assist in scheduling programs and staffing efficiently, and direct in the assignment of other resources and tasks.

The vast majority of business software systems today are either highly customized or too open-ended. Let's look at current child care management software systems. These are the so-called industry-standard systems that on the surface appear to have all the details necessary to run effectively. However, these systems are rigid and highly customized. They are the "one size fits all" costly systems that to customize require expensive contract work from the makers of software or field consultants. Open-ended systems on the other hand, such as Excel or Access, while flexible enough to tailor to your business, lack specific application for child care. These software packages are usually under constant development but lack the substance needed to work.

What is needed is a software system that is highly customizable and contains details specific to child care operations management. DCMS 9003 was developed from research of a broad clientele of the industry. It is a system that is built with enough flexibility for anything you have in mind. Also, DCMS 9003 comes bundled with a service package that avoids expensive consultation work in the field. The service package includes continuous upgrades and modifications to serve the changing and specific needs of your business.

The New Common Sense - In the Workflow Paradigm by Russell Redenbaugh. (T White and L. Fischer, Eds.), 13-24. Future Strategies, Book Division, 909 Marina Village Parkway, Alameda, CA 94501