Electronic document tracking system (EDTS): A prototype

Abstract

With rapidly-changing technology and increasing emphasis in managing information properly, Electronic Document Tracking System (EDTS) has been developed as a solution system to improve the efficiency of retrieving the document online at anytime and tracking the movement of documents in and out of Faculty of Office Management and Technology (FOMT) in University Technology MARA, Malaysia. FOMT have tried to improve document handling and use through the application of information technology. EDTS was developed within windows environment using Open Source tools such as PHP and MySQL. The application relies on TCP/IP and internet to support server and client communications. © 2009 Springer Berlin Heidelberg.