Color Coded Filing
 

Using color with filing systems will:

  • Reduce file search by 90%

  • Speed retrieval by 65%

  • Reduce filing time by 75%

  • Eliminate misfiles

  • Attain file / record control

Alphabetic:
  • Straight alphabetic systems.
  • Random alphabetic systems.
  • Alphanumeric systems.

Numeric:

  • Straight numeric systems.

  • Terminal digit systems 
    (2 or 3 digit types)

  • Random numeric systems.

Subject:

  • Classification systems.

  • Primary/secondary systems.

  • Alphabetical subject systems.

 Chronological:
  • Year/month/day systems.
  • Julian date systems.
Geographical:
  • State/city systems.
  • Regional systems.
  
 
If you have a color printer, you can create file management labels like the following samples!!  Create file identification labels for top or end tab folders and you can attain the following:
  • Bar code for tracking and control.
  • Color codes for classifying files.
  • Color for filing sequence control.
  • Year bands for purging files.
  • Bold text for fast file identification.
  • Data management for imaging systems.


Note: Creating Net Labels will require a User ID and Password.
To request a User ID and Password, click here.