#automate administrative tasks

[harshathusm]

The Role of Robotic process Automation in Healthcare

RPA plays a transformative role in healthcare as it enables automation processes, streamlines administrative tasks, improves patient care, and reduces operational costs. It automates the repetitive entry of data, scheduling appointments, billing, and other activities, thereby allowing the healthcare professionals to be more engaged with patients. Data is also accurate and adheres to compliance, which is critical in healthcare. USM Business Systems stands out as a top mobile app development company for firms looking to implement RPA within their programs.

USM BUSINESS SYSTEMS

Services:

Mobile app development

Artificial Intelligence

Machine Learning

Android app development

RPA

Big data

HR Management

Workforce Management

IoT

IOS App Development

Cloud Migration

[trackolap]

Streamlining Success: How Employee Onboarding Software Enhances the New Hire Journey

Streamlining Success: How Onboarding Software Enhances the New Hire Journey dives into the benefits of employee onboarding software, from automating tasks to promoting engagement. Learn how it transforms new hire experiences, boosts efficiency, and accelerates productivity.

[prideedu]

Fully Integrated ERP Solution for Education Sector

In the rapidly evolving digital landscape, educational institutions are investing heavily in technology to enhance efficiency and reduce operational costs. To streamline internal processes and communication, Education Resource Planning (ERP) systems have become essential. PrideEdu stands out as a fully integrated ERP solution in the education sector, renowned for its scalability, security, and customizable features. It facilitates smooth daily activities for administrators and teachers, ensuring effective institution management. Additionally, it keeps parents updated on their children's progress. The benefits of PrideEdu include process automation, simplified classroom management, optimized learning experiences, instant access to actionable insights, and streamlined administrative tasks such as admissions, attendance, and fee management. It also offers real-time access to data, user-friendly interfaces, and integrated modules for comprehensive management. By reducing manual workloads and facilitating communication among stakeholders, PrideEdu contributes to smoother operations and improved educational outcomes.

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[dostoyevsky-official]

A 25-Year-Old With Elon Musk Ties Has Direct Access to the Federal Payment System

A 25-year-old engineer named Marko Elez, who previously worked for two Elon Musk companies, has direct access to Treasury Department systems responsible for nearly all payments made by the US government, three sources tell WIRED. Two of those sources say that Elez’s privileges include the ability not just to read but to write code on two of the most sensitive systems in the US government: The Payment Automation Manager (PAM) and Secure Payment System (SPS) at the Bureau of the Fiscal Service (BFS). Housed on a top-secret mainframe, these systems control, on a granular level, government payments that in their totality amount to more than a fifth of the US economy. Despite reporting that suggests that Musk's so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) task force has access to these Treasury systems on a “read-only” level, sources say Elez, who has visited a Kansas City office housing BFS systems, has many administrator-level privileges. Typically, those admin privileges could give someone the power to log into servers through secure shell access, navigate the entire file system, change user permissions, and delete or modify critical files. That could allow someone to bypass the security measures of, and potentially cause irreversible changes to, the very systems they have access to. “You could do anything with these privileges,” says one source with knowledge of the system, who adds that they cannot conceive of a reason that anyone would need them for purposes of simply hunting down fraudulent payments or analyzing disbursement flow. "Technically I don't see why this couldn't happen," a federal IT worker tells WIRED in a phone call late on Monday night, referring to the possibility of a DOGE employee being granted elevated access to a government server. "If you would have asked me a week ago, I'd have told you that this kind of thing would never in a million years happen. But now, who the fuck knows." A source says they are concerned that data could be passed from secure systems to DOGE operatives within the General Services Administration (GSA). WIRED reporting has shown that Elon Musk’s associates—including Nicole Hollander, who slept in Twitter’s offices as Musk acquired the company, and Thomas Shedd, a former Tesla engineer who now runs a GSA agency, along with a host of extremely young and inexperienced engineers—have infiltrated the GSA, and have attempted to use White House security credentials to gain access to GSA tech, something experts have said is highly unusual and poses a huge security risk.

[artemisia-black]

How do you think Azkaban works? Do they have extremely depressed house elves making the food for the prisoners? Or do the prisoners themselves have a work rota of cooking and cleaning more or less like muggle prisons? Are the dementors the only wardens, can they ID prisoners in any functional way? Or are there wizards there in admin roles?

Is there a very precarious courtyard gym? Was Lucius Malfoy breaking rocks and getting a stick-and-poke tattoo from one of the Carrows? How do visits work? Are they allowed conjugal visits? Do you think true crime girlies tried to pull that when Sirius was taken in?

Are all the cells the same? Or are maximum security cases like Sirius and Bellatrix kept in isolation, where petty thieves and magic carpet smugglers may bunk together?

Oooh anon here comes an essay ♥️

Food and Labour:

I don’t think the prisoners are cooking or cleaning. The whole point of Azkaban is total hopelessness. Giving prisoners tasks; even dull ones ) could provide structure, which might, god forbid, foster a sense of purpose. Can’t have that- especially as they see insanity as the ultimate punishment. I have a meta about it here

I doubt there are house-elves either.

More likely: the Ministry sends rations to the island — probably magically-preserved sludge that just about keeps people alive. I HC there’s some kind of automated spellwork in the kitchen areas that portions things out so the dementors can deliver it ( dementoroo), designed to serve food that is technically edible, but so soul-crushing it actively hastens psychological collapse.

Wardens and Administration:

Before the post war reforms the Dementors are the primary “guards.”

Can they ID prisoners? Not conventionally. They don’t see with eyes; they feel. (According to Sirius). They can probably distinguish prisoners based on emotional “flavour” the way a sommelier can tell you which vineyard a wine came from.

That said, I refuse to believe even the Ministry would let literal soul-eating wraiths handle all logistics. There must be a handful of extremely unfortunate Ministry workers assigned to admin roles: transporting prisoners, recording deaths, updating rolls. Also who is doing the photoshoots that meant there was a fresh pic of Sirius on hand when he escaped.

Exercise and Recreation

There is absolutely no courtyard gym. None. No Lucius Malfoy doing squats while Crabbe Sr. counts reps.

Exercise is hope. Exercise is self-care and good mental health. Azkaban’s entire ethos is the annihilation of self. I doubt prisoners even get fresh air breaks.

Visits and Conjugal Rights:

Absolutely not. Can you imagine your happiest memory would getting ripped out of your body mid-shag?

Visits would be restricted to extremely rare, Ministry-sanctioned events: trial appeals, re-sentencing, possibly posthumous identification (“Is this the body of your husband? Sign here.”)

As for true crime girlies thirsting over prisoners? Oh, 1000%. Sirius Black would have had deranged fanmail - see end of this for both my fic about his fanmail and my script for a podcast about him. No one would be allowed to visit, but there would be a pile of owl-delivered “you don’t know the real him” letters mouldering in a Ministry mailroom somewhere.

My podcast fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/55304761

https://archiveofourown.org/works/33898300

Snippet: Artemisia Black: And now, a quick word from our friends at Mundungus Fletcher’s Legitimate Potion Ingredients! Sponsored Ad Break]

My fanmail fic: https://archiveofourown.org/works/33898300

Snippet: Documents?’ The guard snorted derisively, shaking his head, as he pulled out a large stack of letters from a drawer in his desk. ‘You mean his fan mail?’

Kingsley controlled the urge to smile. He did mean the fan mail, and he intended to deliver it to its recipient to make him laugh.

‘Yes,’ he said as soberly as he could, ‘They are key documents in my ongoing investigation.’

‘Well, there’s plenty more,’ the guard said, rolling his eyes. ‘Honestly, these people need locking up themselves.’

Fic: Dave the Dementor

https://archiveofourown.org/works/62099272

Snippet: Had he not won Azkaban's Employee of the Year four times in a row after arriving from Iceland as a fresh graduate of the university of human misery?

Oh, how he had savoured his victory over the other Dementors, who had initially mocked his innovative introduction of microtortures.

How they had scoffed when he first suggested seasoning the British prisoners’ food while leaving everyone else’s agonisingly under-seasoned.

[mariacallous]

Following a White House edict effectively banning federal employees from disclosing their personal pronouns in email signatures, sources within multiple federal agencies say pronouns are now being systemically blocked across multiple email clients and other software.

WIRED confirmed various automated efforts with employees at the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the General Services Administration (GSA), the US Department of Agriculture, and the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

The employees spoke to WIRED on condition of anonymity, citing fears of retaliation.

Multiple agency directors sent emails over the weekend telling staff that, due to President Donald Trump’s executive order, their offices would be removing the pronoun capability from Office 365. Employees were told they’d also need to remove pronouns from their email signatures in order to comply with the directive.

A staffer at USAID says the formal deactivation of their ability to list pronouns occurred last week, in response to executive orders defining sexes issued by President Trump on his first day in office. A GSA staffer says pronouns were wiped from employees’ email signatures after hours on Friday and were also no longer visible in Slack, the workplace messaging app. At the CDC, there used to be a section for employees to share their pronouns on their Teams profiles, another workplace app. That field no longer exists.

Reached for comment, the White House transferred WIRED to OPM communications director McLaurine Pinover, who pointed to January 29 memorandum ordering agencies to disable all features “that prompt users for their pronouns.”

The ban on personal pronouns follows sweeping efforts by the White House to eliminate programs that encourage diversity and social justice within the federal government, as well as other references to “diversity, equity, and inclusion” in federal employees’ discourse.

In a striking example of the policy in action, an image surfaced last week of a wall being painted over at the Federal Bureau of Investigation's Quantico, Virginia, academy due to it listing "diversity" among the bureau's core values. (According to an email from the FBI’s Office of Integrity and Compliance obtained by Mother Jones, the bureau no longer counts "diversity" among its core values.)

The Trump administration began a radical campaign last week aimed at inducing members of the federal workforce to leave their jobs ahead of threatened reductions. The effort is spearheaded by Elon Musk, leader of the so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a task force that has effectively seized control of several federal agencies and sensitive government systems with apparent clearance from the White House.

WIRED reported last week that Musk’s outfit had effectively taken over the Office of Personnel Management, the US government’s human resources department. In this and other efforts, it is employing inexperienced young engineers whose ages range from 19 to 24—many of whom, public records show, are former interns or have been affiliated with Musk-aligned companies.

OPM emailed federal workers on January 28 with a “deferred resignation offer,” sparking widespread confusion among federal workers. (DOGE’s own new HR chief was unable to answer basic questions about the offer in a contentious staff meeting last week, WIRED reported.) In an email to staff Sunday evening, OPM clarified whether the deferred resignation program complied with existing privacy laws. “Yes,” read the answer. “The deferred resignation program uses only basic contact information about federal employees, like name and government address, along with short, voluntary email responses. The information is stored on government systems. To the extent that the Privacy Act applies, all information relevant to the program is covered by existing OPM System Records Notices.”

Multiple agency sources told WIRED last week that several of Musk's lieutenants had been granted access to key computer systems controlled by the GSA, an independent agency tasked by Congress with overseeing federal buildings and providing equipment, supplies, and IT support across the government.

[whentherewerebicycles]

ok more AI thoughts sorry i'm tagging them if you want to filter. we had a team meeting last week where everyone was raving about this workshop they'd been to where they learned how to use generative AI tools to analyze a spreadsheet, create a slide deck, and generate their very own personalized chatbot. one person on our team was like 'yeah our student workers are already using chatGPT to do all of their assignments for us' and another person on our team (whom i really respect!) was like 'that's not really a problem though right? when i onboard my new student workers next year i'm going to have them do a bunch of tasks with AI to start with to show them how to use it more effectively in their work.' and i was just sitting there like aaaaa aaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaaaaaa what are we even doing here.

here are some thoughts:

yes AI can automate mundane tasks that would've otherwise taken students longer to complete. however i think it is important to ask: is there value in learning how to do mundane tasks that require sustained focus and careful attention to detail even if you are not that interested in the subject matter? i can think of many times in my life where i have needed to use my capacity to pay attention even when i'm bored to do something carefully and well. and i honed that capacity to pay attention and do careful work through... you guessed it... practicing the skill of paying attention and doing careful work even when i was bored. like of course you can look at the task itself and say "this task is meaningless/boring for the student, so let's teach them how to automate it." but i think in its best form, working closely with students shares some things with parenting, in that you are not just trying to get them through a set list of tasks, you are trying to give them opportunities to develop decision-making frameworks and diverse skillsets that they can transfer to many different areas of their lives. so I think it is really important for us to pause and think about how we are asking them to work and what we are communicating to them when we immediately direct them to AI.

i also think that rushing to automate a boring task cuts out all the stuff that students learn or absorb or encounter through doing the task that are not directly tied to the task itself! to give an example: my coworker was like let's have them use AI to review a bunch of pages on our website to look for outdated info. we'll just give them the info that needs to be updated and then they can essentially use AI to find and replace each thing without having to look at the individual pages. to which i'm like... ok but let's zoom out a little bit further. first of all, as i said above, i think there is value in learning how to read closely and attentively so that you can spot inaccuracies and replace them with accurate information. second of all, i think the exercise of actually reviewing things closely with my own human eyes & brain can be incredibly valuable. often i will go back to old pages i've created or old workshops i've made, and when i look at them with fresh eyes, i'm like ohh wait i bet i can express this idea more clearly, or hang on, i actually think this example is a little more confusing and i've since thought of a better one to illustrate this concept, or whatever. a student worker reading through a bunch of pages to perform the mundane task of updating deadlines might end up spotting all kinds of things that can be improved or changed. LASTLY i think that students end up absorbing a lot about the organization they work for when they have to read through a bunch of webpages looking for information. the vast majority of students don't have a clear understanding of how different units within a complex organization like a university function/interact with each other or how they communicate their work to different stakeholders (students, faculty, administrators, parents, donors, etc.). reading closely through a bunch of different pages -- even just to perform a simple task like updating application deadlines -- gives the student a chance to absorb more knowledge about their own unit's inner workings and gain a sense of how its work connects to other parts of the university. and i think there is tremendous value in that, since students who have higher levels of navigational capital are likely to be more aware of the resources/opportunities available to them and savvier at navigating the complex organization of the university.

i think what this boils down to is: our culture encourages us to prize efficiency in the workplace over everything else. we want to optimize optimize optimize. but when we focus obsessively on a single task (and on the fastest, most efficient way to complete it), i think we can really lose sight of the web of potential skills to be learned and knowledge or experience to be gained around the task itself, which may seem "inefficient" or unrelated to the task but can actually be hugely important to the person's growth/learning. idk!!! maybe i am old man shouting at cloud!!! i am sure people said this about computers in the workplace too!!! but also WERE THEY WRONG??? I AM NOT SURE THEY WERE!!!!

and i have not even broached the other part of my concern which is that if we tell students it's totally fine to use AI tools in the workplace to automate tasks they find boring, i think we may be ceding the right to tell them they can't use AI tools in the classroom to automate learning tasks they find boring. like how can we tell them that THIS space (the classroom) is a sacred domain of learning where you must do everything yourself even if you find it slow and frustrating and boring. but as soon as you leave your class and head over to your on-campus job, you are encouraged to use AI to speed up everything you find slow, frustrating, and boring. how can we possibly expect students to make sense of those mixed messages!! and if we are already devaluing education so much by telling students that the sole purpose of pursuing an education is to get a well-paying job, then it's like, why NOT cheat your way through college using the exact same tools you'll be rewarded for using in the future job that you're going to college to get? ughhhhhhHHHHHHHHHHh.

[gallifreyinstituteforlearning]

Do gallifreyans have jobs? Like a cashier or a janitor or a nannie?

Do Gallifreyans have jobs?

🎓 Post-Academy Occupations

There's no strict requirement for Gallifreyans to be employed because the concept of money is outdated to many of them, but a lot take up roles to stave off boredom or help in the community. After completing their education, Gallifreyans have several potential career paths, influenced by their level of academic achievement:

5th Grade Graduates

Those who leave the academy after the 5th grade often take roles such as:

Media Commentators

Artists

Aides for Cardinals

Aides for Junior Time Lords

6th Grade Graduates

Passing the 6th grade opens up more technical and administrative roles, like:

Administration and Maintenance of the Citadel

Space Traffic Controllers

Junior Technicians

Temporal Nexus Point Observation Researchers

Lab Assistants

Service in the Watch

7th Grade Graduates

Graduating the 7th Grade is very impressive, and opens up the highest echelons of Gallifreyan society like being a Cardinal or the Lord President. However, not a lot of people get this far.

🤖 Automated Assistance

Gallifreyan society heavily relies on advanced automation to meet virtually every need, reducing the necessity for many jobs humans are used to, for example:

Cleaning Machines: Automated systems patrol city complexes and handle street cleaning.

Druges: Massive automated humanoid servants found throughout Gallifreyan Houses.

Robotic Avatroids: Avatroids supervise children's brainbuffing (intensive education) and act as nannies.

🏫 So…

Gallifreyans don't need to work like humans, but many choose to keep busy with jobs or hobbies that interest them. With all their fancy machines, they can focus on the cool stuff – like art, science, and not-so-menial tasks.

Related:

💬|⏰🎉Do Time Lords celebrate their birthday?: The (non)importance of name-days.

💬|⏰🕯️How does religion work on Gallifrey?: Overview of the history and perception of religion throughout Gallifrey’s history.

💬|⏰💄Do Time Lords have a beauty industry?: The fashion trends and general attitudes towards make up and clothes.

Hope that helped! 😃

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[herrenxenoberg]

Introducing my fanschool project...

I have two TWST fanschools in progress but I want to show the one I have been developing for a long while...

Luxglow Prep (Fanschool based on Pixar)

Location of the school (Pinpointed on the game's map):

The school is situated in the Land of Dawning, a distance away from Sage's Island but still relatively close.

Description of the School:

"A magical academy that has the same long-standing reputation as Night Raven College, its door are open to students of all backgrounds who wishes to learn and familiarize with the concept of balanced morality."

This school is founded much later than Night Raven College, but has gained an equal amount of recognition by scholars who are given options after their elementary graduation for its highly advanced facilities and utilities, as well as a very well-organized study environment. Thanks to the advancements of magitech, Luxglow Prep is the first ever arcane academy that adapted the use of the technology into their navigation, organization and power source management. At the core of this academy, lies a highly advanced artificial intelligence going by the name "Lampi", who is tasked with managing the student body, the school network and the dorm sorting process. Unlike Night Raven College, their historical inspirations come from spoken tales about each dorm's motto and theme.

How the school system works:

Because it is more advanced technologically, the school system is vastly different than the other arcane academies in Twisted Wonderland. The admission process revolves a transportation vehicle (similar to MVR-A from WALL-E) arriving at the student's residence, before being asked to rest inside a special pod designed with soft cushions like the NRC coffins. They'll be put into a slumber within the pod by a specially-programmed sleep mist administrator.

Once they arrived at the academy, they'll be placed in a stasis chamber, which is where the sorting ceremony will be held, and will be awakened when the time calls for it. Once awoken, they'll be dressed in the ceremonial robes by automated androids situated in the chamber and brought to the sorting area. The sorting area is where Luxglow Prep's sacred magitech artefact resides, a massive enchanted lamp that is said to sort mages by illuminating them with the light that befits their aptitude and their dorm.

The dorms in Luxglow Prep are labeled as "houses" instead (like sorority houses in colleges), and instead of travelling by mirrors, they travel by doors (similar to ones from Monsters Inc), enchanted doorways that can lead a person to a desired location or contains a dimensional pocket space upon entering.

Luxglow Prep Uniforms:

For the uniform look, I wanted to capture the feel of more rich type of school uniforms with the sweater vest and long sleeve shirts. The PE outfit is mostly a full-body tights and a jersey set they can wear. For the alchemy/lab fit, I took some reference inspirations from the CDA hazmat suits from Monsters Inc as a base. And for the ceremonial robe, I picked the one fit Merida is dressed in from Brave, and made it androgynous enough to work as a ceremonial fit. As for the standard wand they'll use, I went for the staff Ian Lightfoot wields from Onward. (Yeap, a lot of pixar references are packed in one go here).

Staff Members and Dorms will be revealed soon.

[sageofsunbloom]

Is AI fr gonna steal our jobs?

Disclaimer: This post is mostly speculative and meant to encourage discussion and different perspectives on the topic.

Some time ago, I along with many others thought that AI was mostly going to aid in all the task centered, administrative, repetitive jobs. Cashiers, factory workers, call center workers, all the jobs that would benefit from automation were being taken over by AI.

When the ghibli trend came around, it was a guttural shock to many artists.

What used to generate questionable and bad looking art has now developed and is transitioning to generating high quality pieces, videos, music, animation and what not. In a matter of mere months. [AI tools example: midjourney, DALL-E, ChatGPT]

Art is not simply something pretty to look at. It is the accumulation of experiences, emotions and essense of humans. Art is their unique expression and the lens with which they see the world.

This blog is not an argument against the use of AI for art, but a call to understand what it really means.

Did most people see it coming when AI mimicked it with precision?

How long before it starts mimicking creativity, intuition, emotion and depth, all of what we thought was deeply and uniquely human?

"AI works by learning from lots of information, recognizing patterns, and using that knowledge to make decisions or do tasks like a human would." - Chatgpt.

Some time ago, the dominant argument was that AI might be able copy the strokes of a painting, the words of a novel. But it cannot hold the hands of another human and tell them all was well, it cannot feel and experience the real world like us, it cannot connect with humans and it cant innovate and envision new solutions.

If you still believe this, I urge you to go to chatgpt right now and open up to it like it was your friend. It will provide consolidation and advice tailored so well to your individual behaviours that it might feel better than talking to your bestfriend.

What is a deep neurological, experience based and emotional reaction to us is simply just analysis and application of data and patterns to AI. And the difference? Not easily distinguishable to the average human.

As long as the end result is not compromised, it doesnt matter to client and employers whether the process was human or not. Efficiency is often prioritized above substance. And now even substance is being mimicked.

Currently, the prominent discussion online is that in order to improve your job security, we need to master AI tools. Instead of fighting for stability(which is nothing but an illusion now) we need to ride the waves of the new age flooding towards us, and work with Ai instead of fighting against the change.

But the paradox is, the more we use AI the quicker it will learn from us, the quicker it will reduce the need for human guidance and supervision, and the quicker it will replace us.

Times are moving fast. We need everyone to be aware of the rate at which the world is changing and the things that are going on beneath the surface. If we simply take information at face value and avoid research, give it a few years or even months of time, and noone will know what hit us.

"Use of generative AI increased from 33% in 2023 to 71% in 2024. Use of AI by business function for the latest data varied from 36% in IT to 12% in manufacturing. Use of gen AI by business function for the latest data varied from 42% in marketing and sales to 5% in manufacturing."-Mckinsey, Mar 12, 2025.

By 2030, 14% of employees will have been forced to change their career because of- AI-McKinsey.

Since 2000, automation has resulted in 1.7 million manufacturing jobs being lost -BuiltIn

There is a radical change taking momentum right now. It's gonna be humans vs AI starting from the job aspect of the world.

Its not a matter of which jobs and skills are AI proof but which ones is AI likely to take over last.

What I predict personally, is that soon the world leaders are going to have to make a transformative choice.

This can either lead to a world where humans can be provided with money and resources instead of working to earn, as AI generates profit, and we can lay back and enjoy the things we love doing.

Or the other option is that we are going to have to live by scraps as small elite groups take over all the resources and tech.

Dystopia or utopia? The line is blurred.

Thankfully, for now, the choice is in human hands.

[dingodad]

so for the purposes of raising Dirk and Rose's aliens, Terezi has set up "automated suggestions" and some kind of "conditional map that prompts them". which sounds for all the world like some kind of rudimentary AI, right? not only is a "conditional map" a super simplified description of a neural network, but neurons and conditions are both ideas that are fundamental to the Mind aspect. Dirk being nearby is only the icing on this hunch I have that we're heading in some kind of HAL 9000 direction with this.

but here's my little bit of wild speculation. the mysterious GC, who can somehow connect to Vrissy's phone when nobody else can, is in fact that very AI? besides the obvious GC connection:

gavage is the administration of food or nutrients by force, e.g. via a tube down the throat. which is pertinent to a competition involving entire races grown inside a lab, but also feels symbolically befitting of the AI tasked with overseeing such a competition, perhaps force-feeding them commands (possibly also evocative of the gavel an impartial judge might be expected to use?). Cunctation is "delay", which maybe suits a plan to "pop in every couple hundred years to check on the Deltritan races' progress [and] guide them manually" - or rather, gavage cunctation is a drip-feed of commands, set on a couple-hundred-year delay?

[smartschoolerpblog]

• What are the core modules of a School ERP ?

Answer : The core modules of a School ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning) system are designed to streamline and automate various administrative and academic tasks in schools. Here’s a simplified list of the main modules from PRAYAGEDU :

1. Student Information System 📌 PrayagEdu centralizes all student records—admission, academics, attendance—making it easy for staff to access and manage data in one place.

2. Academic Management 📌 With PrayagEdu, teachers can create timetables, assign subjects, and plan lessons efficiently. This reduces manual errors and saves time.

3. Attendance Management 📌 PrayagEdu automates daily attendance tracking and generates reports, helping schools monitor student and staff presence accurately.

4. Examination & Report Card 📌 Conduct exams, record marks, and auto-generate report cards with PrayagEdu, making academic evaluation faster and error-free.

5. Fee Management 📌 Schools can collect fees online, issue receipts, and track dues using PrayagEdu. This avoids long queues and manual record-keeping.

6. Admission Management 📌 PrayagEdu simplifies student admissions with online forms and automated workflows—reducing paperwork and delays.

7. Parent Portal 📌 PrayagEdu keeps parents in the loop with updates on their child’s attendance, marks, homework, and school announcements.

8. Staff Management 📌 Manage teacher details, leaves, payroll, and roles in one dashboard with PrayagEdu, improving HR efficiency.

9. Communication Tools 📌 PrayagEdu sends instant alerts via SMS or email for announcements, emergencies, and homework—keeping everyone informed.

10. Library & Inventory 📌 PrayagEdu manages books, uniforms, lab equipment, and other resources to prevent loss and ensure availability.

🎯 Result:

With all core modules working together, PrayagEdu offers a complete digital solution for schools—saving time, reducing errors, improving communication, and enhancing the learning experience for students, parents, and staff.

[svtadvisors]

5 Ways Zoho Books can save your Time on your Bookkeeping

Introduction: Bookkeeping is an essential aspect of managing any business, but it can often be time-consuming and complex. Fortunately, with the right tools, you can streamline your bookkeeping processes and save valuable time. One such tool is Zoho Books, a cloud-based accounting software designed to simplify bookkeeping tasks for small businesses. In this blog, we'll explore five ways Zoho Books can help you save time and make your bookkeeping more efficient.

1. Bank Integration

Manually reconciling bank transactions with your accounting records can be a tedious and error-prone process. Zoho Books offers seamless bank integration, allowing you to connect your bank accounts directly to the software. This means that your transactions are automatically imported into Zoho Books, eliminating the need for manual data entry. With real-time updates, you can keep track of your finances more efficiently and spend less time on reconciliation.

2. Expense Tracking

Keeping track of business expenses is crucial for maintaining accurate financial records. With Zoho Books, you can streamline the expense tracking process. Simply snap photos of receipts using the mobile app, and the software will automatically extract the relevant information and categorize the expenses. This eliminates the need for manual data entry and ensures that all expenses are accurately recorded, saving you time and reducing the risk of errors.

3. Automated Invoicing

Creating and sending invoices manually can be a time-consuming task, especially if you have a high volume of transactions. With Zoho Books, you can automate the invoicing process. Simply set up recurring invoices for regular clients, and the software will automatically generate and send them at the specified intervals. This not only saves you time but also ensures that you never forget to invoice a client.

4. Time Tracking and Billing

Tracking billable hours and managing client billing can be a cumbersome task, especially for service-based businesses. Zoho Books offers integrated time tracking features that allow you to easily track hours spent on projects or tasks. You can assign billable rates to your time entries and generate invoices directly from the tracked hours. This streamlines the billing process, eliminates manual calculations, and ensures that you accurately bill your clients for the work performed. With Zoho Books' time tracking and billing capabilities, you can save time, improve accuracy, and focus on delivering exceptional service to your clients.

5. Customizable Reports

Generating financial reports is essential for gaining insights into your business's performance. However, creating custom reports can be time-consuming if you're using traditional accounting methods. Zoho Books offers customizable reporting features that allow you to create and save custom reports tailored to your specific needs. Whether you need a profit and loss statement, balance sheet, or cash flow statement, you can easily generate the report with just a few clicks, saving you time and providing valuable insights into your business finances.

Conclusion: Managing bookkeeping tasks can be time-consuming, but with the right tools, you can streamline your processes and save valuable time. Zoho Books offers a range of features designed to simplify bookkeeping for small businesses, from automated invoicing to customizable reports and integrated time tracking and billing. By leveraging these features, you can make your bookkeeping more efficient, reduce administrative overhead, and focus your time and energy on growing your business.

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Elon Musk’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) operates on a core underlying assumption: The United States should be run like a startup. So far, that has mostly meant chaotic firings and an eagerness to steamroll regulations. But no pitch deck in 2025 is complete without an overdose of artificial intelligence, and DOGE is no different.

AI itself doesn’t reflexively deserve pitchforks. It has genuine uses and can create genuine efficiencies. It is not inherently untoward to introduce AI into a workflow, especially if you’re aware of and able to manage around its limitations. It’s not clear, though, that DOGE has embraced any of that nuance. If you have a hammer, everything looks like a nail; if you have the most access to the most sensitive data in the country, everything looks like an input.

Wherever DOGE has gone, AI has been in tow. Given the opacity of the organization, a lot remains unknown about how exactly it’s being used and where. But two revelations this week show just how extensive—and potentially misguided—DOGE’s AI aspirations are.

At the Department of Housing and Urban Development, a college undergrad has been tasked with using AI to find where HUD regulations may go beyond the strictest interpretation of underlying laws. (Agencies have traditionally had broad interpretive authority when legislation is vague, although the Supreme Court recently shifted that power to the judicial branch.) This is a task that actually makes some sense for AI, which can synthesize information from large documents far faster than a human could. There’s some risk of hallucination—more specifically, of the model spitting out citations that do not in fact exist—but a human needs to approve these recommendations regardless. This is, on one level, what generative AI is actually pretty good at right now: doing tedious work in a systematic way.

There’s something pernicious, though, in asking an AI model to help dismantle the administrative state. (Beyond the fact of it; your mileage will vary there depending on whether you think low-income housing is a societal good or you’re more of a Not in Any Backyard type.) AI doesn’t actually “know” anything about regulations or whether or not they comport with the strictest possible reading of statutes, something that even highly experienced lawyers will disagree on. It needs to be fed a prompt detailing what to look for, which means you can not only work the refs but write the rulebook for them. It is also exceptionally eager to please, to the point that it will confidently make stuff up rather than decline to respond.

If nothing else, it’s the shortest path to a maximalist gutting of a major agency’s authority, with the chance of scattered bullshit thrown in for good measure.

At least it’s an understandable use case. The same can’t be said for another AI effort associated with DOGE. As WIRED reported Friday, an early DOGE recruiter is once again looking for engineers, this time to “design benchmarks and deploy AI agents across live workflows in federal agencies.” His aim is to eliminate tens of thousands of government positions, replacing them with agentic AI and “freeing up” workers for ostensibly “higher impact” duties.

Here the issue is more clear-cut, even if you think the government should by and large be operated by robots. AI agents are still in the early stages; they’re not nearly cut out for this. They may not ever be. It’s like asking a toddler to operate heavy machinery.

DOGE didn’t introduce AI to the US government. In some cases, it has accelerated or revived AI programs that predate it. The General Services Administration had already been working on an internal chatbot for months; DOGE just put the deployment timeline on ludicrous speed. The Defense Department designed software to help automate reductions-in-force decades ago; DOGE engineers have updated AutoRIF for their own ends. (The Social Security Administration has recently introduced a pre-DOGE chatbot as well, which is worth a mention here if only to refer you to the regrettable training video.)

Even those preexisting projects, though, speak to the concerns around DOGE’s use of AI. The problem isn’t artificial intelligence in and of itself. It’s the full-throttle deployment in contexts where mistakes can have devastating consequences. It’s the lack of clarity around what data is being fed where and with what safeguards.

AI is neither a bogeyman nor a panacea. It’s good at some things and bad at others. But DOGE is using it as an imperfect means to destructive ends. It’s prompting its way toward a hollowed-out US government, essential functions of which will almost inevitably have to be assumed by—surprise!—connected Silicon Valley contractors.

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The Future of Case Management: Innovations Shaping Human Services Technology

Technology is revolutionizing case management, driving new efficiencies and improving service delivery in human services. Agencies are embracing digital advancements to streamline operations, enhance decision-making, and offer more personalized support to clients.

The Rise of AI and Automation

Artificial intelligence (AI) and automation are transforming case management. It is handling routine administrative tasks, analyzing data for insights, and supporting decision-making. AI-powered analytics can predict client needs, while automation eliminates repetitive tasks, freeing caseworkers to focus on direct client engagement.

Enhancing Accessibility with Cloud-Based Solutions

Cloud technology is making case management more flexible and accessible. Agencies can now securely access client records from any location, supporting remote work and enabling real-time updates. Additionally, cloud-based systems facilitate collaboration among teams and ensure data security through robust encryption and compliance measures.

Data-Driven Decision Making

Advanced data analytics are allowing agencies to assess program effectiveness and improve outcomes. By analyzing trends, agencies can identify areas for improvement, optimize resource allocation, and implement evidence-based strategies. Predictive analytics also play a role in proactive intervention, helping caseworkers address potential issues before they escalate.

Integrating Mobile and Digital Tools

Mobile applications and digital tools are increasing efficiency by allowing caseworkers to update records, communicate with clients, and track progress on the go. These technologies reduce paperwork and streamline documentation, ensuring that vital information is always up to date and accessible.

The Future of Case Management

As technology continues to evolve, human services agencies must adapt to stay ahead. The integration of AI, cloud solutions, and data analytics is setting new standards for efficiency and effectiveness in case management. By embracing these innovations, agencies can enhance service delivery and create meaningful, lasting impacts on the communities they serve.

At FAMCare, we provide state-of-the-art case management solutions designed to help agencies navigate the future with confidence. Get in touch today for a free demo.

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Building Your Own Operating System: A Beginner’s Guide

An operating system (OS) is an essential component of computer systems, serving as an interface between hardware and software. It manages system resources, provides services to users and applications, and ensures efficient execution of processes. Without an OS, users would have to manually manage hardware resources, making computing impractical for everyday use.

Lightweight operating system for old laptops

Functions of an Operating System

Operating systems perform several crucial functions to maintain system stability and usability. These functions include:

1. Process Management

 The OS allocates resources to processes and ensures fair execution while preventing conflicts. It employs algorithms like First-Come-First-Serve (FCFS), Round Robin, and Shortest Job Next (SJN) to optimize CPU utilization and maintain system responsiveness.

2. Memory Management

The OS tracks memory usage and prevents memory leaks by implementing techniques such as paging, segmentation, and virtual memory. These mechanisms enable multitasking and improve overall system performance.

3. File System Management

It provides mechanisms for reading, writing, and deleting files while maintaining security through permissions and access control. File systems such as NTFS, FAT32, and ext4 are widely used across different operating systems.

4. Device Management

 The OS provides device drivers to facilitate interaction with hardware components like printers, keyboards, and network adapters. It ensures smooth data exchange and resource allocation for input/output (I/O) operations.

5. Security and Access Control

 It enforces authentication, authorization, and encryption mechanisms to protect user data and system integrity. Modern OSs incorporate features like firewalls, anti-malware tools, and secure boot processes to prevent unauthorized access and cyber threats.

6. User Interface

 CLI-based systems, such as Linux terminals, provide direct access to system commands, while GUI-based systems, such as Windows and macOS, offer intuitive navigation through icons and menus.

Types of Operating Systems

Operating systems come in various forms, each designed to cater to specific computing needs. Some common types include:

1. Batch Operating System

These systems were widely used in early computing environments for tasks like payroll processing and scientific computations.

2. Multi-User Operating System

 It ensures fair resource allocation and prevents conflicts between users. Examples include UNIX and Windows Server.

3. Real-Time Operating System (RTOS)

RTOS is designed for time-sensitive applications, where processing must occur within strict deadlines. It is used in embedded systems, medical devices, and industrial automation. Examples include VxWorks and FreeRTOS.

4  Mobile Operating System

Mobile OSs are tailored for smartphones and tablets, offering touchscreen interfaces and app ecosystems. 

5  Distributed Operating System

Distributed OS manages multiple computers as a single system, enabling resource sharing and parallel processing. It is used in cloud computing and supercomputing environments. Examples include Google’s Fuchsia and Amoeba.

Popular Operating Systems

Several operating systems dominate the computing landscape, each catering to specific user needs and hardware platforms.

1. Microsoft Windows

 It is popular among home users, businesses, and gamers. Windows 10 and 11 are the latest versions, offering improved performance, security, and compatibility.

2. macOS

macOS is Apple’s proprietary OS designed for Mac computers. It provides a seamless experience with Apple hardware and software, featuring robust security and high-end multimedia capabilities.

3. Linux

Linux is an open-source OS favored by developers, system administrators, and security professionals. It offers various distributions, including Ubuntu, Fedora, and Debian, each catering to different user preferences.

4. Android

It is based on the Linux kernel and supports a vast ecosystem of applications.

5. iOS

iOS is Apple’s mobile OS, known for its smooth performance, security, and exclusive app ecosystem. It powers iPhones and iPads, offering seamless integration with other Apple devices.

Future of Operating Systems

The future of operating systems is shaped by emerging technologies such as artificial intelligence (AI), cloud computing, and edge computing. Some key trends include:

1. AI-Driven OS Enhancements

AI-powered features, such as voice assistants and predictive automation, are becoming integral to modern OSs. AI helps optimize performance, enhance security, and personalize user experiences.

2. Cloud-Based Operating Systems

Cloud OSs enable users to access applications and data remotely. Chrome OS is an example of a cloud-centric OS that relies on internet connectivity for most functions.

3. Edge Computing Integration

With the rise of IoT devices, edge computing is gaining importance. Future OSs will focus on decentralized computing, reducing latency and improving real-time processing.

4. Increased Focus on Security

Cyber threats continue to evolve, prompting OS developers to implement advanced security measures such as zero-trust architectures, multi-factor authentication, and blockchain-based security.