How School Management Software can downsize your School’s Annual Expenditures

School ERP System is a solution used by educational institutions to manage their operations effectively and efficiently. When people think of school ERP software first thing that pops up is this is an additional expenditure for the institution. They offer so many features to streamline school operations like Transport Management, Fee Management, Library Management, Payroll Management and so on for the school administrator, and for the teachers, students, and parents are like Online Live Classes for School, Attendance Management, Student information system, E-learning Platform for Students and so on and other stuff that makes up to the institution like for the school security personnel there is School Campus Security.

The benefits of such software are that it enables schools to reduce their annual expenses in the following ways:

• Automation of regular tasks: ERP Solutions for Schools enables schools to automate the majority of their daily activities which are being done through manual labor such as admission processing, daily inquiries processing, fee payment processing, ID card processing, and more. The integration of automation into these processes enables these activities to be performed faster and more accurately when compared to manual intervention for these tasks.
  

• Reallocation of Resources: With the integration of school ERP software, the labor that was required to perform these tasks can now be reallocated to perform other functions as per the requirements of the management. This reallocation of the labor force ensures personal and professional development of personnel as they are required to learn and perform new tasks which eliminates the need for schools to re-hire new personnel. On the other hand, school management can also choose to relieve the labor force of their duties posts the integration of automation. Either way, this contributes to the reduction in annual school expenses.
  

• Low Cost of Ownership: Since most major and well-known ERP School Management Software providers offer their services through the cloud, the long term cost of ownership reduces the schools' annual expenses since cloud-based solutions do not require dedicated physical servers or data centers to be maintained at or by the schools since all this will be taken care by the service provider.
  

• Outsourced Support Services: Since the school is using the ERP software as a service provided by the service provider, the school is not liable to provide any support system, thus the cost of ensuring timely maintenance and support of the system will be covered by the service provider for which the school will have to pay the license fee, thus reducing the annual expense for the school.
  

Apart from the reduction in annual expenses, it is important to note that there is resistance from employees toward the adoption of such solutions since employees perceive the adoption of technology and automation as a replacement to their service and fear that they will lose their jobs.

It is important for management to emphasize the importance of the implementation of such software and the benefits that it will bring not only to the school as a whole but also to each individual. Alternatively, if the management decides to let go of the workforce, they will have to do their best to first try to re-allocate them into other areas before letting them go. Also, read our story about ERP for School Management System.