Numerical Filing System

What is Numerical Filing System?

• Filing of records through the use of dates.

• Filing records through the use of numbers

• Filing records through the use of alphabet

• Filing records geographically

What are the three (3) main types of numeric filing system?

What order does the standard numerical filing system goes in?

(a)  

An advantage of numerical filing

• Improve accuracy

• Complex and time consuming

• Confusing

• Improves consistency of records

What is numerical filing commonly used for?

• Purchase orders, checks

• Purchase order, multi national companies

• Checks, recording names

• Checks, geographical locations

What numerical filing system is this?

03-46-86, 06-70-86, 08-67-86

89-77-87, 90-65-87, 94-45-87

• Dewey order

• Numerical Filing system

• Consecutive classification

• Terminal Filing system

Disadvantage of numerical filing

• Complex and time consuming

• Unlimited expansion

• Unlimited cross-references

Write an example of numerical filing

What is the Dewey order known for using

(a)  

If you are supposed to file the number 900 in Dewey order, how would it be filed 5 times in a row?

(a)