This document discusses office appliances and mechanization. It notes that office appliances perform work more quickly and efficiently than manual methods, but still require human operation and supervision. Some key office appliances and equipment mentioned include fax machines, copiers, typewriters, and calculating machines. The document lists benefits of office appliances like time and labor savings, increased accuracy, and improved quality of work. Limitations include high costs of investment, maintenance, and skilled operators to use the technologies.

1. OFFICE
MANAGEMENT
Office appliances and mechanization
BY RIYA S.PAWASHE

2. INTRODUCTION
Office appliances and equipment constitute one of the modern methods
of performing office work.
It is an improvement over manual method in the sense that it performs
the job more quickly and efficiently.
However , uses of machines need operation and supervision by office
staff.

3. Need of office appliances and equipment
1. SAVING OF TIME
2. SAVING OF LABOUR
3. INCREASING ACCURACY
4. REDUCTION OF MONOTONY
5. REDUCTION OF CHANCES OF FRAUD
6. IMPROVING OF QUALITY OF WORK
7. ENSURING BETTER CONTROL
8. IMPROVING GOODWILL

4. FRANKLING MACHINE
XEROX MACHINE
FAX (facsimiles) machine
Cellular phones
typewriters
Duplicating machine
microfilming
Addressing machine
TYPES OF OFFICE APPLIANCES AND EQUIPMENTS
USED IN MODERN OFFICE

5. Dictating machine
Adding machines
Calculating machines
Calculating machines
Accounting machines
Punched card machines

6. FRANKLING MACHINE XEROX MACHINE

7. FAX CELLULAR
PHONES

8. TYPEWRITERS DUPLICATING
MACHINE

9. MICROFILMING
MACHINE
ADDRESSING
MACHINE

10. DICTATING
MACHINE
ADDING MACHINE

11. CALCULATING MACHINE ACCOUNTING
MACHINES

12. PUNCH CARD MACHINES

13. Nature of work
volume of work
Ease of operation
Operational ability
Cost of machine
Availability of
machine
durability

14. Limitations of office appliances and
equipments
1. Heavy investment
2. High maintenance cost
3. Cost of skilled operators
4. Problem of changing existing system
5. Employees resistance
6. Risk of obsolescence
7. Break down cost