The current system in a hair salon is quite unorganised. Most hair salons use grids on paper to arrange all their appointments, with headings

The current system in a hair salon is quite unorganised. Most hair salons use grids on paper to arrange all their appointments, with headings (name, contact numbers, treatment, time of appointment), that is stored in a notebook or a filing cabinet.

There are many problems with this system. Paper can get easily lost, which is a huge problem for the running of the salon. Space is wasted in the building with the big filing cabinets, which can waste time in trying to find paper inside it. Paper can become dog-eared and therefore important data made hard to read, and it's easy to spill liquids onto the information, which once again is vital to the business.

Using a computerised data base would benefit the business a lot. The filing cabinets could be thrown out, as the computer does not take up as much space. Information is stored in organised folders and databases that will make making appointments quicker to sort out and easier to find and hard to lose! You can have a back-up disc of all the information on the computer, so even if the computer crashes you don't lose the data completely. None of the information can be 'worn down' by constant fingers and the turning of pages, and spilt drink of food remains.

I will be creating an ICT database system to replace the existing filing cabinet system. I will be using Microsoft Access for this task, which is easy to use and I will teach you the basics. This will be a lot easier for the business and you will benefit from all the positive aspects that come along with it.