It is difficult to prove that the system has saved money. The hardware and training was extremely expensive and more office staff have been employed in recent years, not fewer. The environmental impacts include a great increase in the use of paper and staff discomfort resulting from hours staring at computer monitors. The office does a backup every day Accuracy is not guaranteed because human beings make mistakes on the input of information. Quality of output has been improved.
Letters are word processed, students get computer generated timetables, and so on.