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Microsoft Lists

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Corrections Intake and Project Tracker

Replacing a shared Excel sheet with a single trackable Microsoft Lists system, cutting corrections turnaround and increasing efficiency by 50%.

50%

faster turnaround

1

source of truth

automated

alerts on intake & completion

THE CHALLENGE

A shared spreadsheet couldn't keep up

The corrections team ran every reprint request through one shared Excel sheet. Concurrent edits made intake messy, requests got buried in hundreds of rows, and following up meant scrolling and guessing at status.

BEFORE

THE WORKFLOW

How the system works, step by step

Request submitted on Microsoft Forms

Logged to Microsoft Lists

Project manager alerted via auto email

Project manager endorsed task to teammate

Status tracked to done and requester gets notified

THE SOLUTION IN ACTION

One system, fully trackable

AFTER

Notification Alerts

Automated email notification on new requests and completed requests.

AFTER

Intake Form

Simple and structured entry for requests using Microsoft Forms.

AFTER

Microsoft List Tracker View

Information is listed in an organized and uniform manner.

THE OUTCOME

What changed for the team

Turnaround cut by half

One current source of truth

No more manual follow-up

CUSTOM SOLUTIONS

Adaptable to businesses

This same intake-to-tracker logic applies to any team drowning in a shared spreadsheet: QA requests, IT tickets, design revisions, vendor issues.

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