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Destiny Textbook Manager: Who It Helps

Administrators

Complete, up-to-date information on condition and usage history for each book helps them accurately predict replacement needs.
Precise tracking of existing inventory at all locations ensures better control over textbook circulation and utilization.
Improved accountability by teachers, students and parents makes it easier to recoup replacement costs.
Ease of implementation and access to Follett’s support team helps minimize strain on personnel resources.
Ability to easily compare textbook availability to enrollment numbers ensures smarter purchasing decisions and justifies purchasing requests.

Destiny Textbook Manager’s customized browser-based reports help business and financial staff easily fulfill state, district and federal requirements.
Facilitates the comparison of upcoming enrollment with existing textbook inventory, districtwide, for more accurate forecasting and budgeting.
Expedites the reporting process for audits and special funding.
Simplifies inventory processes to free staff time and budget dollars for more important initiatives.

Easily generate the reports needed to demonstrate compliance with equitable access laws and mandates.
Control spending by enabling every building to provide documentation supporting their textbook requests, increasing accountability for the inventory they are supposed to have.
Improve district budget utilization through reduction of textbook investment waste, freeing up funds for other important programs.

Destiny Textbook Manager’s simplified, centralized system eliminates the need for additional software investments and improves overall staff utilization.
Reliable, proven technology includes centralized, browser-based functionality and an industry-standard database (SQL Server), with secure (HTTPS) access provided within a wide area network or via the Internet.
Browser-based access reduces support requirements and streamlines the software update process.

Textbook distribution and collection tasks are minimized, freeing up teachers’ time for more important initiatives.
Teachers gain confidence that their students will have all the materials they need, including all interventional and supplemental items.
Teachers can get needed materials in their hands faster, with improved districtwide utilization that allows books to be sourced from other schools instead of newly ordered.