In which office geographical filing is useful ?

Under geographical filing, the classification is done on the basis of geographical origin of a document. Here classification of records is done on the basis of area-wise, state-wise and country-wise. In geographical filing, the following steps are maintained:

(a) The geographical limits and areas are defined clearly.

(b) Arrange the countries hi alphabetical order.

(c) Classification of different parties in each sub-division is arranged numerically.

Geographical filing is useful for export houses, mail-order business houses, advertising companies and the companies with large number of branches at different cities or areas. Region-wise records are maintained by insurance, companies, banks and medicine companies.