A Florida University sought a solution to accurately link ISO numbers to student photo IDs and to encode this information on the card for use at merchants. A user-friendly button was added to the production screen so the operator could click the button, and the program would select the next available ISO number from a separate pre-populated table and populate the ISO Number in the ID software’s production field. The information was then printed onto the card and the magnetic stripe was encoded. To help ensure proper tracking, the ISO number database marked the retrieved number as used in the ISO table. This automated system increased the issuance accuracy and helped to ensure that the correct number is matched to the correct student. The student is then given their activated card immediately.