Converting your company’s documents into digital format saves money and space, but it doesn’t really help if you don’t have a way to organize it. After all, we’re talking about thousands upon thousands of images stored on a disc, all of which need to be organized, searched, and accessed via computer. This is why data…
Category: Data Entry
How to Design Cost Effective Data Entry Forms
If you’re like most businesses, you probably use forms that are filled out by hand to collect certain pieces of information. For example, a magazine publisher might rely heavily on paper forms to collect subscriptions to their publications. Other companies often use surveys to assess and improve your customer satisfaction. Whatever the purpose for the…
What’s the Difference in Data Entry and Data Capture?
Every business seeks out valuable data and information from targeted groups. Perhaps you want to obtain customer feedback, colleagues’ opinions or conduct staff assessments. Surveying is a very common practice to obtain information. Whether you’re thinking about how to design the best survey, or already collected responses and want to extract data from the source,…
How to Avoid Costly Data Entry Errors
Data entry and processing mistakes have a huge impact on organizations. They can affect a business’ integrity and financial gains while creating an air of uncertainty internally. These mistakes are all too common. Whether it’s an error, omission or duplication of information, even the smallest data entry slip-up can have big consequences. The trouble is…
Key Considerations for Choosing a Data Entry Provider
Businesses generate a substantial amount of data on an ongoing basis. If not managed properly, it’s likely they’ll get lost in a massive shuffle of papers and files. This can cause a number of challenges for businesses, including: Lost revenue Missed business opportunities Unseen competitive advantages, and more The problem starts when data isn’t entered…
How Does Data Mining Impact Data Accessibility?
It’s a typical sentiment among companies—so much data, not enough time. There are two common scenarios when data usability and accessibility come up: When the organizational structure exists, but there’s an inability or lack of skill to analyze and interpret it. When there’s no established data storage system and/or a poor process for using…
How Does OCR Technology Impact Data Entry?
OCR stands for Optical Character Recognition. OCR is used in data entry to convert documents–such as paper files, PDFs and digital images–into documents that can be easily searched and edited. On a basic level, OCR technology takes documents that would traditionally be stored as static files and makes them more flexible by locating characters within…
