Browsing articles tagged with " data collection"

Document Scanning & Sorting

Nov 17, 2011   //   by Brett Brosseau   //   Brett Brosseau, Business Process Optimization  //  No Comments

Document scanning and sorting can be a very tedious task, depending on the number and type of documents that are involved – as well as what needs to be accomplished during the scanning process.

For example, a lawyer’s office may need hundreds, possibly thousands, of documents scanned for a large case. On top of being scanned, the documents also need to be archived in a way that they can be accessed based on what the documents contain. In other words, someone needs to perform an optical character recognition (OCR) function on the documents. The document scanning and sorting process could also involve archiving various documents based on age, type of document, content, etc.
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Data Collection for the Small Business Owner

Nov 9, 2011   //   by Brett Brosseau   //   Brett Brosseau, Business Process Optimization  //  1 Comment

Data is big business these days. Large corporations spend countless amounts of money to gather, store and use data in a way that makes them even more money over time.

Small businesses can benefit from appropriate data collection to – and it doesn’t have to break the bank. Plus, depending on the size of your business data collection can take the form of a simple database that employees use on their desktop to more mobile data collection methods such as collection through an iPod iPhone or iPad.

In the end though, what really matters is that the method of data collection is easy for those entering the data. A clean, simple input interface backed by a well-thought-out database can make the job of entering data easier for users – leading to fewer errors (and less grumbling about having to actually enter data).
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