Friday, February 12, 2010

Distributed Data Collection: More Efficient & Profitable


The Challenge
Seventy-percent of the data needed to run your organization is trapped on paper and paper equivalents such as word documents, PDF files and printable forms. It's not making its way into the critical business systems that need it the most.
The resulting "information gap" can cost you:
  • Lost Revenue Opportunities
  • Poor Customer Service
  • High Operating Costs
  • Lengthy Cycle Times
  • Increase Compliance Risk
Fill The Information Gap
By utilizing distributed e-forms solutions for data collection activities, you can quickly and affordably extend the reach of applications to all users so organizations have the information they need to operate efficiently and effectively.

More than just an electronic version of a paper form, e-form solutions quickly capture, verifies, and moves data where it's needed most ... the critical business systems you use to run your organization.

Take for instance the data collection activities of a K-12 School System.
The administrative aspect of the K-12 educational environment today continues to be plagued with cumbersome manual data entry, slow form routing processes and inefficient technology
incapable of offsetting the increased workload and decreasing staff. Most schools today continue to use antiquated paper forms for data - driven and work intensive business processes - such as student enrollment.

So what's the challenge with student enrollment form processing?
  • Errors from unreadable forms
  • Slow, costly data entry
  • Slow processing window from delivery of forms
By automating the student enrollment forms online, students and parents are able to complete the information at their convenience and submit it electronically and immediately from
any web browser. The data is automatically fed into the School District business systems –
populating classrooms, curriculums and special needs.

The optimized e-form result?
  • Consistent forms and processes throughout the district
  • Elimination of paper-based processes
  • Reduced manual data entry costs
  • Improved data accuracy through database lookups and form processing rules
  • True electronic shareable student records
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