Expert reveals 'simple ways to improve data entry

Businesses can take simple and cost-effective steps to improve data entry techniques, it has been claimed.

Writing for Data Quality Pro, Dylan Jones commented: "One of the single biggest causes of data defects in any organisation is poor quality information entered at the start of the information chain via data entry interfaces."

Companies should, he noted, take a minimalist approach when it comes to forms as entering information is "time-consuming" and "dull" for consumers.

If data entry forms are stripped back to the bare essentials, both customers and workers will benefit, Mr Jones explained.

Businesses should also take a common sense approach and gather user feedback on their data entry processes, he added.

Speaking to cambridgenetwork.co.uk recently, Bryn Davies, Director of InfoBlueprint, said many companies are keen to collect information about their customers, but treat the quality of it as a "secondary afterthought".

He added that data quality management is vital when it comes to customer retention.

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Data entry scam may have spread across the country

VADODARA: The expanse of the data entry scam seems to be growing like a never-ending spiral. Investigations in the recent case have revealed that persons promising data entry work had spread their tentacles across the country without having enough work on hand.

The manhunt for Vijay Praneshwarrao Kutty and interrogation of Anand Rajendra Nigam who was arrested recently has led the police to a major racket spread throughout the country. The modus operandi of those involved in the racket too seems to be similar.

For instance, Kutty had promised work to persons in Mumbai, Vadodara, Hubli, Hyderabad, Chennai and Bangalore. Interestingly, the police nabbed Kutty’s close aide Nigam, when he was about to collect deposits for promised work from persons in Hubli.

Nigam told Economic Offence Cell (EOC) officials of the crime branch here that a deposit of Rs 3,000 was collected from persons who wanted work. “The deposit was collected for work on one personal computer.

Hence if a person wanted to take up work for 100 computers, he would have to pay Rs 3 lakh. The complainant Keyur Patel had taken up work for 700 computers and paid Rs 21 lakh as deposit,” an EOC official said.

EOC police inspector N K Rathod who investigated the last data entry scam involving Bhupendra Vyas of Melfa Infosys said the likes of Kutty and Nigam had duped several persons across the country. “Many outsourced more work than they actually had, while many others were simply in the business of cheating people and did not have any work,” said Rathod.

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TCS, CMC to bid jointly for unique ID project

On the biometric front, CMC has already implemented a project for the Chattisgarh government. The project uses fingerprinting devices in combination with other technologies to establish the identity of a person and provide services such as issue of birth and death certificates and ration cards through citizen service centres.

For the UID project, biometric technology will be crucial to capture and validate citizen information.

“A biometric committee has already been set up and it’s working on the details,” Nandan Nilekani, chairman of UIDAI told ET in a recent interview.

A former PSU, CMC, employs close to 4,000 people who work in the areas of systems integration and solutions, infrastructure management, education and training, and IT-enabled services (ITES) such as data-entry and migration. It also employs around 1,500 people indirectly through contractors for low-end data-entry work, which is typically required for digitization of physical records.

TCS had acquired 51% stake in CMC for around Rs 150 crore in October 2001.

Meanwhile, multinational rivals IBM along with Wipro and Infosys are already preparing solutions to bid for the UID project, and like many other projects, TCS will face some aggressive competition.

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Data Entry Tender - Provision of Scanning along with Web Based software

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Type : Tender

Id : 14252567

Category : Data Entry

Title : Provision of Scanning along with Web Based software

Estimated Budget : 5370000 INR

Description :

We are based in Haryana; India and we are inviting tenders from qualified and experienced service provider (From India Only) to provide Scanning and related services along with Web based Document Management System. The Contract will be of 1 year. Our Estimated budget for this work is 5370000 INR.
Scope of Services:

1) Scanning Requirements:

a) Total Volume of documents: Service Provider needs to scan an approximate of 30 Lakhs Forms (including One Form and two or three supporting documents)
b) Service Provider has to supply corrugated paper box of 7 ply and safe keep Forms (750 nos. /Box).
c) Service Provider has to make arrangement for data entry, data porting and server backups.
d) Here “Scanning Work” does not just involve Scanning but also includes related services to be performed such as Indexing, Uploading of forms, etc.
e) The scanning of Forms should start within 1 week from the date of issue of work order simultaneously at all our different departments (at different locations within state) and all Forms are to be completed within 365 days i.e. one year from date of receipt of work order.

2) Software Requirements:

a) Service Provider needs to develop a customized Web based Document Management system which will create the work flow, store scanned data, and generate all kind of reports. This software will run centrally on the server provided by us. The invoice payment shall be done from the reports generated from this software.
b) The software should be user friendly and easy to operate.
c) These should not be any user based license restrictions.
d) The software should have the facility to bring out the responsibilities in case there is delay in scanning.
e) In no case, the form information should be available over public domain like internet. The interfaces should be clearly defined by the service provider so that any future integration with existing or future backhaul cloud of our network is possible.
f) The Form information should be accessible for viewing only and should have a password protected access. There should not be any saving or downloading of Forms possible and no printing of Forms should be possible except at the authorized machine with authorized personnel dealing with Law Enforcement Agencies (LEA) and TERM cells. Further, a detailed activity logs should be maintained and it should be possible to watch the activity of a particular client machine.

Last date for sale of tender document (costing 1125 INR) is November 20, 2009. Interested Service Provider can send their responses to this tender either by Registered Post or deliver in person on or before November 20, 2009 by 15:00 Hrs on given address. This Tender is Onshore and Onsite. EMD (Bid Security), for this tender is 107400 INR.

Country : India

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