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October 17, 2023

The Advantages of an External Data Entry

All companies have a high administrative cost, and many of the solutions cannot be purchased for operational or financial reasons. However, outsourcing some of the required services can reduce costs, improve response times, and free organizations from everything that comes with hiring and managing additional personnel for non-constant tasks. 

Entering information quickly and accurately is a skill that only a trained data entry (digitizer) can have and from which many companies can benefit.

Most of our clients’ state that digitizing information has been one of the benefits that has most impacted the organization since information is commonly lost in invoices, reports, or papers forgotten in folders or boxes. By organizing information in an Excel format, data analysis allows us to improve decision-making and find opportunities for improvement. 

On the other hand, by entering physical data into digital form, the environment could be positively impacted since paper is an element that can be recycled. In the same way, savings would be made within the company for the storage and storage of physical documents. 

Finally, searching for information to respond to a client's request or identify a solution to a company problem could not be easier or faster to find than in a digital format. Doing this same process on physical documents would take us hours or days without being sure of the accuracy of the data. Due to the above, it is beneficial for companies to have the required information and position themselves even ahead of their competition since decision-making can be faster. 

As a CURIOUS NOTE, it is considered that a typist can enter between 60 to 80 words per minute, although there are records higher than 100 wpm. Test your scanning speed and accuracy in a fun and easy test. Speed test: www.artypist.com/es/test-mecanografia/test-velocity

Sources: ratatype.com
en.weikipedia.org/wiki/Words_per-minute
techbullion.com/outsource-data-entry-services-how-it-fuels-business-growth/
Author: Laura Pereira
Affiliation: Vital Consulting SAS