ATTRIBUTES OF AUTOMATED DATA COLLECTION

Information must be timely and accurate to be valuable. Automated Data Collection ensures timeliness and accuracy in two basic ways:

1. Speed/Efficiency

Unlike data collected manually, there is virtually no delay between the time data is scanned and when it can be made available. This feature is referred to as “real-time compilation”. This assures the information being reported is absolutely current.

2. Accuracy of Data

With an ever increasing amount of data being gathered, information errors cannot be tolerated. In a normal, manual process, identification numbers, locations, names, batch numbers, product codes and various other data types can be incorrectly transcribed. The cost of even one such error can be significant. With ADC, users can expect error rates of less than one in three million characters as compared to one in three hundred for a manual process. Therefore, the data collected is nearly flawless.

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