Electronic Form Data Capture
The ability to capture and process e-data effectively
is an important facet of any organisations knowledge management
strategy.
Kendata can provide a range of off the shelf and
bespoke applications to suit your particular electronic form
processing application.
Advantages of Electronic Data Capture
include
Accuracy
Online data validation means corrections are completed
by the respondent at the point of entry rather than
process. This results in higher validity and accuracy
of data.
Speed
Turnaround times can be greatly reduced as processing
is much faster than traditional scanning and key entry.
This helps to keep the costs down and data fresh.
Flexibility
On-line electronic surveys have a single point of access,
on a server. Therefore surveys/forms can be edited and
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Types of Electronic Data Collection
Broadly speaking e-data entry falls into three
categories:
On-line
Browser based - Internet/intranet/extranet provide easy access
to on-demand, cross-platform customer surveys. Using a web browser,
question pages can be viewed, the answers clicked on and the
results fed back to the internet server as you click. Here these
latest information can be downloaded by the company as often
as required, giving up-to-the-minute reports.
- Cross-platform e.g. Windows, UNIX
- Requires internet/intranet connection
Off-line
Diskette - the customer has to run a program from the diskette,
which displays the survey questions and writes the answers back
onto the diskette. This is then sent in the post back to the
originating company who will read the data off the diskette
before producing a report.
- Doesn't require network or internet connection
- Customer confidence about confidentiality
- Single-platform e.g. Windows
Near-line
Emails - emailed questionnaires are received, filled in as an
email reply, and returned electronically to the sender who extracts
the information for reporting.
Clickable PDFs - The standard format files, as used by many
companies for product brochures, can be received as an email
attachment or could be downloaded from a company's internet
site. It uses readily available software to open the file and
to display the questionnaire, allowing the customer to type
directly into the electronic document. The completed form is
emailed back to have the electronic data extracted.
- Cross-platform e.g. Windows, UNIX
- Requires email connection
Customer Surveys
PDF document
Employee Surveys
PDF document
For more information about eForms or other Kendata
products please contact sales@kendata.com