| Data entry outsourcing is contracting with outside | | | | requirement. Accurate and easily accessible data is a |
| consultants, software houses or service bureaus to | | | | necessity for all. |
| perform systems analysis, programming, and data | | | | Accumulated data is a powerful management |
| center operations. In the U.S. in 2003, the term took on | | | | resource. Since data entry outsourcing at lower cost is |
| extra meaning, often referring to jobs being given to | | | | available, the latent potential of the information |
| people in companies located in India and other | | | | accumulated in data which was dumped earlier is |
| countries. The main reason behind outsourcing is the | | | | being usefully exploited by the organization where data |
| availability of qualified and experienced computer | | | | entry is just a temporary requirement. |
| operators at low cost. | | | | The combination of digitization of media and the rush |
| Data entry outsourcing is limited to all types of data | | | | to outsource has resulted in a wide range of |
| entry operations e.g. data conversion, document and | | | | customers from the UK, USA, France, Norway and |
| image processing, catalog processing services, image | | | | more than 20 other countries coming to India, China etc |
| enhancement, image editing and photo manipulation | | | | for data entry outsourcing. |
| services, etc. | | | | Most of the time-consuming data entry jobs are being |
| The need for data entry is constant for some | | | | done by outsourcing. For example, catalog |
| organizations for making day to day decisions. In such | | | | management, which involves handling and maintaining |
| cases data entry is a regular and continuous | | | | paper catalogs, is not just time consuming, but also |
| requirement. The types of companies for which this is | | | | expensive. By converting your product catalogs to |
| the case are financial institutions, hospitals, lawyers, | | | | online and digital catalogs, making changes, and |
| court houses, oil companies, transportation companies, | | | | updating your product catalog becomes as easy as |
| Ivy League colleges, pharmaceutical companies, | | | | the click of a button once data entry has been |
| universities, publishing companies etc. For some other | | | | completed. |
| organizations data entry may be just a temporary | | | | |