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Benefits of Automated Data Entry
For Manufacturing Companies
1 77% of manufacturers believe that their bottom line is affected by poor data.
2 Poor data quality costs manufacturers an average loss of $9.7 Million every year.
Challenges of manual data entry
 It has slow turnaround time leading to inaccurate inventories
 It leads to potential compliance issues for manufacturers
 It is a repetitive and tedious task, resulting in disengaged shop floor employees
 It is prone to human errors when processing large numbers of invoices and orders
 It is super expensive and time-consuming
Benefits of data entry automation
in manufacturing
 Accurate inventory - Works as a good reference for production. Inventories are always
appropriately stocked, wastage is minimum, and production happens as per requirement.
 Enhance employee efficiency - Significant reduction in downtime, quality standards
improve leading to overall employee efficiency.
 Cost optimization - Accurate data helps to optimize the costs of operations by greatly
reducing waste, scrap, and expenses.
 Accurate Pricing - High data accuracy helps in pricing, planning, and forecasting to
achieve a frictionless and end-to-end, quote, order, engineering, and production process.
 Enhanced visibility - Accurate data metrics gives insight into individual performance,
manufacturing operations, poor performing shifts, recurring machine downtime, etc.
 Improved overall operations - Faster document processing, optimal allocation of
resources, and improved decision-making.
Automated data capture techniques
 Optical character recognition (OCR) – Recognizes text within a digital image. Used to
automate text recognition and extraction from scanned documents and images.
 Optical mark recognition (OMR) – Commonly used to capture human marked data used
for customer feedback, surveys, multiple choice tests, polls etc.
 Intelligent character recognition (ICR) – Teaches machines to process handwritten
documents and extract text.
 Intelligent Document Recognition (IDR) – Extracts data from any part of a document
including meta description.
 QR Code Recognition – An optical scanning device that's able to read QR codes for better
customer experience.
 Voice Recognition – Allows users to enter data while their hands are holding equipment, or
they are otherwise unable to operate a keyboard.
Accurate data entry for an energy-boosting foods and drinks manufacturer in
Europe resulted in an efficient order processing system to manage voluminous
customer orders 24/7, 365 days.
Solution
Business Impact
 Automated bots were used to pick orders forms from
client’s server
 Every order detail was entered and processed within 20
minutes of receipt generation
 Rule based macros helped in sorting and entering orders
in a prescribed format
 Updated and comprehensive product data entry
 Enhanced customer experience and engagement
 Scripts were written to apply discounts to eligible
customer orders
 Improved operational efficiency
Source: https://www.habiledata.com/case-studies/data-entry-of-food-products.php
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