And these savings go on year after year. There is also a labor cost to set up and maintain data entry jobs. If this is a time consuming task requiring programmers and other expensive labor, your profitability will be further eroded. If you can not react quickly to opportunities you will not get the business. So, it is imperative that your new data entry system provide for quick and easy job setup and maintenance.
Clients know what data entry costs.
You cannot overcharge in order to make up for your inefficiencies. Competition will kill you. Operator Productivity I am amazed at people who buy the best scanners because they understand the value of efficiency and reliability, but don't buy good data entry software. Avoid using amateur equipment to do a professional job. The problem is that the average productivity rate for professional data entry operators is 11,600 keystrokes per hour.