Data Management

Data Management is an essential process, which any organization requires. However, not many companies have either the expertise or resources to carry out this work in house. In such a scenario, outsourcing your data processing work to Premier is a wise option.

With our vast pool of educated and professional resources, wealth of knowledge in several domains especially its growing prowess in the information technology field, and cost effective solutions, it is no surprise that several global companies have chosen us for their outsourcing needs. There are several information technology enabled services related to data management that are offered by Premier.

Digitization is the process by which physical or manual records such as text, images, video, and audio are converted into digital forms. This is of paramount importance when projects need directions based on already established facilities and the implementing agency needs to find the scope for expansion. Digitized data offers the following benefits: Long term preservation of documents, orderly archiving of documents, easy & customized access to information, easy information dissemination through images & text, CD-ROMs, internet, intranets, and extranets.

The digitization process includes:

	Identification of customer needs and the intended use of the digitized records.
	Translating customer needs to digitizing objectives by means of requirement specifications, system analysis, and designing the system for the planned product.
	A pilot application of technology for approval and testing is then developed. On its approval by the customer, a data source chart for the source material is developed. The source material may include printed forms, images, sounds, and video. The printed format requires maximum processing, as other formats can be easily converted into digital form.
	The documents are now printed so that their accuracy can be checked manually. These are scanned using special Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software and the historical documents are keyed in. Proofreaders check the output manually before being converted to the desired format (ASCII, HTML, PDF, MS-Word).
	The images are scanned; old and faded images are recovered using advanced digital correction software. The sound and video data are captured through a data capturing software and hardware and converted into digital form; filtering through editing software may enhance the quality of the digital version.
	The digitized data are integrated into an easily accessible form by incorporating indexes and tables of contents. These are now authored on CD-ROMs or other suitable media depending on the intended use of the data.

As virtual shopping is gaining ground throughout the world paper catalogs is no more a good approach to selling your products. e-Cataloging is a new technology that manufacturers and distributors throughout the globe are adopting to sell their products. Our process involves: collecting Paper Catalog from the manufacturer/distributor, Duplicating (Documenting) the catalog for Analysis, Database Analysis to prepare the catalog database structure, Approval for the database structure from the client, Production of the catalog, Quality Assurance and Delivering.

Premier achieves accuracy through a double keying system where every coding entry is made twice and automatically compared with proprietary software. Any discrepancy is rejected and the coding is done afresh for the rejected set of files.