Why implement an Electronic Forms/Survey Warehouse Solution?
We turn your existing survey into an electronic form and eliminate many of the time consuming, labor intensive processes.  Many large corporate organizations are looking to eliminate paper forms and to put their corporate forms online. The tremendous cost savings in implementing an electronic forms Warehouse has convinced thousands of organizations to adopt this technology to save time and money.

Consider the costs associated with publishing and using paper forms vs. electronic forms:
 
Paper Forms Electronic Forms
Printing and Storing $15 per form <$1 per form
Filling, Processing & Keying    $145 per form*    $5 per form**
Cost Per Completed Form $160.00 $5.00
 
(Source: “Business @ The Speed of Thought”, Bill Gates, 1999)
*Includes: Employee time filling by hand, time routing completed form for approval, time routing form to target (HR), Manual Keying of data into application, cost of lost forms and data associated with errors in keying.
**Includes: Completing form; submitting form; processing form data into database or Back Office application.

How it Works

Our Survey Management Internet Solution can convert paper survey forms into HTML format. These forms can then be posted to our secure intranet site where your staff or customers, using standard Web browsers, can fill out the survey form.

Several features in the HTML based forms help eliminate human error. Automatically generated Java scripts check for valid numeric ranges, character types, as well as entry required status on a field by field basis. Even dictionaries and databases associated with validations on a paper form are automatically converted into drop down menus on the HTML form.

Data from a completed form is submitted with the click of a button and the information is instantly transmitted directly to the Internet Server. The Internet Server sends this information directly into ODBC-complaint databases on our SQL Server. 

Benefits:
  • Eliminate multiple data entry processes
  • Automatically collect data from your Web site
  • Ability to collect data at first contact point
  • Fast response to information
  • Availability of live survey results
  • Single solution for paper/Internet forms
Features:
  • Special Features
    Surveys received statistics
    Pre-fill data options
    Default field values
    Password text input fields
    Dual database output
    Automatic data and time stamping
  • Validation
    Drop down list boxes
    Field entry required
    Character specific fields
    Numeric range constraints
  • Survey Data Export
    Excel, Lotus 123
    Access, Oracle, Sybase
    DBF, Paradox
    ASCII
  • Data Transmission
    MAPI
    POP3
    User defined scheduling
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