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Fix inaccurate or missing data!

To tackle issues with inaccurate or missing data, you need to focus on where data enters your system. Early intervention, cleanup, and correction reduces the effort required to fix problems later. Remember, a database is only as reliable as the data it contains.

Data gaps or errors can cripple productivity and hurt customer relationships, damaging your reputation and bottom line.

Problem Symptoms...

You might be facing challenges like:

  • Time-consuming efforts to gather and fix missing or inaccurate information.
  • Staff repeatedly ‘reinventing the wheel’ to patch issues on the fly.
  • Wasted time caused by giving staff incorrect job details, addresses, or schedules.
  • Customer frustration or revenue loss from faulty billing.
  • Poor decision-making due to inaccurate or incomplete information.

If you want to achieve it

Remember that the cheapest place to catch faulty data is at the point of data entry.

Look at your workflow and note all points where data is collected.
Consider what is being collected and why.
Record the criteria needed to make a data entry a valid entry.
Be meticulous. Databases love consistency and detail.
Figure out the changes you may need to make to data tables and fields.
Design the screen layouts you need to make it work.
Write the appropriate computer code and build the solution.
Create some additional data correction screen layouts.
Capture and repair faulty data.
Cutover to new features.
Monitor changes and support users through transition.

Inaccurate data can really eat up your time. Drop us a line if you need some help with that.