Join the Thousands of Companies and Organisations Saving Resources in Data Collection and Management Using Hand-held Mobile Devices

Benefits of Mobile Data Collection over Paper
Mobile data collection is a perfect fit for organizations that gather a lot of quantitative data in the form of numbers, multiple choice questions, dates, and photos. Streamlining data collection has many benefits including:
• Ubiquity, Familiarity and Convenience: Enumerators and survey respondents may, at a general level, already be quite comfortable using a mobile phone (and indeed may be using their own personal device), even if they have not used it specifically as part of data collection efforts. Such devices may be widely available already in target populations, who may be accustomed to their use in a variety of contexts.

• Increased Speed – Collecting data through the use of a mobile phone can greatly speed up the data collection process. Where network availability allows for near-instantaneous transmission of data to a central coordinating group, the reduced amount of time that elapses between local data collection and delivery can save weeks or even months of time in the overall data collection process. In addition, an early warning system of sorts can be established, allowing survey coordinators to quickly identify potential problems with data collection efforts and (potentially) correct them in almost real time.

• Improved Data Quality and Accuracy – Mobile data collection not only reduces the possibility of transcription errors at the point of collection, but can also automate the cleaning of data down the line and by presenting the data more rapidly, errors that may remain can be identified more quickly.

Data transmission over mobile networks may ensure that no data are lost ‘in transit’. Capture and transmission of data digitally may also ensure that it is easier to store and access them at later dates, should this be required.

• Decreased Administrative Burden – Paper can be unwieldy, not only for field workers, but for the staff that needs to manage the paper forms. And if changes are made to those forms, it can be a nightmare to prepare and distribute changes on paper; a process which often fails, resulting in data inconsistencies. Mobile forms, on the other hand, can be updated and pushed to all field workers quickly and automatically at the press of a button.

• Safer Storage and Backup – Paper can be lost, destroyed, or mishandled in a number of ways, which can create problems later if the data needs to be re-accessed. Digital data, on the other hand, can be easily and inexpensively stored, copied, backed up, and if needed encrypted for secure future access.

• Combining with other Data: Depending on the functionality of the phone used, textual data captured via mobile phone can be combined with data in other formats such as photographic images, audio, and video, as a way to substantiate the information provided by text. If a building being surveyed is noted as ‘damaged’, for example, an accompanying picture can provide further documentation. In addition, GPS or geo-locationary data can be passively collected and transmitted along with survey data. This can be used to help map the location of hospitals or schools, or to offer ‘proof’ that an enumerator actually visited a place that she has claimed to visit.

• Training: Because people may already know how to use the devices for many purposes, less technical training may be necessary in some circumstances. In addition, on smart phones, and to a lesser extent with feature phones, help files and on-screen prompts may provide useful relevant supporting documentation and guidance that may reinforce messages from training that does occur, and potentially obviate the need for some sorts of training altogether.

• Reduced Environmental Impact – Paper surveys are wasteful from an environmental perspective. A simple 5,000 household survey alone can waste thousands of gallons of fuel, hundreds of thousands of gallons of water.

• Reduced Cost – By reducing or eliminating the need for paper and cutting the time needed by field workers to collect data, you can realize serious cost savings.


What We Offer:
• We have in our custody one of the most comprehensive and powerful data collection software solutions for mobile surveys, field inspections, inventory management, workforce management, and monitoring and evaluation projects.

We undertake the design of electronic questionnaire/survey for mobile data collection using innovative mobile data gathering tools. Our mobile data collection (MDC) tool allows our clients to gather data and information to their satisfaction using a variety of approaches, in a variety of settings. Our solution lets you get the data you need to drive your organization.

• We also conduct training for organizations on how to design electronic forms (questionnaire/survey). They are introduced to tools and techniques for gathering data for project/ programme using our innovative mobile data gathering tools.



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