{"id":179,"date":"2013-04-29T17:04:35","date_gmt":"2013-04-29T17:04:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/connecttt.com\/?p=179"},"modified":"2013-08-08T15:00:08","modified_gmt":"2013-08-08T15:00:08","slug":"getting-rid-of-paper-forms-saves-more-than-trees","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/connecttt.com\/?p=179","title":{"rendered":"Getting Rid of Paper Forms Saves More than Trees"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a title=\"Trinidad market research firm\" href=\"http:\/\/cdsonline.biz\" target=\"_blank\">Caribbean Development Strategies<\/a>, a leading research and strategy firm, needed a faster way to get its primary research data (surveys and questionnaires) from the field to a central database for analysis. The &#8220;field&#8221; could be anywhere from a busy downtown in any Caribbean country, to a remote rural community with no Internet. Field workers have varying levels of writing skills and experience.<\/p>\n<p>Connect Consulting delivered an easy-to-use Android app for use on smartphones, tablets or iPads. Whether the survey staff are online or offline, survey input is entered by simple, touch-responsive menus and options, with minimal typing. Each record is stored securely, and submitted with one click, whenever an Internet connection is available&#8211;optionally via a SIM card on the mobile device.<\/p>\n<p>The result? Virtually no down time between face to face data collection and database updates; fewer inaccuracies due to handwriting and paper loss; and no need for data entry staff to transcribe information.<\/p>\n<p>Think an online form could help your business to collect orders, report incidents, or sign up customers? It&#8217;s easier than you think, and you don&#8217;t need a complex enterprise system on the &#8220;back end&#8221; to do it.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Caribbean Development Strategies, a leading research and strategy firm, needed a faster way to get its primary research data (surveys and questionnaires) from the field to a central database for analysis. The &#8220;field&#8221; could be anywhere from a busy downtown in any Caribbean country, to a remote rural community with no Internet. 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