ReadSoft software automates the processing of the UK’s largest independent business survey

The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) has selected ReadSoft DOCUMENTS for Forms to automate the processing of its Quarterly Economic Survey, the UK’s largest independent business survey.

The BCC – a non-political, non-profit organization comprising a national network of UK businesses with over five million employees sends out the Quarterly Economic Survey to its members to determine the health of the UK economy. The survey includes questions on such matters as sales, exports, pricing, recruitment, and so on. The BCC selected ReadSoft DOCUMENTS for Forms to automate information extraction from structured and semi-structured forms in several formats. The creation and automated processing of the questionnaires are done via a seamless, integrated solution incorporating scanning, ReadSoft’s Document Automation software and SPSS’ authoring and analysis software. “The results from the questionnaire are used to produce a report that influences banks, investment houses, government departments and the media,” said Emmeline Owens, the BCC’s Head of Policy. “We therefore needed to process the results in a timely manner, and selected ReadSoft’s software to rapidly capture the data from the survey and enable it to be analyzed and interpreted for the report and our quarterly economic forecast.” “We are delighted to add value to such an important business survey in the UK. Our software is designed to power business efficiency, so it fits perfectly with the need to automate the processing of the UK’s largest independent business survey, says Jan Andersson, President of the ReadSoft group.” What is ReadSoft DOCUMENTS for Forms? The forms processing software offers organizations substantial savings, increased productivity and improved data quality. The software reads handwritten text, machine-print, barcodes, check boxes, circles, tables, matrixes etc. Among other benefits, automatic forms processing is much faster than manual keying of information, offering a quick return on investment. ------------------------------------------------ For more information, please contact --------------------------------------- ReadSoft AB Jan Andersson, President/CEO Pho: +46-(0)708 - 37 66 00 Olof Engvall, Vice President, PR & Communication Pho: +46-(0)708 - 37 66 70 E-mail: olof.engvall@readsoft.com