Errors in document processing systems

In the case of trade, vast amounts of time and resources are spent transferring information from one document to another. Errors occur frequently; for example 123 becomes 213, 'car parts' becomes 'car ports'. Error rates in excess of 50% have been consistently reported in Letters of Credit. Error rates of 30% are not uncommon in manual processing of Customs entries.

1. A program must be in production for at least six months for the most harmful error to be discovered.

1. Vulnerability of high technology systems
2. Incorrect information
3. Human errors and miscalculations

1. Unreliable data
2. Failure of computer billing

1. Unretrievable documents
2. Statistical errors
3. Inefficiencies in international trade procedures
4. Bureaucratic errors

1. Tampering with official documents
2. Records destruction by transnational enterprises
3. Prohibitive cost of maintaining comprehensive document collections
4. Incompatibility of document classification systems
5. Falsification of documents

1. Reducing errors in document processing systems

1. Error