Outsourced Document Processing is a specialised area of Business Process Outsourcing

Business process outsourcing

Business process outsourcing is a subset of outsourcing that involves the contracting of the operations and responsibilities of specific business functions to a third-party service provider. Originally, this was associated with manufacturing firms, such as Coca Cola that outsourced large segments...

 involving the Outsourcing

Outsourcing

Outsourcing is the process of contracting a business function to someone else.-Overview:The term outsourcing is used inconsistently but usually involves the contracting out of a business function - commonly one previously performed in-house - to an external provider...

 of Document Processing

Document processing

Document Processing involves the conversion of typed and handwritten text on paper-based & electronic documents into electronic information utilising one of, or a combination of, Intelligent Character Recognition , Optical Character Recognition and experienced Data Entry Clerks....

, to a third-party service provider

Service provider

A service provider is an entity that provides services to other entities. Usually, this refers to a business that provides subscription or web service to other businesses or individuals. Examples of these services include Internet access, Mobile phone operators, and web application hosting...

 that is a specialist in that area. Document Processing

Document processing

Document Processing involves the conversion of typed and handwritten text on paper-based & electronic documents into electronic information utilising one of, or a combination of, Intelligent Character Recognition , Optical Character Recognition and experienced Data Entry Clerks....

 involves the conversion of typed and handwritten text on paper-based & electronic documents (e.g. scanned image of a document) into electronic information utilising one of, or a combination of, Intelligent Character Recognition

Intelligent Character Recognition

In computer science, intelligent character recognition is an advanced optical character recognition or — rather more specific — handwriting recognition system that allows fonts and different styles of handwriting to be learned by a computer during processing to improve accuracy and recognition...

 (ICR), Optical Character Recognition

Optical character recognition

Optical character recognition, usually abbreviated to OCR, is the mechanical or electronic translation of scanned images of handwritten, typewritten or printed text into machine-encoded text. It is widely used to convert books and documents into electronic files, to computerize a record-keeping...

 (OCR) and experienced Data Entry Clerks.