Less cost, faster turnaround, higher accuracy or eliminating a difficult to manage non-core activity are the primary outsourcing motivations.  For projects preferring USA labor, MDS utilizes technology specifically designed for a production data entry environment and estimates it can enter data 5 times faster than the typical in house solution.  Best of all, this technology and proprietary techniques will also result in improved accuracy and faster turnaround.  Offshore labor is also available and is usually a lower cost alternative.  MDS and its offshore partners are staffed to handle seasonal variations, overflow situations and one-time projects.  Since the decision to outsource often needs to be compared to the in house option, a complete in house cost evaluation should include: