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This paper examines the quality control used in the organization in order to identify, control and maintain the value of the digitized materials. In a growing development, it is significant for the organization to implement the quality control in the business environment and archival institution as well as in the digitization process as quality control ensure the digitized material meet the standard requirement and it is the key element in producing a quality material which consist of accurate and valuable information and record. This paper aims to highlight the purpose of the quality control being implemented in organization, the procedure and requirement needed to establish a quality material with the appropriate equipment.in addition this paper contains the purpose of the quality control in digitization which helps the organization manage their materials appropriately and offers several benefits through its implementation. Furthermore, there are some issues and challenges faced by the organization in sustain the quality control that could lead to the ineffectiveness of the digitization process, it is important for any organization to aware about the issues which it can help in preventing the problems arise within the digitization process, however this paper also highlighted some ways that can be used by the organization in handling and resolve the problems. This paper also compared the implementation of quality control by using machine and manpower which is the most important sources in quality control process. The differences are being discussed is based on the research being done from several articles.
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In-Text Citation: (Roslan, Yatin, Azman, & Soh, 2018)
To Cite this Article: Roslan, N. F., Yatin, S. F. M., Azman, N. A., & Soh, N. S. C. (2018). Digitization of Records and Archives: Quality Control Process. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 8(9), 214–224.
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