“How much should my organization spend to clean my customer data?” This question arises frequently whenever the subject of data cleansing arises. Cleaning up your data is one of the recommended steps for preparing for a Salesforce integration and virtually all other software implementations. Unfortunately, although this seems like a simple question, there is no simple answer. The cost of cleaning your customer data is going to depend on a number of factors, and the amount you should invest in cleaning it also depends on a variety of factors. Only by analyzing your specific situation can you decide on the proper amount to allocate for the task.
Certain factors that must be analyzed are specific to the data that exists in your files. These include:
Perhaps the best way to determine the amount that should be spent to cleanse data is to analyze the impact that dirty data has on the business. Based on this analysis, the answer to the question, “How much should I spend?” might be “very little,” “as much as it takes,” or something in between.
It is impossible to provide a fixed cost for cleaning data, such as an average cost-per-record, because too many variables must be considered. The better approach is to determine the impact that dirty data has on your business. The greater the impact, the more you should spend to guarantee the accuracy of your customer records.
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