manual processing
/mænˈjuːəl prəˈsesɪŋ/ · man·u·al·pro·cess·ing
noun
- The act of performing tasks or processing data by hand, often in a labor-intensive or time-consuming manner. The company's manual processing of invoices led to a significant increase in administrative costs.
- A system or method that relies on human intervention and manual effort to process information or complete tasks. The manual processing system used by the bank was prone to errors and inefficiencies.
verb
- To perform tasks or process data by hand, often in a labor-intensive or time-consuming manner. The employees had to manually process the large number of customer orders.
Synonyms
manual handlinghand processinghuman processinglabor-intensive processinghand-based processingmanual handling
Antonyms
Did you know? The term 'manual processing' gained significant attention in the 1960s and 1970s with the rise of automation and computerization, as companies began to adopt more efficient and streamlined processing methods.