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Task management is the act of managing a task from start to finish. The task management definition is broad but specific in regards to certain steps that are involved. These steps include the planning of the task, testing, tracking progress, and reporting the results. Task management helps individuals and groups meet goals by setting personal or collective milestones.

Product data management can have a tremendous impact on the productivity and efficiency of a business. With more and more consumers now shopping online as well as on wireless devices, it has become more important than ever for businesses to ensure their product data are managed in the most effective manner possible. The right product data management software can serve as a central repository for a variety of information regarding product history. Integration of such information can assist any business user who must interact with products, including engineers, project managers, buyers, salespeople, and quality assurance teams. With the benefits provided by product data management, retail businesses of all sizes can take advantage of a more streamlined business operation while operating more efficiently.

In today’s modern world, companies of all sizes find they must manage massive amounts of computer resources and information. The sheer volume of data coming into companies continues to rise at an exponential rate. Even more concerning is the fact that the variety and volume of data will continue to increase in years to come. Developing an effective enterprise data management strategy is critical.

Business Process Management (BPM) software doesn’t just cut costs, but improves revenues, so return on investment happens at both ends of the balance sheet. But maximizing ROI for BPM software requires that organizations embrace BPM methodology and have the training and motivation to put the software to its most effective uses.

It may seem like a good idea to allow workflows to develop “organically,” similarly to the way college campuses observe where students walk when choosing where to install new sidewalks. And while allowing workflows to develop organically can be a good start, the original workflow is rarely ideal once people get used to it.

In one of his latest articles, Comindware BPM Evangelist Anatoly Belaychuk delves into the essentials of BPM and ACM. Although many consider ACM and BPM are different in reality they are practically the same. In a series of concrete examples, ranging from case and process interoperability to unified task management, Anatoly explains how processes and cases are not that different as they may seem.

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In recent years businesses have grown to be more dynamic and diverse: they involve complex communications, work teams scattered around the globe, mobile operations and online data storage. Working from the traditional business process management approach companies growing out of manual planning and implementing specialized business management software are often looking for pre-configured project management functionality that provide more flexibility while minimizing complexity and deployment costs.

In their daily operation, both large corporations and small startups often face the same problems. Typical problems for all of them are manual task management, lost, duplicated or incomplete information and untraceable document versioning and activity context. All of them can be solved with the right software that automates manual processes and connects people, tasks and data in a unified working environment.

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When we start talking about technology, Digital Transformation seems to be the most prevalent topic among executives. Each day the world is becoming more digital with industries ranging from construction to healthcare further relying on technology. The growing presence of “Internet of Things”, where mobility seems to permeate every single part of the business cycle, has had a large effect on enterprises and corporate culture. (more…)