D a t a F l o w A n d I n t e g r a t i o nThe computing framework of a
business can include a lot of players which don't
readily share data. That can lead to a lot of hand
re-entry of data into multiple applications, hand
transcription from one document to another, or, at the
very least, cutting and pasting between windows!
These sorts of dataflow can eat up man-hours of labor
and introduce an increased chance of error as your data
crossed from one domain to the other.
These sorts of speed bumps can
often be flown over, or at least gotten around, by the
creation of automated file translators (scripts, batch
files, or possibly VB programs) or by, at a minimum,
deeper research into the capabilities of the
communicating applications.
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