The enterprise is a crossroad of pressures – on one hand employees, on the other hand investors. The former are interested in salaries and working conditions, the latter in the profitability of their capital contributions. Between the two, the Management which in numerous enterprises depends on the two statutes, both employees and share-holders, add to this scenario the market constantly requiring profitability from shares and with an eye fixed on the minor details, is capable of changing the share prices and triggering a stock exchange storm.

Now, how to cope with a heavy responsibility without falling upon a totalitarian management model that would prevent innovation and that would be lethal to the development of the enterprise and consequently to the value creation?

The answer would be to link the different building blocks of the enterprise around a collaborative management in order to guarantee good corporate governance and to be the pillar for a long term strategy that is not only concerned by performance gains but also by clarity and transparency of information, both inside and outside the enterprise, as henceforth, orientations are determined by the stock market.

Many enterprises have found what they considered to be the panacea for information control and team management in new technologies. In this scenario, the different sectors of enterprises have adopted different tools for processing, storing and circulating information, however, this has led to their customization and to a lack of transparency.

So, how to decompartmentalize the silos of the enterprise and to interact with the different blocks that have built the current information system?

The solution would be a tool that allows for interaction with these different building blocks by using a single interface. This dream tool already exists and is capable of linking the different building blocks such as GED, CRM, ERP, ECM with the power of a workflow engine on the same interface.

This is an answer to process and data management which they rely on. However, can the manager have visibility of his teams and especially can he protect sensitive information?

The answer is yes! With the Control Center of W4BPM Suite2006, the Manager can have transverse visibility of the different processes involved in the different files in progress. He can also have visibility of his teams and manage them. He can also identify the weak points and correct them.

To determine the roles and rights for input and use, W4Studio is the modeling tool that lets you secure information, thus reducing risks of distortion and misuse.

These tools are upgradeable, not only in an isolated manner but also as a whole with everything that they combine.