Companies have divisions. Most companies must overcome communication problems between departments to establish new processes. Once in place, joint business processes usually run well. The same holds true for data flows. When an IT process links data between departments, that link is usually stable until a change is needed. Sales & manufacturing departments are linked in their processes. The rivalry also comes down to these departments’ over the preferred enterprise application as sales departments rely on their customer relationship management (CRM) system and manufacturing uses an enterprise resource planning (ERP) system. Linking the two enterprise applications is to be taken seriously. There are many ways and benefits for interchanging data. David Gillman (Analyst with Studio B), writes in his article about some ways in which CRM data can improve manufacturing operations when the two areas work together. Read more at: http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/insidecrm/4-ways-crm-improves-manufacturing-operations-70695

In today’s organization, one can customize and optimize enterprise applications by utilizing private cloud technologies. One can also host and manage technology providers which help customer applications, without forcing them to take on the complexity of deploying the application in-house which leads to simple and fast implementation of the applications that they need. To know more about the benefits of private cloud technologies at- http://www.business2community.com/cloud-computing/private-cloud-enables-a-simpler-life-for-enterprise-applications-01379733#CpYII7dUMJD1066J.97