eBusiness Work Exchange and Work Eexeution Solutions For the eWork Market

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In today’s world, the much over used letter ‘e’ appears to be e-everywhere. To some it indicates a new way to do business electronically, and to others it is an alert to beware of confusing acronyms by a company trying to repackage old business processes. The world of eWork embraces the tried and true ways work has been performed over the years and leverages technology enabled processes resulting in improved performance of the business workforce at a lower cost. From wireless communications and the emergence of cost effective field appliances, like Windows CE TM devices and PalmPilots TM , to the inter-enterprise connectivity provided by the Internet, eWork provides new tools to address an old process.
It has been said that the Field is the organization in most companies that has been bypassed by automation. This being said, the Field is the group that would also generate the greatest return on a firm’s investment in their automation and new business process enablement. So what kind of company can benefit from the roll out of an eWork solution? Any company that leverages an extended or virtual workforce to gain competitive advantage in the marketplace will greatly reap the rewards of an eWork solution deployment.

There are several components of an eWork Solution. They not only include the ability to create a community where work can be exchanged between trading partners, but also include the ability to execute the work in a most timely fashion and the ability to report on the very detailed information that is managed in the active data repository. This White Paper will detail these components and present the value these applications provide to all members of this extended work community.

Mobile Work Execution
The ability to perform work is the cornerstone of this new work paradigm. Mobile Work Execution refers to a company’s ability to extend their enterprise to include the field organization. These applications are tailored to meet the needs of the field worker (usually simplified) while at the same time provide the information integration requirements of the front and back office systems. Mobile Work Execution recognizes all sources of work originated irrespective of its source, coordinates, optimizes and dispatches that work, and provides continuous visibility and status of these jobs to the enterprise.