You, probably, have heard the term " B2B software ", but you have not found the clear definition of what it actually is. The conception of that software (Business to Business) is quite wide. Often it is considered as a group of products that can help company to dial or co-operate with its partners and suppliers. Let's consider several conceptions of such an applications :
- Sometimes that program means product that provides various functions which support business interaction between companies - such as making proposals, generating contracts, business letters, invoices and so on. This type of can provide quick editing of business proposal documents such as company history, pricing plan, executive summary, testimonials and more.
- Close to previous point is conception that understands B2B applications as CRM systems that are used to manage relationships with corporate clients. Such a system should be used for collecting and analyzing information connected with prospective and current clients. This kind of B2B software can be designed by integration with CRM system.
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Conception of B2B system can be often understood as a computer-based environment where different business units communicate and cooperate with each other. With a help of such a system different companies (or divisions of one company) are able to coordinate work, share business processes and collaborate at common projects. Such kind of an application usually uses client-server technology, so each participant of collaboration (each of team members, project stakeholders, business units etc.) uses own client part of B2B application in order to connect to server part and share one database.VIP Task Manager can be considered as the software package which belongs to this category. With a help of this system a company can plan and control tasks for its divisions and long-term partners.
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Another conception of B2B applications means that it is software developed and sold by companies to companies (corporate clients), unlike the B2C (Business to Consumer) software that is sold to private consumers.VIP Task Manager also belongs to software designed for business use. With a help of this program enterprise and project managers can organize tasks of their teams and track projects in terms of tasks completion, time and costs.
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VIP Task Manager is multi-user system that can be used for real-time management (planning, tracking and reporting) of cross-departmental and cross-company projects. It is software that uses client-server technology, so users from different departments can simultaneously connect to one database via LAN. This system allows collaboration via Internet - in this case server where database of VIP Task Manager is placed should have static IP address. Owing to this, VIP Task Manager can be successfully used for management and coordination of allocated business units such as remote company's divisions, long-term partners etc.
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