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Notes Moreover, when it comes to creating marketing materials, usage of web based applications
would be the best approach to comfortably collaborate between different departments and
would also ensure proper and hassle free management of the supply chain system and personnel
involved.
The required marketing materials, the cash needed for the same, and the approval or disapproval
for the same from the management can all be logged into the same system and can be accessed
anytime anywhere, thus reducing the time lag and also eliminating communication gap between
various parties involved.
The marketing materials themselves can be created using Web-based word processing
applications. This puts the draft materials on the web, for everyone on the team (including
appropriate senior management) to see, comment on, and even contribute to. After everyone’s
had his or her say, you can finalize the document and send it to your printer or website.

Task Create a marketing material of your preference through a web based application.
Self Assessment

Fill in the blanks:
11. Collaborating on a …………………… document is surprisingly easy.
12. The best Web-based word processors work in conjunction with full-fledged Web-based
………………………..
13. Putting together a ……………………. requires data from several different departments.
14. The marketing materials themselves can be created using Web-based ………………………
applications.
6.6 Collaborating on Expense Reports

A better solution for many companies is to put the expense reporting function on the web.
Employees from any location can access the website to enter their expenses; it can even be
accessed while employees are still traveling, with no need to wait for reimbursement until they
get home. Then the web-based expense report gets electronically circulated to everyone who
needs to approve it or, more likely, a link to the web-based report is emailed instead. Finally,
after the last approval is entered (electronically, of course), the accounting department is notified
and a check is cut. No costly paper trail is generated, no documents spend days waiting in
someone’s inbox, and the entire process is expedited—which means employees get reimbursed
faster.
The benefit of Web-based expense management is that you can quickly and easily ensure that all
employees follow your company’s rules and regulations. Just add your own rule base into the
app’s management console, and the employees will have to follow your company’s policies
when entering their expenses.

6.7 Collaborating on Budgets

The budgets for collaborative activities will vary greatly depending on the scope of the proposed
problem or project and on the number of people involved. The Foundation recognizes that
funding must be appropriate to an activity’s specific scope and needs. It also recognizes that

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