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Business software

Index Business software

Business software (or a business application) is any software or set of computer programs used by business users to perform various business functions. [1]

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  1. 71 relations: Accounting software, Automation, Bank, Business intelligence, Business performance management, Business process management, Collaborative software, Commercial off-the-shelf, Computer-aided design, Computer-aided manufacturing, Construction, Customer relationship management, Dashboard (computing), Data mining, Decision-making software, Document automation, Document management system, Electronic business, Electronic data processing, Electronic performance support systems, Employee scheduling software, Enterprise content management, Enterprise resource planning, Enterprise software, General ledger, Globalism, Google Workspace, Graphical user interface, Healthcare industry, Human error, Human resource management system, Insurance, Inventory management software, Kazaa, Legal matter management, LibreOffice, List of reporting software, Lotus 1-2-3, Mainframe computer, Management information system, Microsoft Excel, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Word, Napster, Neural network (machine learning), Online analytical processing, Operational risk management, Outsourcing relationship management, Peer-to-peer, Practice of law, ... Expand index (21 more) »

Accounting software

Accounting software is a computer program that maintains account books on computers, including recording transactions and account balances.

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Automation

Automation describes a wide range of technologies that reduce human intervention in processes, mainly by predetermining decision criteria, subprocess relationships, and related actions, as well as embodying those predeterminations in machines.

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Bank

A bank is a financial institution that accepts deposits from the public and creates a demand deposit while simultaneously making loans.

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Business intelligence

Business intelligence (BI) consists of strategies and technologies used by enterprises for the data analysis and management of business information.

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Business performance management

Business performance management (BPM) (also known as corporate performance management (CPM) enterprise performance management (EPM), organizational performance management, or performance management) is a management approach which encompasses a set of processes and analytical tools to ensure that an organization's activities and output are aligned with its goals.

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Business process management

Business process management (BPM) is the discipline in which people use various methods to discover, model, analyze, measure, improve, optimize, and automate business processes.

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Collaborative software

Collaborative software or groupware is application software designed to help people working on a common task to attain their goals.

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Commercial off-the-shelf

Commercial-off-the-shelf or commercially available off-the-shelf (COTS) products are packaged or canned (ready-made) hardware or software, which are adapted aftermarket to the needs of the purchasing organization, rather than the commissioning of custom-made, or bespoke, solutions.

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Computer-aided design

Computer-aided design (CAD) is the use of computers to aid in the creation, modification, analysis, or optimization of a design.

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Computer-aided manufacturing

Computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) also known as computer-aided modeling or computer-aided machining is the use of software to control machine tools in the manufacturing of work pieces.

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Construction

Construction is a general term meaning the art and science of forming objects, systems, or organizations.

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Customer relationship management

Customer relationship management (CRM) is a process in which a business or other organization administers its interactions with customers, typically using data analysis to study large amounts of information.

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Dashboard (computing)

In computer information systems, a dashboard is a type of graphical user interface which often provides at-a-glance views of data relevant to a particular objective or process through a combination of visualizations and summary information.

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Data mining

Data mining is the process of extracting and discovering patterns in large data sets involving methods at the intersection of machine learning, statistics, and database systems.

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Decision-making software

Decision-making software (DM software) is software for computer applications that help individuals and organisations make choices and take decisions, typically by ranking, prioritizing or choosing from a number of options.

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Document automation

Document automation (also known as document assembly) is the design of systems and workflows that assist in the creation of electronic documents.

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Document management system

A document management system (DMS) is usually a computerized system used to store, share, track and manage files or documents.

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Electronic business

Electronic business (also known as online business or e-business) is any kind of business or commercial transaction that includes sharing information across the internet.

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Electronic data processing

Electronic data processing (EDP) or business information processing can refer to the use of automated methods to process commercial data.

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Electronic performance support systems

An electronic performance support system (EPSS) is any computer software program or component that improves user performance.

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Employee scheduling software

Employee scheduling software automates the process of creating and maintaining a schedule.

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Enterprise content management

Enterprise content management (ECM) extends the concept of content management by adding a timeline for each content item and, possibly, enforcing processes for its creation, approval, and distribution.

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Enterprise resource planning

Enterprise resource planning (ERP) is the integrated management of main business processes, often in real time and mediated by software and technology.

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Enterprise software

Enterprise software, also known as enterprise application software (EAS), is computer software used to satisfy the needs of an organization rather than its individual users.

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General ledger

In bookkeeping, a general ledger is a bookkeeping ledger in which accounting data are posted from journals and aggregated from subledgers, such as accounts payable, accounts receivable, cash management, fixed assets, purchasing and projects.

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Globalism

Globalism has multiple meanings.

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Google Workspace

Google Workspace (formerly G Suite) is a collection of cloud computing, productivity and collaboration tools, software and products developed and marketed by Google.

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Graphical user interface

A graphical user interface, or GUI, is a form of user interface that allows users to interact with electronic devices through graphical icons and visual indicators such as secondary notation.

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Healthcare industry

The healthcare industry (also called the medical industry or health economy) is an aggregation and integration of sectors within the economic system that provides goods and services to treat patients with curative, preventive, rehabilitative, and palliative care.

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Human error

Human error is an action that has been done but that was "not intended by the actor; not desired by a set of rules or an external observer; or that led the task or system outside its acceptable limits".

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Human resource management system

A human resources management system (HRMS) (alternatively, human resources information system (HRIS) or human capital management (HCM) system) is a form of human resources (HR) software that combines a number of systems and processes to ensure the easy management of human resources, business processes and data.

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Insurance

Insurance is a means of protection from financial loss in which, in exchange for a fee, a party agrees to compensate another party in the event of a certain loss, damage, or injury.

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Inventory management software

Inventory management software is a software system for tracking inventory levels, orders, sales and deliveries.

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Kazaa

Kazaa Media Desktop. (once stylized as "KaZaA", but later usually written "Kazaa") was a peer-to-peer file sharing application using the FastTrack protocol licensed by Joltid Ltd.

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Legal matter management or matter management refers to activities involved in managing all aspects of the corporate legal practice ("matters").

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LibreOffice

LibreOffice is a free and open-source office productivity software suite, a project of The Document Foundation (TDF).

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List of reporting software

The following is a list of notable report generator software.

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Lotus 1-2-3

Lotus 1-2-3 is a discontinued spreadsheet program from Lotus Software (later part of IBM).

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Mainframe computer

A mainframe computer, informally called a mainframe or big iron, is a computer used primarily by large organizations for critical applications like bulk data processing for tasks such as censuses, industry and consumer statistics, enterprise resource planning, and large-scale transaction processing.

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Management information system

A management information system (MIS) is an information system used for decision-making, and for the coordination, control, analysis, and visualization of information in an organization.

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Microsoft Excel

Microsoft Excel is a spreadsheet editor developed by Microsoft for Windows, macOS, Android, iOS and iPadOS.

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Microsoft Office

Microsoft Office, or simply Office, is a family of client software, server software, and services developed by Microsoft.

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Microsoft Word

Microsoft Word is a word processor developed by Microsoft.

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Napster

Napster was a peer-to-peer (P2P) file sharing application primarily associated with digital audio file distribution.

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Neural network (machine learning)

In machine learning, a neural network (also artificial neural network or neural net, abbreviated ANN or NN) is a model inspired by the structure and function of biological neural networks in animal brains.

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Online analytical processing

In computing, online analytical processing, or OLAP, is an approach to quickly answer multi-dimensional analytical (MDA) queries.

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Operational risk management

Operational risk management (ORM) is defined as a continual recurring process that includes risk assessment, risk decision making, and the implementation of risk controls, resulting in the acceptance, mitigation, or avoidance of risk.

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Outsourcing relationship management

Outsourcing relationship management (ORM) is the business discipline widely adopted by companies and public institutions to manage one or more external service providers as part of an outsourcing strategy.

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Peer-to-peer

Peer-to-peer (P2P) computing or networking is a distributed application architecture that partitions tasks or workloads between peers.

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Practice of law

In its most general sense, the practice of law involves giving legal advice to clients, drafting legal documents for clients, and representing clients in legal negotiations and court proceedings such as lawsuits, and is applied to the professional services of a lawyer or attorney at law, barrister, solicitor, or civil law notary.

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Procurement software

Procurement software refers to a range of business software designed to streamline and automate purchasing processes for businesses and organizations.

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Product lifecycle

In industry, product lifecycle management (PLM) is the process of managing the entire lifecycle of a product from its inception through the engineering, design and manufacture, as well as the service and disposal of manufactured products.

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Production support

Production support covers the practices and disciplines of supporting the IT systems/applications which are currently being used by the end users.

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Productivity software

Productivity software (also called personal productivity software or office productivity software) is application software used for producing information (such as documents, presentations, worksheets, databases, charts, graphs, digital paintings, electronic music and digital video).

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Productivity-improving technologies

The productivity-improving technologies are the technological innovations that have historically increased productivity.

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Project management software

Project management software are computer programs that help plan, organize, and manage resources.

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Resource management

In organizational studies, resource management is the efficient and effective development of an organization's resources when they are needed.

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Retail software

Retail software is computer software, typically installed on PC-type computers post 2005, delivered via the Internet (also known as cloud-based).

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Robotic process automation

Robotic process automation (RPA) is a form of business process automation that is based on software robots (bots) or artificial intelligence (AI) agents.

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SAP

SAP SE is a German multinational software company based in Walldorf, Baden-Württemberg.

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Shopping cart software

Shopping cart software is a piece of e-commerce software on a web server that allows visitors to have an Internet site to select items for eventual purchase.

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Small and medium-sized enterprises

Small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) or small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) are businesses whose personnel and revenue numbers fall below certain limits.

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Software

Software consists of computer programs that instruct the execution of a computer.

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Statistics

Statistics (from German: Statistik, "description of a state, a country") is the discipline that concerns the collection, organization, analysis, interpretation, and presentation of data.

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Supply chain management

In commerce, supply chain management (SCM) deals with a system of procurement (purchasing raw materials/components), operations management, logistics and marketing channels, through which raw materials can be developed into finished products and delivered to their end customers.

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Web development

Web development is the work involved in developing a website for the Internet (World Wide Web) or an intranet (a private network).

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White-collar worker

A white-collar worker is a person who performs professional service, desk, managerial, or administrative work.

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Word processor

A word processor (WP) is a device or computer program that provides for input, editing, formatting, and output of text, often with some additional features.

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WordPerfect

WordPerfect (WP) is a word processing application, now owned by Alludo, with a long history on multiple personal computer platforms.

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Workflow management system

A workflow management system (WfMS or WFMS) provides an infrastructure for the set-up, performance, and monitoring of a defined sequence of tasks arranged as a workflow application.

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Yesware

Yesware is a sales productivity platform designed as an ease-of-use assistant for businesses.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Business_software

Also known as Business application, Business applications, History of business software.

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