Carefully monitoring financial indicators helps a company set clear objectives for its managers. It has always been a significant challenge to provide access to important financial information securely, in an easy-to-use, online manner. But with intranet applications, finance departments can more easily disseminate this information to key managers by securely posting corporate financial data or by providing simple forms-based query capabilities.

The purchasing side of financial operations can also benefit from intranet applications. Using the same products that enable "cybermalls" on the public Internet today, companies can simplify electronic software distribution, billing, and purchasing of supplies by providing an internal web-based mall that offers all company-approved products.

Taking asset management a step further, at Allen-Bradley, employees can "recycle" their old computer equipment by locating internal buyers through a web-based, forms-based system tied to a relational database.

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