There's really great software for managing time tracking, resource planning, HR absences, invoicing. But it's siloed by line of business. And that leads to data debt: mistakes that creep in when you copy information from one tool into another. We want to minimise data debt. And our strategy is API integrations, so you get to keep all your favourite tools: and manage reporting and oversight in fflow.

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Software to help your teams develop, manage, and deliver projects on time, on budget, and to requirements: minimising and mitigating risks, and maximising your ROI / return on investment.

Project management software can be for managing and delivering single projects and / or for monitoring and delivering on entire portfolios of projects, delivering visibility to all stakeholders, and supporting the PMO in efficiently co-ordinating the delivery of multiple projects.

Project management software

HR systems and technologies deliver the functionality and incorporate the processes that are required from a legal and business perspective to effectively and correctly manage employment responsibilities and requirements, and keep employee personal data secure.  

Beyond core HR functionality, HR systems and technologies can also provide actionable insights and intelligence to track, monitor, and better understand employee / personnel trends and issues, including employee turnover / churn.

Also covered by the acronym HRIS - HR Information Systems

From an employee perspective the HR system is a one point of contact for all elements of contractual obligations, rights, responsibilities, and a repository for the corporate policies and procedures, that need to be adhered to.



HR systems and technologies

Creating and selling computer software: whether for on premise, hybrid cloud, or cloud; whether created for commercial enterprises, not for profit, or for retail customers;  whether designed to run on a computer, a mobile device, a server, or cloud provisioned virtual hardware.

Computer software categories include:

- bespoke software designed for your needs: be it an app for your new start-up, a new website or an enterprise application for your business
- commercial off the shelf software (COTS) designed to be best in class for a specific business need or function.
- SAAS - software as a service - running from the cloud.  You don't need to do anything to support the software, you simply subscribe to the service.
- OS - operating software - the software that keeps your computer hardware, or indeed cloud hardware operating as it should
- PAAS - software that supports platform as a service - you don't need to look after the hardware, or the patching, or the provisioning, this is all done for you
- SASE - pronounced SASSY - the new software that 'virtualises' all the hardware and connectivity - so you never need to buy or look after a firewall again

Standard core business software application types include ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), MRP (Manufacturing Requirements Planning), CRM (Customer Relationship Management), Finance, Accounting, and HR - furthermore each business sector will have specific application types.

Core consumer software categories include gaming, gambling and social media as examples, but the total range of consumer software categories is vast.

The scope, function, and role of software applications is going through a generational change with the power of AI technologies.

Software

Time and attendance software systems that deliver a seamless service to help company staff record hours worked, vacation booked and taken, overtime, and sick days. For project and legal related work, Time and Attendance systems extend to projects, tasks, or cases worked on - and to the scheduling and assigning of resources to the work that needs to be delivered.

Delivering flexibility and access via multiple device types - from PC to tablet, to mobile - and can include reporting and insights into workforce operations, issues, and performance across the organisation.

These solutions manage company time and attendance data by automatically calculating all hours worked as well as vacation time, holidays, sick days, and overtime. Time & attendance solutions offer a variety of methods for clocking in and out including clocks, web, phones, and tablets, to name a few. Some solutions might provide added features including scheduling and visibility into overtime causes and trends.

Workforce Management Software includes Time and Attendance, but adds further functionality around project, client, and work assigned, in progress, and completed

Time and Attendance 

Providing apps, platforms and / or services that support staff in doing work effectively.

Supporting the collaboration of teams, the assignment of tasks, and visibility of accomplishments.  For both office based and on site construction / building / manufacturing based work.
Enabling relevant information to be accessible for those that need to see it.   Ensuring accountability, audit trials, and compliance with GRC requirements.

Workplace efficiency and productivity

IT is the world of Information Technology, and covers everything to to with computer hardware, computer software, information stored on computers, whether in the cloud, or on premise in your own data centre.

IT includes storing, processing, creating or changing data on a computer system - from managing your company accounts, to running your company factory, to creating amazing films, music, art and literature.

IT is at the heart of our world - with applications getting easier and faster to use, and doing more and more for us.

From smart fridges, to smart houses to smart cities - the beauty of efficiency and automation, versus the worries over data privacy, camera surveillance, and govt needs to know, versus an individual's right to privacy.

From cyber currency to cyber crime, from information clarity to online manipulation, troll farms, the dark web, and cyber crime.

This is all the area of IT.

The services that a company will buy in order to run their business, and grow their business.  This includes but is not limited to Accounting, IT, Management Consulting, Legal, Human Resources.

Business services can be either internally resourced - where a company will have a department to provide the service, or externally resourced, or outsourced.

Business Services

A broad and fast evolving category of services, as technology developments enable ever more powerful insights into data.  Business information services include offerings from company database search services, to company directories, to market research, competitor analysis, lead generation, marketing and sales support.

Business information services

Services to companies to help them  promote and sell their products or services.

Enabling their markets to understand their offerings, understand what it is that differentiates them from the competition.

