<Li> Web publishing allows cumbersome corporate knowledge to be maintained and easily accessed throughout the company using hypermedia and Web technologies . Examples include: employee manuals, benefits documents, company policies, business standards, news feeds, and even training, can be accessed using common Internet standards (Acrobat files, Flash files, CGI applications). Because each business unit can update the online copy of a document, the most recent version is usually available to employees using the intranet . </Li> <Li> Business operations and management: Intranets are also being used as a platform for developing and deploying applications to support business operations and decisions across the internetworked enterprise . </Li> <Li> Cost - effective: Users can view information and data via web - browser rather than maintaining physical documents such as procedure manuals, internal phone list and requisition forms . This can potentially save the business money on printing, duplicating documents, and the environment as well as document maintenance overhead . For example, the HRM company PeopleSoft "derived significant cost savings by shifting HR processes to the intranet". McGovern goes on to say the manual cost of enrolling in benefits was found to be USD109. 48 per enrollment . "Shifting this process to the intranet reduced the cost per enrollment to $21.79; a saving of 80 percent". Another company that saved money on expense reports was Cisco . "In 1996, Cisco processed 54,000 reports and the amount of dollars processed was USD19 million". </Li> <Li> Enhance collaboration: Information is easily accessible by all authorised users, which enables teamwork . Being able to communicate in real - time through integrated third party tools, such as an instant messenger, promotes the sharing of ideas and removes blockages to communication to help boost a business' productivity . </Li>

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