Information flow between departments: definitive solution

As we have seen in previous articles, one of the main challenges that companies face today is to gather data from the systems they use so that information flows throughout the organization. E-commerce, e-business, and intensifying global competition are forcing companies to focus on speed to market, improved customer service, and more efficient execution. The flow of information and work needs to be orchestrated so that the organization can function like a well-oiled machine. These changes require powerful new systems that can integrate information from many different functional areas and organizational units and coordinate the company's activities with those of suppliers and other business partners.

When you have a packed schedule and 24/7 meetings, sometimes the little things that make your workflow easier are enough to make it all worthwhile. For this reason, it is necessary that you have a tool that can help you generate information flows automatically, without you having to ask yourself if this or that department obtained or sent the necessary information.

In other words, you need an integrated platform across the organization to coordinate key internal business processes. A good information system allows organizations to better manage the processes to capture and apply knowledge and experience. That is why we want to tell you about the tool that we use to be able to keep the company coordinated and informed at all times: monday.com 

It allows you to monitor a process from end to end, going through different areas, roles and hierarchies, even with permissions, restrictions, and specific views for each one.

Share documentation (host it on Monday or insert a shortcut to the document in Google Drive or other data servers) at the specific point of the process.

Possibility of introducing validation processes within the same macro process.

Customizable alerts and notifications, for example for the assigned person, to the next area, alerts for upcoming deadlines or critical/risk processes, escalate alerts, etc.

Customizable automations, trigger a new process from an intermediate or final action of the current process.

Integration with specific tools for each area (native integrations, or ad-hoc developments via API). Unifies the work tracking of an inter-area process in a single tool.

Manage the workload of your team: You can see in real-time who can take on more work and who cannot. You can also make adjustments to meet your deadlines and avoid stress.

It allows the loading of data, texts, dates, documents, numbers, formulas, locations (map), telephone numbers, indicators, and metrics, displaying graphs and generating automatic reports based on the operation.

Connect and communicate to all areas of a company/branches/offices/locations in one place (and can even include suppliers, consultants, or customers to provide them with greater added value).