The Integrify Blog

As companies across several industries look to reduce and maximize capital spending, many are beginning to realize the waste and risk involved in their current methods for handling requests for capital expenses. Here are some of the drivers for CapEx automation. Speed/Pace of Business/productivity A traditional, manual approach to CapEx presents serious challenges. Especially in larger, more complex organizations, the CapEx… View More

Related: Silos Are Wreaking Havoc on Your Organization Reducing Barriers to Employee Engagement Is… View More

Where do good business ideas come from? Do you feel like your business just doesn't generate enough new ideas that help increase revenue, improve productivity, or release cutting edge products and services? Your business could be in a rut. But hope is not lost. Innovation stems from a change in mindset and a break from the norm. What does that really mean in practice? See how this works in the real world at… View More

You may be surprised to learn that the answer is almost always "Yes!” Here are just a few of the reasons why you should review your business processes regularly and look for opportunities to improve them. Somewhere within your business, there are people who have created an entrenched status quo and like the low-stress approach of doing things the way they have always been done. They may be hoarding knowledge and… View More

What is corporate governance, really? Governance has been a popular word in the business world for quite a few years, although there are many published definitions of the term. Let's be clear: governance has been required when humans work together toward a common goal. In the commonly accepted business parlance, corporate… View More

There's little doubt meetings are a double-edged sword for most people in business. Sometimes they smooth out communication gaps, but other times they seem to drain people's will to live. In fact, excessive meetings are usually the culprit behind those 70-hour work weeks. A full 70% of employees state they don't even think meetings… View More

With a dedicated approval management system as part of your technology stack, you can regain hours of lost time every week while providing better visibility into every approval process. With a standalone (but integrated) approval management system rather than a use case-specific tool (for instance contract approvals, marketing collateral approvals, etc.), an organization is free to build… View More

A recent article at SHRM.org discussed several ways to increase employee engagement in an organization as well as the subsequent benefits. I took note of the first item on their list, which was "providing the right tools," referring to all the tools and business process infrastructure employees use to get… View More

Low-Code Application Development You don't need a team of seasoned developers to design and build business applications anymore. "Low Code Development" refers to visual, simplified methods for creating applications that, unlike in the past, don't require highly-trained developers manually writing code to build and deploy. The idea is to speed development of business-level applications via "citizen builders" who are… View More

If you're one of the 23% of workers who does some type of remote work, you probably already have opinions about what it means to have a home office. While there's little doubt the flexibility of the role will inspire jealousy in others, it's not necessarily a dream come true. Telecommuting has a lot of perks, but it can also feel incredibly isolating. Without… View More