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Document฀generation
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Document฀collaboration฀
As฀workgroups฀spread฀across฀organizational฀and฀
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that฀track฀documents฀and฀their฀workow฀through-
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new฀efciencies฀by฀allowing฀individuals฀and฀teams฀
to฀work฀together฀better.฀In฀an฀era฀when฀shortened฀
time฀to฀market฀and฀mass฀customization฀are฀the฀
norm,฀collaboration฀can฀also฀help฀manufacturers฀
slash฀product฀development฀costs฀and฀gain฀a฀compet-
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container฀for฀both฀visual฀data฀and฀metadata,฀
Adobe฀Document฀Collaboration฀solutions฀deliver฀
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among฀reviewers,฀commented฀upon,฀secured,฀and฀
digitally฀signed.฀They฀can฀also฀be฀directly฀integrated฀
into฀a฀number฀of฀industry-standard฀Enterprise฀
Resource฀Planning฀(ERP)฀and฀document฀manage-
ment฀systems,฀allowing฀IT฀managers฀to฀leverage฀
their฀existing฀technology฀investments.฀Hundreds฀
of฀organizations฀worldwide฀have฀integrated฀com-
ponents฀of฀Adobe’s฀solution฀into฀their฀collaborative฀
workows,฀including฀government฀agencies,฀pharma-
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nancial฀institutions.