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your business — typically only include accounting, invoicing, financial man-

agement, and inventory control and don’t delve into organizing personal

activities, team relationships, or communications skills. ERP systems range

from inexpensive and effective tools like Peachtree to multimillion-dollar cor-

porate systems, such as SAP or Oracle. Some of the things that Outlook can

do for you include the following:

⻬ The Calendar’s collaborative tools can increase your company’s produc-

tivity by providing tools for working in teams. Teams can share commit-

ments, schedule activities in unison, and track participation. Read more

in Chapter 10.

⻬ You can assign tasks to increase commitments and reduce quarrels by

allowing people to accept and respond to automated task requests via

e-mail (See Chapter 10.)

⻬ The Tasks list helps you organize all your pending actions and select list

them by priority or due date. Read more in Chapter 2.

⻬ The Recurrence tool can remind you again and again of anything you

need as often as you need it. For example, you can set reminders for

weekly reports, monthly payments, or daily tasks. Read more in Chap-

ter 2.

⻬ The Contacts list lets you record any information about your relation-

ships and even create a customer profile. Read more in Chapter 4.

⻬ The Outlook automation works to save you time when you make your

phone calls, send faxes, or organize and clean your messages. Read