In the early 1990s, manufacturers began to see the value of single enterprise-wide resource planning solutions that integrated manufacturing, logistics, distribution, inventory, shipping and accounting.
In developing the thematic area, UNESCO is a leader in the areas of: transboundary surface and groundwater, water quality, integrated water resource management and climate change adaptation and water.
For example: sales managers need to have their territory planning and quota-management tools integrated with the Human Resource and Compensation applications in order to better drive behavior and achieve sales goals.
An approach to integrated catchment management by building a framework for water law and policy experts, water resource managers and water scientists to work together on water-related problems.