Trade publications counselled department stores that, in order to increase sales, they should create a "third stepping stone" between infant wear and older kid's clothes.

For a transaction such as the creation of a sales order, there may be fifteen tables and between ten and fifteen fields that are to be compared in each table.

For example, you might use a Polling activity to search for new sales order records in your system and then automatically send a copy of the data to your accounting application to generate a bill.