Creates additional/new revenue
	Creates cost savings through tax avoidance
	Enables cost avoidance
	Faster return on investments
	Increases cash flow
	Increases profitability of existing
	products/services
	Increases revenue of existing sources
	Increases stock price/shareholder value
	Lowers cost of production
	Lowers cost of servicing

	Builds company reputation
	Creates new customer opportunities
	Fosters company vision and mission
	Improves market position relative to competitors
	Improves the ability to serve customers
	Increases competitiveness and ability to charge a premium

	Decreases employee work loads for undesirable work
	Elminates non-value added activities
	Improves employee morale / team spirit
	Improves internal communication between departments and groups
	Improves use of workspace
	Increases employee and process productivity
	Reduces cycle time
	Reduces cycle time of production/process
	Reduces external inputs to processes
	Reduces person-hours
	Reduces process steps
	Simplifies processes and workflow steps

	Decreases maintenance/support costs
	Enables service level agreement (SLA) obligations
	Improves application/system performance
	Improves application/system utilization rate
	Increases efficiency of support activities
	Increases productivity through automation
	Maintains intellectual property investment
	Preserves value of technology
	Reduces application/system variation (increases reliability)
	Reduces paper documentation requirements
	Strengthens application/system security