Globalization Management System - Overview

Overview

A TMS typically connects to a CMS to manage foreign language content. It tends to address the following categories in different degrees, depending on each offering:

• Business management: Project management, Resource management, Financial management. This category is traditionally related to Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) tools.
• Process management: Workflow, Collaboration, Content connectors. This category is traditionally the domain of specialised project management tools.
• Language management: Integrated translation memory, Webtop translation tools, Customer review and markup. This is traditionally performed with specialised translation tools.

CMS excels at process management while ignoring business management and translation tools, which are strongholds of TMS.