The employee's manager, who is currently browsing in the portal, sees an alert in the top navigation area notifying him that a new task is pending.
Also, each time the buddy list would signal its list of listeners, it would waste time notifying the chat Windows that had previously been closed.
Backroom and shelf management: Automating inventory count and notifying staff to refill shelves (back room or in store) to avoid out-of-stock situations.
