One significant advantage of using ProFlow (Professional Workflow) is its inclusion of an automated time line for each activity. ProFlow distribute documents electronically according to your business rules. You can even have electronically controlled distribution and progressing of paper-based documents. ProFlow also configures the system to respond to events and can even alert the supervisor when a workflow is behind schedule. For example, an order received via email may pass electronically from the salesperson to the order recipient with a copy to the stores manager; then to shipping - and finally to accounting for invoicing.

 

 

ProFlow takes care of the sequence; deadlines with alerts and reminders; approvals and acknowledgements and confirmations to the customer. You could say the document look for the employee - not the other way round.

 

ProFlow allows you to define rules to send a document, eg. Appraisal form, Purchase Order, Invoice, Contract, through successive steps in a approval process. Use the workflow designer to design distribution templates without assistance from IT personnel. Then, assign workflow templates to a package of documents required for the particular process. Aspects to consider when defining workflow could be parallel / sequential distribution, pre-defined recipients, decision points and subordinate workflow.