GroupWise WorkFlow Professional improves business productivity by allowing companies to create, manage and store information about everyday business processes, which can then be managed more effectively and efficiently through the familiar GroupWise interface. GroupWise WorkFlow integrates workflow into the day to-day business operations of an organization, automating a broad spectrum of business applications, from the unstructured sharing of project information to the clearly defined process of approving capital expenditure requests. By creating a mechanism to structure, process and respond to information in a meaningful and effective way, GroupWise WorkFlow improves efficiency and accelerates business decision making. Through tight integration with GroupWise 5.2, GroupWise WorkFlow Professional allows users to realize immediate productivity and makes constructing a workflow as simple as using E-mail. Users simply place icons on the workflow canvas and draw arrows to assign steps in the workflow to their co-workers.
Workflow authors can also include detailed instructions on completing the task.
Users receive workflow messages through the GroupWise Universal Mailbox when it is time for their steps to be completed. When the message is opened, a simple dialog box appears with instructions for completing the task. Once the user indicates the task is completed, WorkFlow Professional automatically routes the message to the next participants. The integration of WorkFlow with the GroupWise Universal Mailbox lowers cost of ownership for companies by eliminating the expense of training end users on a separate application interface. From an administrative standpoint, GroupWise WorkFlow eases the burden of installation, support and administration for IS departments by leveraging the existing IT infrastructure.