What is a workflow?

The workflow is literally translated from the English word "work flow. The most straightforward meaning is that the process is relatively fixed in daily work.

Here are two workflow examples: the workflow from the customer to the bank account: the customer requests an account opening ticket -- fill in the information -- the salesperson checks his/her personal creden。 -- the salesperson checks accounts -- the customer obtains the passbook and receipt -- and the customer checks. Workflow of a product sales: corporate managers have been pondering how to optimize the workflow. Although a relatively fixed model has been formed by experience, it simplifies many unnecessary ProgramHowever, in the age when computer information systems have not yet formed the mainstream, everything was done manually, and there were many disadvantages, such as low human efficiency, slow response to information transmission, and waste of paper communication resources. In 1980s, people finally found a way to alleviate these ills, that is, relying on the new workflow technology of the network. Due to the different development of workflow technology, in order to develop relevant specifications for different workflow products to achieve interoperability, the workflow management Alliance (WfMC) was established in 1993. The workflow definition is as follows: a workflow is a type of business process that can be completely or partially automatically executed, it can be transferred and executed between different executors based on a series of process rules, documents, information, or tasks. From the above description, we can summarize the characteristics of computer software technology that has a wide range of application values in a workflow, and also decide that it must be carried by an interconnected computer. Workflows are automated as necessary for personnel operations.