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Workflows to improve productivity and assist decision-making

Groupmax improves productivity through automation of your workflow and provides workflows to assist decision-making.

Business Process Automation

Supports operations according to the PDCA* cycle.

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PDCA: Plan-Do Check-Action

Plan

A visual definition of the workflow procedures.

Business processes can be developed by simple relationship definitions, using arrows to link icons indicating parties responsible for operations processing. This not only enables initial development, but also facilitates process changes due to personnel and operational changes.

Create Business Process Screen

Do

Preparation of functions suited to non-standard activities.

Groupmax Workflow can also be used for non-standard activities, which cannot be specified in business process definitions.
Consultation functionality enables issues that cannot be decided by only one individual to be sent to any member for a response.
Send-back functionality enables issues with errors to be sent back to the sender. Withdrawal functionality enables issues with mistakes detected after being sent to be withdrawn.
Transfer functionality enables issue processing to be requested of another responsible party.

Non-standard activities

Check & Action

Improved business efficiency through support of simulators and business analysis.

Statuses that can occur after installation can be checked ahead of time by simulating workflow in advance. Also, inherent problems after installation can be discovered quickly through work analysis, to bolster streamlining of business processes and restructuring.

Simulator Screen

Templates

A robust line-up to cover a variety of operations.

General Workflow

Digitization of operations related to each kind of paperwork, such as personnel changes, benefits, compensation for transportation, and expense accounts. Various kinds of procedures needed for paperwork can be performed in batch. Complicated approval operations can be streamlined, to facilitate processing flow.

General Workflow Screen

Attendance Workflow

Shift planning paperwork, daily shift paperwork, and monthly performance review paperwork.

Cost Workflow

Paperwork and accounting operations for overseas and domestic business trips.

Procurement Workflow

Procurement flow for orders, receipts, progress management, and performance management.

Approval Workflow

Approval and decision operations for extra-company procurement and investment issues.

Flexible System Linkage

Effective use of existing systems, and linkage to a variety of systems.

Information exchange regardless of system type.

XML*1 and XSL*2, two high profile technologies, are supported as a data format. XML is an open format for data, and is increasingly the format of choice for exchanging information between enterprise transaction systems, because of its compatibility with other systems and ease of reuse. XSL data can then be used to check report contents, and increase readability.

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XML: eXensible Markup Language
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XSL: eXensible Stylesheet Language

Information exchange in XML/XSL data format

Operation with Lotus Notes®/Lotus® DominoTM and Microsoft® Exchange.

With the flexible Groupmax workflow environment, issues such as Lotus Notes® form or Groupmax Form reports can be input and approved. Also, issue processing can be performed by opening incoming mail from the Lotus Notes® and Exchange inboxes.

Collaboration Portal Linkage

Reusable workflows from collaboration portals.

Unprocessed workflow items can be displayed in the latest Information View. Since items requiring processing are displayed on the same screen as frequently checked mail, they can be brought to the user's attention promptly. Item processing can be performed instantly, since the operation screen for an item can be brought up with one click from the latest Information View.

Reusable workflows from collaboration portals.