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Contents
Preface
Chapter 1 Chapter 2 Chapter 3
What Why How
... is workflow? ... is workflow useful? ... workflow is done in SAP R/3
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Chapter 1
What
... is workflow?
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Automating Corporate Processes
Proof of Delivery Trouble Report
Sales
Sales Management
Product Planning
Customer Service
Sales Order
BudgetForecast
Production Planning
Customer
Packing Slip Invoice
Order Processing
Assembly
Shipping & Receiving
Shipping Order Packing Slip
Accounting
Product
Assembly Order
Assembly Order
Invoice
Packing Slip
Product Product
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Business processes
Treasury Financial Accounting Controlling
Risk management Exchange hedging Handling payments
Credit controlCustomer invoice posting
Costing document
Order profitability
Service profitability
Sales profit
Sales and Distribution Logistics Production
Incoming order
Financing decision
Vendor selection
Evaluation
Incoming order posting
Intercompany billing
External billing
Transfer order
Vendor selection
Intercompany billing
Production order
ProductionDelivery
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What does workflow do?
Treasury Financial Accounting Controlling
Risk management Exchange hedging Handling payments
Credit control
Customer invoice posting
Costing document
Order profitability
Service profitability
Sales profit
Sales and Distribution Logistics Production
Incoming order
Financing decision
Vendor selection
EvaluationIncoming order posting
Intercompany billing
External billing
Transfer order
Vendor selection
Intercompany billing
Production order
Production
Delivery
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Workflow Management
"A Workflow Management System is one which provides procedural automation of a business process by management of the sequence of work activities and the invocation of appropriate human and/or ITresources associated with the various activity steps."
The Workflow Management Coalition, "The Workflow Reference Model"; Version 0.6, 28th June, 1993, page 7.
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Chapter 2
Why
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Benefits of Workflow
Reliability Productivity Quality
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Workflow: Advantages of the SAP Solution
Consistency Consistency modeling --definition --control--monitoring modeling definition control monitoring Less complexity Less complexity through powerful applications through powerful applications Integration Integration with the organizational model with the organizational model Openness Openness through interfaces through interfaces Short Implementation Short Implementation Pre-built workflow examples Pre-built workflow examples ABAP/4 developmentworkbench support ABAP/4 development workbench support
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With and without workflow
TRADITIONAL WORKFLOW SUPPORTED
Initiative Monitoring
User Supervisor
System (user) System Electronic active Parallel separate programming level -> reusable transactions -> small size Whole process (beyond transaction boundaries) Work flow
Paper Documents Flow of information passive Flow ofcontrol Sequential Hard coded in application (transaction t1 calls t2 ...)
Unit of control In a nutshell
Individual function (atomic transaction) "Stop and Go"
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Chapter 3
How workflow is done in SAP R/3
The definition of a workflow The workflow at runtime Additional Comments
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Position of the workflow in the system
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Chapter 3
How workflow is done in SAP R/3
The definition of a workflow The workflow at runtime Additional Comments
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Graphical representation of a workflow
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Structure of a...
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