When businesses are deploying BPM, they often have significant problems with form approval processes when converting it to an electronic format. This is because Chinese business organizations not only have complex rules and regulations, but also have many exceptional situations. These situations often would reflect on the form approval process, with multiple levels of approvals, complex approval rules, and exception principles all combined together to affect the final result. The resulting approval process is often as complex as an IC circuit process that is very difficult to understand and design. In these situations, a custom made approval program is often needed to satisfy the requirements.

The “BPM SignFlow Module” uses the node design concept to replace the complex approval and rule design, resulting in significant savings of time needed to develop the system. It not only enables the organization to save on paper costs, allow for faster approval times, and increase document safety and tracking ability, but it also works with Power Process BPM Suite to integrate into the business processes of the organization, furthering the performance goals of the BPM system.

Most administrative approval processes are delivered in a vertical fashion. They are submitted to different levels of management according to their importance. “BPM SignFlow Module” utilizes the approval control table, when combined with the organization data from the Power Process BPM Suite, it can automatically determine the approval route and level of approval required. Different types of approval processes only require adjustment of the approval control table, users then configure the approval rule option settings. No complex process diagrams are needed. Process design has been simplified like never before.

SignFlow makes dynamic alternative approval simple.The user interface for a user would automatically provide options for additional approval, alternative approval, and form withdrawals. The process designer has nothing to worry about.

Though the use of features within the tool tables, it is possible to query approval process, task items, audit trail records, and users that will process a form later. The user can be better informed to make decisions.

No additional configuration is required. SignFlow allows users to manage tasks that are to be done by subordinates. By querying “Can be Processed” and “Will be Processed” tasks, the user can use the skip approval feature to approve on behalf of another or preview to-do items.