Workflows in detail

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What are Workflows

What are workflows?

Workflows help automate business processes. In this article we describe the features of M-Files workflows to help you understand exactly what workflows are.

Automate your business processes with workflows by M-Files

M-Files enables your business to streamline important processes and workflows. From simple document requests and updates, to advanced review and approval processes.
 
M-Files has a built in workflow engine and it is easy to use. Implementing business processes is simple. Business can create processes that require steps, actions and conditions. Users can be notified via email on any action within the process. Plus documents and objects can be added to a used electronic to do list. There are many ways to create business workflows with M-Files. Each process also has simple to understand statuses. So documents and processes can be tracked and advanced to the next step with a single click.
 
Version history keeps track of all the document and workflow history. Workflows also use meta data which makes it easier to evaluate the effectiveness of the workflow. Is the process easy to execute? Is it saving time? These questions will be answered with M-Files version history for workflows. Business processes and workflows can also be improved. M-Files come with reporting features that make it easy to monitor processes. From here business owners can easily optimise processes and identify issues.
 
Workflows can also be setup to utilise permissions. This allows only certain users, such as supervisors to advanced the next step. This ensures important processes are always correct and ready for the next stage. A good example: an agreement or contract approval process can only be advanced by the owner of the document. This can all be easily defined the workflow or document metadata. Plus business workflows can be setup for full compliance. FDA 21 CFR Part 11 or GMP EU Annex 11, workflow state transitions can be set to require digital signatures for compliance.

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Sean Sandford Mortons - Urban Solutions

During our recent QA Certification and Accreditation process it became very clear that the power of M-Files could provide us with the ability to ensure that all documentation both leaving from and arriving into the office could be controlled in such a way to enable the document retrieval for Quality auditing extremely streamlined and efficient.

Furthermore the control of our QA Documents through M-Files has enabled us to manage and control system documentation in a way that provides users with the necessary access while tracking changes and being able to easily input the relevant details into the appropriate forms, checklists and reports. M-Files has enabled us to better control the system documents needed for audit control, monitoring and storage, improving the way we are able to operate the QA System.

Finally, through the workflow process within M-Files we have been able to assign tasks and function to staff members required by our QA procedures which ensure that the necessary documentation is being undertaken for the ongoing implementation of our QA procedures.

Karen and her team have provided excellent support and worked with us through the whole QA implementation process.

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