WEB BASED WORKFLOW AND DOCUMENT MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
Goce Armenski
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Abstract
Electronic workflow is automation of a business process during which documents, informations or tasks are passed from one participant to another for action, according to a set of rules . Successful workflow solution is also able to handle exceptions to those roles. In this paper we introduce new web based application designed to achieve maximum efficiency in management of these business processes. We have combined information communication capabilities of the Internet and local Intranet to achieve better process automation and to improve the capabilities of the workflow, with which we easily reached every desktop in the organization.
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