Everyone has Business processes. The right Business management software adds significant value when it is used to execute processes efficiently, on time, and to ensure compliance with segmentatiot of duty, approvals, audit trails, notifcations and attachments
In Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012, the workflow tools include powerful new features that to quickly model and update your business processes -to give you the powe, agility and simplicity you need to deal with the rapid changes in business and technology.
The workflow system in AX 2012 uses the Microsoft .NET 4.0 Workflow Foundation,with both the graphical editor and the runtime environment.
The graphical workflow editor in Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 is based upon the re-hostable workflow designer control from the .NET 4.0 Workflow Foundation. There are added controls and custom workflow elements that reflect activities and tasks typically associated with ERP, so you can actually access the workflow design surface from the ERP client.
When a workflow is submitted for processing, execution of the workflow instance is managed by the Application Object Server (AOS) using the .NET 4.0 Workflow Foundation runtime.
Faster Process Modeling
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 makes it much simpler for business users and people with limited programming skills to set up and automate some pretty sophisticated processes
People who understand the business and work with these processes on a daily basis can define the conditions and business rules, assign tasks, and automate the flow of information through the organization.
- Visual Tools. Its easier to understand a business process, when its visual – actually see what’s happening. Flow charts as graphical representations of processes. The new graphical workflow editor, lets a business user model a process and build the associated workflow that automates approvals, escalations, notifications, decision points, .
- Prebuilt Workflows. Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 will ship with around 60 workflow types, to speed up the process of creating a workflow. Pick one of the available workflow types, associated with specific business documents, and then model the resulting workflow to reflect your particular organization’s policies and procedures.
Flexible Process Execution
New features t help you design richer workflows,to reflect the way business is done in your organization
Assignment. . Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 supports assigning to:
- an individual,
- group,
- or role,
- or defining an organizational hierarchy, with rules for escalation.
Organizations can also assign tasks to work item queues, which can in turn be assigned and managed at an individual or team level. Flexibility to get the work done the way you want to manage it..
- Conditions and decisions.Ccreate workflows that branch, based on specified conditions or decisions that people make as part of the process. Decisions can be: conditional or manual, depending on the process and the rules or policies that govern it. Automate and ensure consistent application of your business rules or business policies.
- Time limits. Set time limits on tasks, approvals, and manual decisions— define escalation policies when limits aren’t met—complete tasks on time and in-box avoid delays.
- Parallel activity. Processes may require multiple tasks to be executed at the same time. Parallel activity and the ability to call other workflows from within an existing workflow is uspprted..
- Line items. A single document, for example an expense report or purchase order, may contain multiple line items that need to be processed differently. Enable workflows to be applied to a specific line item, rather than treating a document as a whole, which means more granular control.
Use workflow toautomate and standardize business processes, for greater efficiency, while also making it quick and easy to change those processes. Ensure your business maintains its agaility, within a framework of ever increasing need for faster response, tight cost cotnrol that meets. internal and stautory compliance requirements.