Title :
Interworkflow system: coordination of each workflow system among multiple organizations
Author :
Hiramatsu, Keiko ; Okada, Ken-ichi ; Matsushita, Yutaka ; Hayami, Hamo
Author_Institution :
Keio Univ., Yokohama, Japan
Abstract :
Nowadays in many enterprises, for the purpose of efficiency improvement and the automation of the business, the workflow management system of the business process is coming into wide use. However, an individual workflow management system is introduced into each organization so the workflow system is effective as a business support inside a single organization, but it is difficult to apply this management system to coordinate business among more than two organizations. We propose Interworkflow system which coordinates each workflow system among multiple organizations. The Interworkflow system consists of three sub-systems and has a user friendly interface. We report on the fact that we have constructed an actual Interworkflow system that coordinates multiple workflow systems and confirm that it functioned effectively.
Keywords :
business communication; business data processing; distributed databases; human factors; user interfaces; Interworkflow system; business process; enterprises; multiple organizations; user friendly interface; workflow system coordination; Ambient intelligence; Automation; Computer networks; Electronic mail; History; IP networks; Proposals; Prototypes; User interfaces; Workflow management software;
Conference_Titel :
Cooperative Information Systems, 1998. Proceedings. 3rd IFCIS International Conference on
Conference_Location :
New York, NY, USA
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-8380-5
DOI :
10.1109/COOPIS.1998.706283