Workflow Sample

Even gained the support of machine translation, human "translation" is necessary to some extent.

Translation does not end when translated meaning of a sentence, it also requires various "conversion process", such as change URL of web site in each language, or alteration on web purchase process for region and countries. (Manuals, Press release, FAQ, blog, fault information etc.)
For a global company, translators who understand circumstances throughout the company are indispensable. So we want to visualize "work" and "flow of work" for an employee in childcare or a retiree can join as "a telecommuter"

<Tasks>
1. Translation Request, 2. Review, 3. Questions, 3de. Translate into de, 3fr. Translate into fr, 3es. Translate into en, 3.ja. Translate into ja, 4zh. Translate into zh, 4ko. Translate into ko, 5.Confirmation

"Cooperation of other divisions" is essential to handle complaints.

Even how sincere contact person heard and understood what Claimant thought and felt, it does not make sense if end up there.
It must be connected to,

Improve product quality (defective, missing, delayed delivery)
Improve services (denial of service, lower service levels)
Improve employee support (telephone calls, e-mail text)

in practice. There will be some complaint almost false accusation, of course. But before judging "to ignore them", there should be "appropriate steps". To establish procedures for their products first, and then to review its operating procedures, we want to apply the concept of BPM to handle complaint.

In the following Workflow model, employee who takes a complaint inputs the claim as it is at Task [1. Input Complaint]. And then designate who (all employees including the president, etc.) is responsible to it, but if no one can be designated, it goes to Customer Service Dep.
Should time and circumstances permit, we want to consider "complaints flow on Twitter or Facebook" found by chance as the target to handle.

<Tasks>
1. Input Complaint, 2. Designation, 3. Answer, 3b. Review

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We offer Workflow Template for a variety of Business Category in "Workflow-Sample.net". Analyzing on the number of repeaters and duration of visits for each article, we see which category of business or business task draws attention. (Speaking of the recent developments in the Japanese version is "Telecommuting")

Among those categories, "Handling Complaints" gathers attention all the time. I guess all sorts of companies seek how they should build handling flow as well as how to contact with customers.
In particular,

When to share information with Supervisors and executives ?
By whom and how the handling be checked ?

would be difficult.

The following is a Workflow model assumed that handling complaint is the most important mission of the Director of Customer Service. All the answering sentence to the complaint will be sent after review (or modified) by the Director of Customer Service.

<Tasks>
1. Input Complaint, 2. Creating a primary answer, 3. The primary answer sentence review, 4. Creating a secondary answer, 5. Secondary answer sentence review

[Handle Complaints: "3. The primary answer sentence review" screen]

Everyone will try to build "Between Companies (cross-) Workflow", and visualize them.
Want to visualize,

Delivery process
Inspection process
The Payment
Confirmation of the Payment

However, using Cross-enterprise Workflow makes it visible even such as " whether the business partner has completed payment verification process". But think well, there is nothing trouble in any way.

Similar

"Think Supply Chain As Cross-Enterprise Workflow"
"Sending Workflow Logs to Gmail Makes Referring Easier"

<Tasks>
1. Quote Request, 1b. Approval Request, 2. Arrangement, 3. Create Quote, 4. Approval quotes, 5. Ordering the contents of quotations, 6. Correction, 7. Approve Modifications, 8. Order Confirmation, 9. Delivery Completion Report, 10. Payment Confirmation

[Quote-Reception-Delivery Process: "1b. Approval Request" screen]

In the article "Think Supply Chain As "Cross-Enterprise Workflow"", only the accepting side has assumed "Supervisor approval (leader approval)". Assuming them in the order side Workflow model will be like one below.

<Tasks>
1. Quote Request, 1b. Approval Request, 2. Arrangement, 3. Create Quote, 4. Approval quotes, 5. Ordering the contents of quotations, 6. Correction, 7. Approve Modifications, 8. Order Confirmation

[Quote Process<Supervisor approval>: [1b. Approval request] screen]

More of Business Process Management (BPM) activities are to manage and to promote improvement procedures (workflow) of internal company.
However, working on reviewing procedures this and that in practice, you will find more worth working on Inter-company workflow than internal company. The main reason is as follows.

Easier: roles of Companies are clear
Wasteful in communication: allow time for document (mail / FAX / mail) interaction
Wasteful in saving data: each company has different ways of data managing
Careful in improvement: to carry out improvement over tension that not to annoy people outside the company.

*(Of course, it's so hard to reach consensus between companies)

Even a Email is legally "a document" nowadays. It can be an evidence in the court as well. So "Paper Documents" should be reduced even little by little.

The following workflow model focuses on digitalizing entire paper documents between companies with many transactions such as "Quotes + Orders Confirmations". In another word, exclusive ordering system for client. (SCM)

<Tasks>
1. Quote Request, 2. Arrangement, 3. Create Quote, 4. Approval quotes, 5. Ordering the contents of quotations, 6. Correction, 7. Approve Modifications, 8. Order Confirmation

[Quote Process: [3. Create Quote] screen]

Want to test Web Form for the customer if it works properly, is often the case.
In that case, it may become uncomfortable situation if the workflow was too automated.
It costs much when "Free Trial" was actually mailed to the address which development stuff entered for testing.

Expand "Making Customer List That Tells You How Good, Out From "Free Trial" to split the flow for "Test". In the following workflow model, automatic processing of publishing accounts is not performed when when you input [Applicant Name] started string of "test"

Similar:

<Tasks>
0. Test Check, 1. Application Info, 2. Manual Issue Account, 3. Verification, 4. Lead Info, 5. Sales Phone Result

[Trial Account Issue-Automatic Issue:[0. Test Check] screen]

<Items>

Title<<Company Name>>

-Applicant Info-

Name(string)
Company(string)
Email Address(string)
Phone Number(string)
Other Info(string: text box 3lines)

-History-

Ignore?(select:yes/no)
Expectation(select:Expected/Ignore)
Issued Account(string)
Expectation Mark(1-10)(numeric)
Correspondent(discussion)

When the condition of "[Applicant Name] is started with string of [test]" is true, it flows into the Task [0. Test Check] and account issue is not processed. If you want to test [Account Issue Process] or [Complete Notification], it can be considered like the following Workflow model to split at [3. Verification]. (It seems like no different from selecting [Ignore] at [Expectation], but can be recorded explicitly test input.)

<Tasks>
0. Test Check, 1. Application Info, 2. Manual Issue Account, 3. Verification, 4. Lead Info, 5. Sales Phone Result