xFlow Basic® is a generic, highly flexible and versatile workflow engine within SAP and totally based on SAP technology standards (SAP Business Workflow). xFlow Basis includes a wide-ranging set of functionalities that constitute the foundation for WMD’s business process oriented solutions, such as xFlow Invoice or xFlow Procurement.

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Workflow Solutions
The New WMD Workflow Generation for Business
Processes in SAP Standard
The new xFlow® Workflow Generation is an innovative product created by WMD.
It is designed to optimise workflows within your business processes that are
carried out within SAP Standard.

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The New WMD Workflow Generation for Business
Processes in SAP Standard
further workflow. Since there is such a great
variation in document types, there is also
a need for completely different business
processes.
In general, however, companies cannot apply
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different workflow solutions for every type
Current situation of document or every business process.
Nowadays companies receive documents That is why WMD has developed a generic
in a wide variety of ways and in different approach that is based on experience gained
formats. These include paper documents, from over 200 workflow-based projects and
e-mails, EDI and electronically signed implemented this within the xFlow product
documents. Whatever the input channel, the group.
information can be fed into the companies‘
business processes either manually (e.g. by
scanning) or by fully automated means
(e.g. by data extraction).
Once the extracted data (obtained from
invoices, purchase orders, contracts etc.)
has been automatically transferred into the
SAP system, it is then processed as part of a
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Business Solutions for SAP
Capturing / Classification / Extraction
of digital information
xFlow INTERFACE
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Interface for Data connection,
Data validation within and outside SAP
SAP Business Workflow SAP Records Management
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xFlow BASIC ®
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Generic Basic Solution for Generic Basic Solution for Enterprise
Enterprise SAP Workflow Solutions SAP Records Management Solutions
Reporting
xFlow Procurement xFlow Invoice Monitoring xFlow Personnel File
… on Request xFlow Orders xFlow Vendor File
… on Request … on Request
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Fig. 1 Overview of various options
for WMD Business Solutions

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> generic and open-ended
The product xFlow has a modular structure and is easily
designable with the aid of graphic tools. You
WMD’s xFlow offers a flexible, basic can use our basic solution for a wide range
workflow solution in SAP Standard of different applications. After all, you can
– an open-ended solution with optimal extend it by adding on single applications to
integration capabilities. What makes it really suit your individual requirements. The basic
special is that it combines many different program always remains the same. Rigid
performance features and functions from templates that take a great deal of effort to
practical applications. adapt and that have to be reintegrated for
different applications are therefore a thing
What this means for you: of the past.
You use only one generic workflow engine
for very different business applications. The We offer a choice of standard applications
basic functionalities for all conceivable work – you select the business process for which
processes are managed in just one place at we provide our best-practice xFlow solution.
the centre of your IT environment.
The groundbreaking element is the entirely
generic approach.

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WMD xFlow BASIC – Workflow Solutions
Features
Best-practice solutions for your business process The xFlow cockpit (Fig. 02)
• xFlow Invoice • Overview of all xFlow processes
• xFlow Orders • Administration
• xFlow Procurement • Logging
• xFlow Personnel File • Analysis
• xFlow Vendor File
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The xFlow web access (Fig. 03)
The Workflow Builder – modular and interactive (Fig. 01) • Access outside SAP
You can design the workflows yourself to suit your particular • Central inbox
business requirements. We make it possible for you to do this by • Utilisation of BSP technology
giving you simple graphic tools. This means that you can change
your particular flow at any time. xFlow SAP portal integration
• Access via SAP Portal
• Easy, guided design • Integration of existing enterprise portals
• Step-by-step method • Providing of xFlow iViews
• Versioning
• Gradual conversion possible during day-to-day operation xFlow at a glance
• Cross-application, generic workflow engine
The xFlow user management • Single administration for all workflows
• User management entirely in your hands • Central management of basic functionalities
• Integration of SAP, NON-SAP and LDAP users • Modular, easily designable, template-independent
• Own group management • Delivery of ready-to-apply workflow modules
• Roles per user • Web access for all applications
• Proxy management per user and user role • Based on SAP Business Workflow Standard
• Attributes for more detailed user description (e.g. company code) • Release support from SAP 4.6 to ECC 6.0
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• Definition of password rules
The xFlow text system
• Own text system
• Translation of all xFlow elements into user-specified languages
• Utilisation of own terminology
• User-defined work item texts
• Excel upload and download
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