Today, with the rapid development of Internet technology, information technology has had a profound impact on all walks of life, as if all traditional businesses are undergoing changes. Enterprise informatization has become the future trend, and various fields are trying to promote the in-depth construction of their own informatization, while the concept of Office Automation (OA) has gradually entered the public’s field of vision in this process.

The selection of OA is crucial to the future development of an enterprise. In addition to its technology, product power and service, it is more important to consider whether the OA system has an intelligent workflow engine. It is no exaggeration to say that workflow is the core of automated office system, which can effectively improve enterprise operation efficiency, improve enterprise resource utilization, increase internal flexibility and adaptability. It is like a road and bridge, forming an efficient office network, connecting every department and every member of the enterprise.

The importance of workflow engines goes without saying, as evidenced by their popularity among enterprise managers. In the software market, software vendors are also competing to promote their own workflow applications, almost all claiming their products are the best. But at the end of the day, who is the workflow management expert? Who is the industry number one in OA workflow engines? I’m afraid no one can answer that question.

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The idea of workflow was first proposed in the 1960s, but it was only in the 1970s that people really tried to use workflow. Due to traditional office work and limited information technology, workflow did not take shape until the late 1970s.

It wasn’t until the 1980s that the first successful workflows really appeared. The good news is that in the ’90s, Internet technology took off. Thanks to the Internet, the information industry has entered the era of a hundred flowers blooming together, and the development speed of workflow has become “rocket” from the original “carriage”.

In response, many companies have developed various versions of workflow systems. Of course, workflow at that time was mainly aimed at traditional enterprises to help them improve operation efficiency. It was mainly customized by single enterprises and relatively simple, which was called OA workflow Gen 1 period.

After 2000, the Internet industry entered a new era, and OA workflow formally entered the historical stage with a new look. In the new century, energy conservation and environmental protection has become a global trend, and the completely paperless OA workflow has been accepted by more people, which is the ERA of OA Workflow Gen.2.

Although the prototype of modern workflow has been established, such as paperless, data-based and process-based, it cannot form a complete cycle, which still leads to repetitive work, process islands, system islands and data islands. After all, although the OA system at that time had complete functions, each part was independent of each other, and the data of each part did not interact with the process of other parts, nor did it help to integrate with the third-party application system.

If something isn’t perfect but works, someone will find a way to make it better, and in just a few years OA Workflow Gen.3 has arrived. At that time, workflow profoundly explained the core value of OA system from the enterprise application level, broke the island phenomenon, made all parts of the enterprise echo each other, and the initial intelligence has been formed.

OA Workflow Gen.3 focuses on “intelligence, efficiency and quality improvement, internal and external data summary, and elimination of information islands”, which can realize the integration of internal data of OA system, including loan and reimbursement, budget and final account. Besides, it can also integrate the data between workflow of OA system and other business systems, such as HRM, ERP and CRM.

There is no doubt that OA Workflow Gen.3 is more intelligent, more complete, and can realize synchronous exchange and sharing of data, which can effectively help enterprises simplify the process. It is also the mainstream direction of development of major OA manufacturers today.

Today, the concept of OA Workflow Gen.4 has emerged. The concept proposes that new OA programs should provide personalized process systems to meet the diverse needs of emerging Internet companies.

After all, startups can be the mainstay of the Internet era, when the growth model of companies is flourishing. Entrepreneurs born in the 1980s and 1990s have become an important force in business development, and young people are more open-minded, bold and open in management. So a single standardised workflow is no longer enough, and young bosses are looking for a new generation of solutions.

Therefore, XJR rapid development platform comes into being with the trend and is a pioneer in the Era of Gen.4. With its built-in collaborative OA system module, XJR is leading the changes in the era of OA workflow by relying on the craftsman spirit focusing on rapid development for many years, refining technology leading the industry, and sharp and accurate market foresight.

As we all know, if the company has major changes, the information system needs to be deeply rewritten. Of course, some enterprises cannot do it themselves, and then they need the software vendor to provide the service, but this incurs economic costs and time costs.

The software developed using XJR rapid development platform does not need to be rewritten by the third party, the administrator can easily adapt the system, the most important is that the whole process can not write a code, both save money and save time. And the framework can also be synchronized development including but not limited ERP/CRM/BI/mobile applications/e-commerce system background and other software systems, really achieve a set of development platform in hand, all systems to meet (full source delivery, no worries).

The built-in intelligent enterprise process components of XJR can meet the customized needs of the minority from all dimensions and derive the ever-changing process solutions. Whether the government, foreign enterprises, state-owned enterprises, small and medium-sized enterprises can meet. In addition, the workflow of collaborative OA system under XJR platform can be changed with the adjustment of enterprise management system to solve the pain points of the industry.

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