Features
In the textile and apparel industry, optimizing workflows and business processes is essential to remaining competitive and responsive.
The Workflow module is embedded within NOW ERP software for textile and apparel, enabling companies to manage, automate, and optimize critical business processes through a scalable and integrated workflow environment.
What is the Workflow module?
The Workflow module enables companies to model, manage, and execute business processes that span across different operational areas.
It supports workflow automation, approval processes, and decision routing, ensuring that critical activities are executed consistently and efficiently.
By focusing on process optimization, the module helps organizations improve responsiveness, governance, and operational continuity.
Why workflow and process optimization matter
Business processes are fundamental building blocks of organizational success.
To align operations with corporate strategy, companies must rely on information technologies that support process management and continuous improvement.
Workflow and process optimization have become strategic priorities for leading organizations, particularly in environments where operations are complex, distributed, and highly interdependent.
How does Workflow work within NOW ERP?
Datatex has embedded the Activiti BPM Engine as part of the NOW ERP platform, following an in-depth evaluation of leading workflow solutions.
The Workflow module integrates seamlessly across NOW ERP modules, allowing process owners to design workflows and approval processes based on business-specific rules.
These workflows can include approval thresholds, fiscal limits, hierarchical routing, notifications, and automated task assignment.
As a result, companies can automate and monitor business processes end-to-end while continuously optimizing their effectiveness.
BPM and process modeling capabilities
Activiti is a lightweight, Java-centric, open-source BPMN engine that supports real-world process automation.
It is based on the BPMN 2.0 standard, providing a common notation that bridges business process design and execution.
This approach enables workflow models to be shared between design tools and execution engines, ensuring flexibility, transparency, and long-term adaptability.
Integration and technical features
The Workflow server is designed to operate as an integrated yet flexible component within NOW ERP:
• Perfectly integrated with the NOW base platform and accessible through APIs
• Compatible with existing commercial workflow engines
• Can run on a dedicated database or share the NOW ERP database
• Supports Single Sign-On (SSO) with the NOW platform
• Combines workflow provider administrative tools with the NOW ERP user interface
• Automatically provisions users when new accounts are created in NOW
This architecture allows companies to adopt workflow automation without disrupting existing systems.
Benefits
Benefits of the Workflow module
• Fully integrated workflow management across NOW ERP modules
• Flexible deployment and compatibility with existing BPM engines
• Streamlined approval processes and decision routing
• Improved visibility into process execution and bottlenecks
• Enhanced consistency and control over business operations
• Better alignment between operational execution and corporate governance
