Why do you need workflow for Google Apps?

So, you are on Google Apps. Great! You are not alone. 5 million businesses worldwide use Google Apps.

Google Apps is a great collaboration platform. You don’t use it just for mailing people. All your admin and financial processes such as leave, travel claim and capex approvals typically run on Google mail and docs. For example, if an employee in your company wants to claim for travel, he can fill a Google spreadsheet and send a mail to his manager for approval. If his manager approves it, he can then forward that mail to your finance team for further approval. This works fine, when you are a small company.

When you reach 50 employees, this can become a real pain. New employees would not know whom to send the travel claim for approval and finance team can’t track all the claims. If you want to get a report of the travel claims made by the sales team, it is almost impossible to do it in mails and spreadsheets. Worst of all, it is not accurate. In summary, your business process can become inaccurate and hard to track and report.

That’s when you need a workflow solution!

KiSSFLOW is the first workflow product built exclusively for Google Apps. It stands for Keep it Simple & Smart Workflow. KiSSFLOW offers Google Apps customers a simple and efficient way to automate workflows around their existing email user base. As the name suggests, it is very easy to create workflows using KiSSFLOW. You can create workflows for your own requirements in minutes.

As a Google Apps specific product, it has a familiar user experience consistent with Gmail, and works with Google Docs out-of-the-box. You can attach documents directly in your workflows and collaborate with other users and groups in your company. You can read more about the features here. Some of the Google Apps specific features are:

• Seamless Experience: Familiar Gmail interface and tighter integration with Docs, Mail, Contacts and Login provides a seamless Google Apps experience.
• Single Sign-on: Sign-in with your google credentials and access your workflows alongside your docs, calendar, contacts and mail.
• Google Docs Integration: Easily browse your documents inside KiSSFLOW and attach them to any of your workflow requests.
• Track Your Requests: Google Apps mail integration allows you to stay on top of your tasks. Keep track of your workflow requests from your mailbox.