JP4122260B2 - Application processing system - Google Patents

Description

[0001]
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to an application processing system that performs a request for approval application.
[0002]
[Prior art]
Conventionally, in an organization such as a company, approval and decision making are generally managed by turning a document of approval into a document form. In the method of applying the application by turning the approval document with such a document, for example, the drafter needs to draft the approval document with reference to the latest internal regulations and organization chart. In addition, there are problems of storage and management including security of the approval document, and there is also a problem that quick application processing is difficult because it takes time to move the approval document.
[0003]
For example, Patent Document 1 proposes an approval system that uses a computer network to simplify drafting work, make paperless, speed up decision making, and enhance security.
[0004]
[Patent Document 1]
JP-A-2002-82836 (paragraph number 0014)
[0005]
[Problems to be solved by the invention]
In the system proposed in the above document, the drafting terminal used by the applicant and the approval terminal used by the approver are connected by a computer network, and the applicant enters the approval application and approval route at the drafting terminal. Similarly, the application is distributed to the application approval terminal based on the input approval route, and the approval process of the approval application distributed to the approval approver or the application rejection process is performed in the application approval terminal.
[0006]
In this system, when one of a plurality of approvers approves, the application is treated as approved. As a result, other approvers will miss the opportunity to determine the content of the approved application, and all approvers may not be involved in the application process. Cannot be received, and uniform management of application approval is impaired.
[0007]
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION An object of the present invention is to solve the above-described problems and enable an approver who has not been involved in the approval process to confirm the contents of an approved application in the application processing system.
[0008]
[Means for Solving the Problems]
The application processing system of the present invention is realized by a configuration including a network in which a server and a plurality of terminals are connected to be able to communicate with each other.
[0009]
The terminal includes an application terminal that performs an application and a plurality of application processing terminals that process the application. The server records the application information of the application and the management information for managing the application, and manages the transmission / reception management of the application information and management information of the application with the terminal and the recording management between the recording means. Management means to perform.
[0010]
In the application approval process for the same application by multiple application processing terminals, the management means approves the application by the approval process received earlier, and the subsequent approval process is managed as an additional approval of the approved application. Allow the approver who was not involved in processing to confirm the contents of the approved application.
[0011]
The management means approves the application through the approval process received earlier, and manages the subsequent approval process as an additional approval of the approved application. Is recorded in the recording means as an approved application, and the approved application is notified to other application processing terminals not involved in the approval process. Upon receiving this notification, the other application processing terminal confirms the contents of the approved application, performs an approval process, and sends the result to the management means. The management means records the approval process received from another application processing terminal as an additional approval of the approved application.
[0012]
Here, the confirmation approval includes conditional addition approval for approval with an accompanying condition in addition to additional approval for approval for an approved application. The management means records this additional approval in the management information when it receives a normal additional approval from another application processing terminal not involved in the approval processing. On the other hand, when a conditional additional approval is received, the additional approval is recorded in the management information, and the added incidental condition is recorded in the application information.
[0013]
When performing the additional approval, the application processing terminal selects either an additional approval that does not have an incidental condition or a conditional additional approval that has an incidental condition, and sends it to the management unit. When an additional approval that does not have ancillary conditions is sent from the application processing terminal, the management means records this additional approval in the management information, and the application processing terminal that first performed the approval process Notice.
[0014]
In addition, when an additional approval with an incidental condition is sent from the application processing terminal, this additional approval is recorded in the management information, the incidental condition is recorded in the application information, and the application process that first performed the approval process Notify the terminal about the additional approval.
[0015]
A management means can be made into a some notification aspect, when notifying an approved application with respect to another application processing terminal.
[0016]
A 1st notification aspect transmits the list data of the approved application regarding all the application process terminals. Each application processing terminal can check the approval status of all approved applications in a list display. Each application approver extracts applications to be additionally approved from this list display and performs additional approval.
[0017]
In the second notification mode, individual data of an approved application related to a notification destination application processing terminal is transmitted. The notified application processing terminal displays an approved application that has already been approved by another application approver among the applications processed by the application processing terminal. Each application approver makes an additional approval for an application that he / she additionally approves from the display of this individual item.
[0018]
In addition, after notifying the approved application, the management unit does not perform additional approval by the approval process when no approval process is received for the approved application from another application processing terminal within a predetermined period. Thereby, the application process including the additional approval can be completed within a predetermined period, and the unstable period in which the application approval process is not fixed can be shortened.
[0019]
The application terminal can select and set an application approval terminal that requests application approval from a plurality of application approval terminals. The management means records the application processing terminal selected by the application terminal in the management information, sends the application content to the application processing terminal recorded in the management information, and receives an approval process from the application approval terminal.
[0020]
According to the present invention, even when one of a plurality of application approvers approves the application first, other approver is displayed on the application approval terminal for the approved application. , You can confirm the content of the approved application and add it for approval.
[0021]
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION
Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings.
[0022]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining the configuration of the application processing system of the present invention.
[0023]
The application processing system 1 is configured such that the server 2 and a plurality of terminals are connected to each other via a network 5 so as to be able to communicate with each other. The application processing system 1 performs application, confirmation of application accompanying this application, approval of application, and the like.
[0024]
In the following, it is assumed that confirmation and rejection processing are performed in application confirmation, and approval, rejection, and denial processing are performed in application approval. In addition, the approval performed in the application approval includes a conditional approval with an accompanying condition. Here, the confirmation process is application acceptance at the confirmer stage, the approval process is application acceptance at the approver stage, and in the normal application process, the application is approved after confirmation and finally applied. Is tolerated.
[0025]
Also, in the present invention, when multiple application approvers are set for one application case, the approval of this application is confirmed by the approval process performed by the first application approver, and then another application approver The approval process to be performed does not affect the confirmation of the application approval, but is processed as an additional approval for confirming the application content approved by another application approver.
[0026]
The rejected application is returned to the applicant and can be re-applied, but the rejected application is not allowed to be re-applied and will be abandoned as it is.
[0027]
Therefore, the confirmer stage performs intermediate application processing, whereas the application approver stage performs final application processing. Note that the terms and contents of confirmation, approval, rejection, and denial are not limited to the above example, and can be arbitrarily determined according to the application processing system to be applied.
[0028]
The terminal includes an application terminal 3 for applying and an application processing terminal 4 having an application processing function. The application terminal 3 is a terminal in which the applicant drafts the application content or creates an execution report, and requests the application processing terminal 4 for application processing including confirmation of the execution report via the server 2.
[0029]
The application processing terminal 4 can be hierarchized according to the application processing function. The application drafted by the application terminal 3 is processed by the application processing terminal 4, and approval processing such as confirmation, approval, and denial, and processing such as examination of application contents are performed. The processing result is returned to the application terminal 3 and can be managed by the server 2.
[0030]
The application process is set according to the approval authority of the person who performs the application process, and the application processing function according to the approval authority is set in the application processing terminal 4. In FIG. 1, only one application terminal 3 is shown, but a plurality of application terminals can be connected to the network.
[0031]
The application processing terminal 4 has an application processing function according to the approval authority. For example, the application is subjected to a confirmation process, an approval process is performed, and the application process is approved. In FIG. 1, an application confirmation terminal 4A (4Aa, 4Ab, 4c) and an application approval terminal 4B (4Ba, 4Bb) are provided, and are connected to the server 2 via the network 5, respectively. Each layer of the application confirmation terminal 4A and the application approval terminal 4B can include a plurality of terminals. As will be described later, the applicant can also select a confirmation terminal corresponding to each application terminal from each application terminal.
[0032]
Each application processing terminal 4 can set a hierarchized function according to the set approval authority regarding the application processing. For example, the application confirmation terminal 4A corresponding to the lower-level application processing terminal is a terminal that has a confirmation authority for the approval process but does not have a final approval authority, and performs an approval for the application. It does not have a function to perform, confirms the contents of application, adds a message and correction items as additional information, manages the application confirmation in the server 2 and notifies the application terminal 3. The application terminal 3 can know the confirmation result and the approval result for the application by the notification from the application confirmation terminal 4A and the application approval terminal 4B, and can refer to additional information such as a comment and a condition attached at the time of additional approval. .
[0033]
In addition, the application approval terminal 4B corresponding to the higher-level application processing terminal is a terminal that is processed by a person who has final approval authority for the approval process, and has a function of approving the application. Approval, conditional approval, denial, rejection, etc. are performed. A message, a correction item, or a condition attached to conditional approval can be added as additional information. The application approval terminal 4B manages application approval in the server 2 and notifies the application terminal 3 of the application approval. The application terminal 3 can know the approval result for the application and refer to the additional information by the notification from the application approval terminal 4B.
[0034]
The application confirmation terminal 4A and the application approval terminal 4B can be hierarchized in terms of application processing functions. For example, in the application process, when final approval is made after confirmation is completed, the application confirmation terminal 4A has a confirmation processing function performed by the confirmation authority, and the application approval terminal 4B Provided with an approval processing function performed by a person. Further, the application approval terminal 4B has an additional approval function.
[0035]
The processing result by the function provided in each application confirmation terminal 4A includes, for example, confirmation and rejection, and the processing result by the function provided in the application approval terminal 4B includes, for example, approval, conditional approval, denial, or rejection. Due to the hierarchization, part of the processing by the application approval terminal 4B is performed based on the processing result of the application confirmation terminal 4A. For example, the application rejected at the application confirmation terminal 4A is not processed, and the approval is performed based on the confirmation of all the application confirmation terminals 4A.
[0036]
The approval process by the application approval terminal 4B can set the application approval terminal 4B that can perform approval for each application case. For example, the approval process can be set as approval confirmed by any one application approval terminal 4B among the set application approval terminals 4B. It can also be set to require approval of the approval terminal 4B.
[0037]
In the example shown below, the approval is confirmed when one of the plurality of set application approval terminals 4B approves, and the approval by the other application approval terminals 4B is an additional approval. Process.
[0038]
In addition, when the approval of several application approval terminal 4B is required, the approval of the said application case can be confirmed by the additional approval by the other application approval terminal 4B.
[0039]
The server 2 transmits and receives application information and management information between the recording means 2b for recording application information together with the management information and the terminals 3 and 4, and the application information and management information between the recording means 2b. Management means 2a for managing recording.
[0040]
The management means 2a manages the application by hierarchizing according to the hierarchized application processing function of the application application terminal 4. For example, the approval by the application approval terminal 4B can be set to be performed on the condition that the confirmation by the application confirmation terminal 4A is made, and the application confirmation terminal 4A rejects the application after the application approval terminal 4B approves the application. It can be set not to be able to.
[0041]
Such management by the management means 2a can be performed by logical operation or the like based on data of processing results by the application confirmation terminal 4A or the application approval terminal 4B.
[0042]
Here, among the information managed by the management means 2a, the application information is mainly information related to the application contents, and the management information is bibliographic information for managing the application and information on the progress of the application. These application information and management information can be set in the application terminal or application processing terminal based on an input from an input means (not shown) or a processing result in the terminal.
[0043]
Moreover, the management means 2a of this invention has already approved with respect to the application approver by notifying that the application approval terminal 4B which did not perform application approval that application approval was performed by the other application approval terminal. Confirm application and prompt approval process.
[0044]
Next, application processing examples performed by the application processing system of the present invention will be described with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS.
[0045]
The applicant creates an application by entering the approval document at the application terminal. At this time, if there is an attached file, it can be added. It is also possible to set an application checker who obtains application confirmation from a plurality of application checkers (step S1).
[0046]
The applicant makes an application for the written approval document. This application includes multiple approval stages. The content of the application includes two stages: confirmation by the application confirmer and approval by the application approver. After confirmation is obtained, the application is approved by obtaining approval.
[0047]
First, a confirmation application process is performed in steps S2 to S4 in FIG. 2, and an approval application process is performed in steps S5 to S8 in FIG.
[0048]
If a confirmer is set (step S2), an application is sent to the set confirmer, and a confirmation or rejection process is performed. The confirmation application process can be performed by a plurality of confirmers. At this time, in addition to adding a message, the confirmer can also change settings such as adding or deleting a confirmer (step S3).
[0049]
When all of the set confirmers have performed “confirmed” processing (step S4), the process proceeds to application processing by the next application approver. In step S2, if the confirmer is not set, the process proceeds to the application process by the application approver without performing the application process by the confirmer.
[0050]
The application approver performs a process of approval, conditional approval, denial, or rejection of the confirmed application. At this time, the application approver can also add or delete the attached material, or change the setting such as adding or deleting the person to be browsed, in addition to adding a message or condition content (step S5).
[0051]
When approval by the application approver is obtained (step S6), it is recorded as an approved approval. At this time, in addition to adding a message, you can also add or delete attachments, change the settings such as adding or deleting the person to be viewed, and add and record subsequent execution reports or search. It can also be performed (step S7).
[0052]
Note that if the “confirmed” process for all the set confirmers is not obtained in step S4 and if the application is rejected by the application approver in step S6, the process returns to step S1. If the application approver is denied (step S6), it is recorded as a denied approval (step S8). At this time, in addition to adding a message, it is possible to change settings such as addition or deletion of attached materials or addition or deletion of a viewing target person.
[0053]
Regarding the application processed as the approved approval in step S7, an application approver who has not approved the application this time among a plurality of application approvers set can perform approval as additional approval. This additional approval can be restricted within a predetermined time after the application approval is made.
[0054]
Hereinafter, the application process will be described with reference to the relationship diagram of FIG. 3 and the configuration block diagrams of FIGS. 4 shows the operation of the application process by the application approval terminal, and FIGS. 5 and 6 show the process operation of the additional approval by the application approval terminal. 3 to 6, the same numbers are assigned to common processes.
[0055]
The application is requested by the applicant confirming the application from the application checker, and the application approver is requested to approve the application. Is done. In this application business, the application checker and the application approver can add a comment by using a message function provided in the application check terminal or the application approval terminal, or adjust the application content by using the function.
[0056]
The applicant accesses the server from the application terminal 3, selects the type of application form to be created, and requests the server 2 for the format of the application form (1). The server 2 prepares an application form format in the recording means 2b in advance, extracts the application form format selected in response to a request from the application terminal 3, and transmits it to the application terminal 3 (2). The application terminal 3 describes the application content using the application form format (3) received from the server 2 (4).
[0057]
An application confirmer who requests confirmation of the contents of the application can be selected. At this time, the application approver can be set to enable selection at the application terminal, or can be set to disable selection at the application terminal. This selection may be made by preparing a predetermined list in the server and selecting from this list (5). The created application content is saved, and this application content is sent to the server 2 (6).
[0058]
The server 2 records the application sent from the application terminal 3 in the recording means 2b. In this record, management information used for managing the application is added and recorded together with the application information including the application contents. The management information can be the management number, the type of application, the target person, the attached material, the progress status, etc., as in the provisional application (7).
[0059]
The server 2 notifies these application information and management information as an application to the application confirmation terminal 4A of the selected application confirmer (8). The application confirmation terminal 4A receives the application sent from the server 2 (9), examines the application contents with reference to the application information and management information, and writes a comment using the message function if necessary. Both are recorded in the application information (10), and application confirmation processing is performed (11). This confirmation of the application can be performed, for example, by setting “confirmed” in the data area provided for confirming the application.
[0060]
The server 2 notifies the application approver's application approval terminal 4B of the application information and management information as an application together with the application checker's application confirmation terminal 4A. The notification is sent to all the application approval terminals 4B, and when the application approval terminals 4Ba and 4Bb are set to be selectable, the selected application approval terminals 4Ba and 4Bb are notified (8). The application approval terminals 4Ba and 4Bb receive the application sent from the server 2 (12).
[0061]
Hereinafter, an example will be described in which, among the received application approval terminals 4Ba and 4Bb, the application approval terminal 4Bb first approves the application, and then the application approval terminal 4Ba additionally approves.
[0062]
The application approval terminal 4Bb examines the description contents of the application with reference to the application information and management information, and if necessary, describes the comments using the message function and adjusts the application contents using the editing function to adjust the application information. (13) and application approval processing is performed (14). This application can be approved, for example, by setting “Approved” in the data area provided for application approval. At this time, the application approval terminal 4Ba does not perform application approval processing.
[0063]
When the application confirmation terminal 4A rejects the application in (11), the management means 2a of the server 2 records that the application is rejected based on the rejection information (15) The application terminal 3 is notified of the application rejection (16), and the application terminal 3 receives the rejected application (17).
[0064]
Even when the application approval terminal 4B rejects the application in (14), the management means 2a of the server 2 records that the application has been rejected based on the rejection information from the application approval terminal 4B. (15) The rejection is notified to the application terminal 3 of the application source (16).
[0065]
In the above application rejection, the applicant confirms which application processing terminal (application confirmation terminal, application approval terminal) has performed the rejection processing to the application terminal 3, so that the applicant can confirm the application or the application approver who performed the rejection processing. Can also be confirmed (17). If the application approval terminal is rejected (14), the rejected application is recorded in the recording means 2b (33), and the application terminal 3 of the application source is notified that the application has been rejected (34). .
[0066]
On the other hand, the application terminal 3 rejects the application. On the other hand, if the application confirmation terminal 4A confirms (11), the management means 2a of the server 2 has not rejected the selected application confirmation terminal 4A. A determination is made (18). The management means 2a approves and records the application if the application confirmation terminal 4B approves the application when all of the application confirmation terminals selected in (18) have been confirmed (14). The information is recorded in the means 2b (19), and the application terminal 3 of the application source is notified that the application has been approved (20). The application terminal 3 receives that the application has been approved. The application approval is confirmed by the approval by the application approval terminal and the processing by the management means (21).
[0067]
Next, an approval process performed by an application approver other than the application approver who performed the approval process will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0068]
The management means notifies the application terminal 3 of the application source that the application has been approved, and also notifies other application approval terminals that have not performed the approval process that the application has been approved (20). The application approval terminal 4Ba receives the application sent from the server 2 (12), confirms that the application has already been approved, examines the application content and management information, and reviews the application description and needs. If there is, the description of the comment is made using the message function, the content of the application is adjusted using the editing function and recorded in the application information (23), and the application is approved (24). This application can be approved, for example, by setting “Approved” in the data area provided for application approval.
[0069]
Since this application has already been approved by the application approval terminal 4Bb, the approval by the application approval terminal 4Ba is treated as additional approval. This additional approval can be a conditional approval for approval with conditions and an approval without conditions.
[0070]
In the case of conditional approval (24), the management means records in the recording means 2b that the application is approved with conditions (25), and the application is approved with conditions to the application terminal 3 of the application source. This is notified (26). The application terminal 3 receives that the application has been approved with conditions (27). The management means 2a also notifies the application approval terminal 4Bb that has been approved first that the application has been approved conditionally (26), and the application approval terminal 4Bb receives that the application has been approved conditionally. Confirm (28).
[0071]
If the approval is made without any condition (24), the management means records in the recording means 2b that the application has been approved unconditionally (29), and the application terminal 3 of the application source Notify that the application has been unconditionally approved (30). The application terminal 3 receives that the application has been approved unconditionally (31). Also, the management means notifies the application approval terminal 4Bb that has been approved first that the application has been unconditionally approved (26), and the application approval terminal 4Bb receives that the application has been approved unconditionally. Confirm (32).
[0072]
Here, the application approval terminal (4Ba in FIGS. 5 and 6) that has not been approved by the management means 2a is notified that the application has been approved in another application approval terminal (4Bb in FIGS. 5 and 6). An aspect is demonstrated using FIG. 5, FIG.
[0073]
The notification mode shown in FIG. 5 is a mode in which the management unit 2a passes the data to other application approval terminals 4Ba related to each application case as individual data based on the approval performed in the application approval terminal 4Bb. A notification is sent each time an approval is made.
[0074]
On the other hand, the notification mode shown in FIG. 6 manages the application approval progress status in the management means 2a, and uses the application approval progress status of all application cases satisfying a predetermined condition as list data to the application approval terminal 4B. This is a mode of notification. The application approval terminal 4B requests the management means 2a for a list of application approval progress status, obtains list data, confirms the application approval progress status for the related application matters, and has already been approved. Make additional approvals for.
[0075]
FIG. 7 shows an example of the data structure of application information, execution report information, and management information. In this example, the application information may be supplemented with the application contents and the subject of the application, as well as application effects and related transaction data. Moreover, you may add the comment which the confirmer described, and the incidental conditions attached by conditional approval.
[0076]
The management information can be a management number, application type, target person, attached material, progress status, and the like. The type of application can be used, for example, as a business stage display indicating whether the application is in the planning stage or the execution stage, and as a display of the importance of the application such as top secret or urgent. Examples of the target person include an applicant, a selected application confirmer, an application approver, and a viewer.
[0077]
For example, when an application request is made from the application terminal to the server, the applicant can make settings using data sent from the application terminal. In addition, the application confirmer can be set from the application terminal by the applicant at the time of application, or the application confirmer or the application approver can be set by addition or deletion from the application confirmation terminal or the application approval terminal. Also, the viewer can add or delete the application approver at the application approval terminal.
[0078]
The application approver may be set in advance so that it cannot be set from an application processing terminal such as an application terminal, an application confirmation terminal, or an application approval terminal.
[0079]
The progress status is information that indicates the progress of the application work for the application. For example, the draft is a draft that indicates that the application content is being considered by the temporary application checker, and the application content is being confirmed by the application checker. “Waiting for confirmation” that represents a certain state, “Waiting for confirmation” that is approved by one application approver among multiple approvers, and waits for additional approval by another application approver, Confirmed and “Approved” indicating that the application approver is in the process of approval, “Approved” indicating that the application content has been approved by the application approver, and the application content is approved conditionally by the application approver "Conditional Approved" indicating the status of the application, "Approved / Executed" indicating that the application content has been approved and executed by the application approver, and "Approved" indicating that additional approval by other application approvers has been completed Completed ", application Content is "Rejected" representing a denial state in the application approver, there is a "rejected" and the like, which represents a state in which the application contents have been dismissed in the applicant confirmed user or application approver.
[0080]
Each status of the progress is set according to the application process performed at each application processing terminal. Each of the above states is an example, and other states can be set. The illustrated data configuration is an example, and addition and deletion of data items can be performed as necessary.
[0081]
Further, confirmation and approval data items may be provided together with the target person, and processing results such as confirmation, approval, conditional approval, rejection, and denial performed by the application checker and the application approver may be recorded.
[0082]
The server management means records the application information and management information, and performs application processing such as notification to the application processing terminal using the management information as a determination condition. For example, if an application checker is set as the target person in the management information in step S2 of the flowchart shown in FIG. 2, the application content is sent to the set application checker and selected in step S4. The application is transmitted to the next application approval terminal on condition that all of the application checkers are in the “confirmed” state.
[0083]
Next, the state of the application information and the confirmation information at each application work stage will be described with reference to FIGS. FIG. 8 shows the configuration of the applicant, application checker, and application approver in this example, and FIGS. 9 to 12 show examples of application information and confirmation information at the application work stage.
[0084]
Here, as shown in FIG. 8, the applicant F selects the application checkers A and B and the application approvers X, Y, and Z in advance and applies to the application checkers A and B and the application approver X. An application is made by requesting confirmation and approval of the contents, and after approval by the application approver X, additional approval is made by the application approvers Y and Z.
[0085]
FIG. 9A is an example of application information and management information created by the applicant F. Here, applicant F who is the applicant is recorded in the subject. When sent from the application terminal to the server in the state of FIG. 9 (a), the server management means transmits this data to the terminals of the application checkers A and B set as the target person, and the sent application checker A and B will consider the contents of the application. FIG. 9B shows this state, in which application checkers A and B are recorded in the target person, “waiting for confirmation” is set in the progress status, and confirmation by the application checker is unprocessed. I can confirm.
[0086]
FIG. 10A shows an example of data in a state where the confirmation is made by the application confirmers A and B and the approval by the application approver X is completed. Note that the example of FIG. 10A shows a case where only the application approver X approves and no additional approval by the application approvers Y and Z is performed. Applicant X is recorded in addition to application confirmers A and B for the target person, and “Confirmed” by application checkers A and B and “Approved” by application approver X are set in the progress status. It can be confirmed that confirmation and approval by the confirmer and the application approver have been processed.
[0087]
FIG. 10B shows an example of data that has been confirmed by the application checkers A and B and rejected by the application approver X. In the progress status, “confirmed” by the application confirmers A and B and “denied” by the application approver X are set.
[0088]
FIG. 11 shows an example in which the application approver X approves and the application approvers Y and Z perform additional approval. Fig. 11 (a) shows the confirmation by the application confirmers A and B and the approval by the application approver X, and the application has been approved. Next, this application is waiting for further approval by the application approvers Y and Z. An example of data is shown. In the progress status, “confirmed” by application confirmers A and B, “approved” by application approver X, and “waiting for confirmation” by application approvers Y and Z are set.
[0089]
FIG. 11B shows a state in which the application approver Z approves and additionally approves in the “waiting for confirmation” state of FIG. In the progress status, “acknowledged” by the application approver Z and “acknowledgment wait” by the application approver Y are set instead of “acknowledgment wait” by the application approvers Y and Z.
[0090]
FIG. 11C shows a state in which the application approver Y approves and additionally approves in the “waiting for confirmation” state of FIG. 11B. In the progress status, “acknowledged” by the application approver Z is set instead of “waiting for confirmation” by the application approver Z.
[0091]
12 is an example of data in the case of rejection and denial, FIG. 12 (a) shows an example of data rejected by the application checker B, and FIG. 12 (b) is data rejected by the application approver X. An example is shown. The application information and management information are examples, and other data configurations may be used.
[0092]
Next, examples of display screens at each stage of the application work according to the present invention will be described with reference to FIGS.
[0093]
FIG. 13 is an example of a menu selection screen when creating an application document. This screen example is a screen on the application terminal, and a desired application format can be selected from a common application format and an application format preset in accordance with each sales office. By selecting the application format, the application terminal can download the application format data selected from the server and create an application form by describing the application contents.
[0094]
FIG. 14 shows an example of a screen for selecting an application checker, which is displayed by pressing a button for adding / deleting a checker in the application creation screen (shown in FIG. 15). The application confirmation person can be selected by inputting an identification number such as an employee number in addition to selecting from a list of personnel confirmation tables. The application checker selected on the application checker selection screen is set in the checker part of the screen.
[0095]
FIG. 15 is an example of an application creation screen, which is displayed on the application terminal of the applicant F. The history of this creation screen shows the history of requesting the reviewer during the creation, and the message history shows the comments of applicant F and employee C. The applicant F completes the application contents and inputs / describes necessary items, and then the application process is performed by pressing the application button. In addition, when there is an uninput part in the necessary items, a display for calling attention on the screen or by sound may be performed.
[0096]
FIG. 16 shows an example of a screen for confirming an application, which is displayed on the application confirmation terminal of the application confirmer. The application confirmer performs the application process by pressing a confirmation button when there is no problem with the application contents, and pressing a rejection button when there is a problem with the application contents. At this time, a comment can also be described in the confirmation comment portion. This confirmation comment is recorded in the history and can be confirmed later.
[0097]
In addition, when it is desired to consult other application checkers or viewers about the application, a message can be created in the creation of a new message and sent to the application checker or viewer.
[0098]
FIG. 17 is an example of a screen for approving an application and making a decision, which is displayed on the application approval terminal of the application approver. The application approver presses the approval button to approve the application, presses the reject button to reject the application, presses the conditional approval button to approve the application conditionally, When returning the application to the applicant, the application process is performed by pressing the reject button. At this time, a comment can also be described in the approval comment part. This approval comment is recorded in the history and can be confirmed later.
[0099]
In addition, when it is desired to consult other application checkers or viewers about the application, a message can be created in the creation of a new message and sent to the application checker or viewer. In addition, the application content can be browsed by pressing a button for adding / deleting a viewing target person.
[0100]
18 to 24 show examples of display screens after application approval. FIG. 18 is an example of a display screen for notifying the approval status for additional approval. In this approval status notification screen, an application related to the application approver is already approved by another application approver, and a matter that is in a waiting state for confirmation is displayed.
[0101]
FIG. 18 is a display screen example of the application approver terminal of the application approver Y. For example, in the application matter of the draft number 02-0304-59, 60, the application approver X among the application approvers X, Y, and Z This indicates that the approval has been completed, and the application approvers Y and Z are waiting for confirmation. Further, in the application case with the draft number 02-0304-61, the approval by the application approver X and the additional approval by the application approver Z among the application approvers X, Y, and Z are completed. Indicates that it is waiting for confirmation. In the example shown in the figure, it is shown that incidental conditions are attached to any application.
[0102]
FIG. 19 is an example of a screen for performing additional approval. This additional approval screen is displayed by selecting an application item to be additionally approved on the display screen shown in FIG. “Approved” (or “Waiting for confirmation” may be displayed) is displayed on the screen, indicating that it is waiting for confirmation. Here, the application approver presses the approval button when approving without attaching the incidental condition, and presses the conditional approval button when approving with the additional condition. This approval is treated as an additional approval.
[0103]
FIG. 21 is another example of a display screen for notifying the approval status for additional approval, and displays a list of cases subject to application approval. FIG. 20 shows the progress status of selecting an application to be displayed in a list. It is an example of a selection screen.
[0104]
20 can be selected from a menu screen (not shown). On the progress selection screen of FIG. 20, customized selection items are displayed. As this selection item, for example, in addition to the selection items of the application for approval within the specified period, “draft”, “waiting for confirmation”, “waiting for approval”, “rejection”, “rejected”, “conditionally approved”, Application status selection items such as “approved / executed” are prepared. The selection items are not limited to this, and can be arbitrarily set based on the progress set in the management information or a combination thereof.
[0105]
FIG. 21 shows a display screen when an application within the past 30 days and an “approved” application is selected on the progress selection screen of FIG. On this display screen, two applications satisfying the above conditions are displayed.
[0106]
In the example of the display screen of FIG. 21, for example, in the application case of draft number 02-0304-59, application approval is made among application approvers X and Y (here, the application approver is X and Y). This indicates that the approval by the person X has been completed and the application approval person Y is waiting for confirmation. Further, in the application case of the draft number 02-0304-60, the approval by the application approver X is completed among the application approvers X and Y (here, the application approver is X and Y), This indicates that the confirmation by the application approver Y has been completed.
[0107]
In the application with the draft number 02-0304-61, the approval by the application approver Z is completed among the application approvers X and Z (here, the application approver is X and Z). This indicates that the person X is waiting for confirmation. Further, in the application case of the draft number 02-0304-62, the approval by the application approver X among the application approvers X, Y, and Z (here, the application approver is X, Y, and Z). Is completed, the additional approval by the application approver Z is completed, and the application approver Y is waiting for confirmation.
[0108]
Although the draft number is used in this screen example, a management number may be displayed.
[0109]
FIG. 22 is an example of a progress list screen when a plurality of states are selected on the progress selection screen of FIG. In this list screen example, the drafter, status, subject, draft date, desired settlement date, settlement date, etc. are displayed in a list. The display content can be arbitrarily set based on the progress status and the combination set in the management information as in the above-described screen example. FIG. 23 is a screen example when an approval list is selected on the progress selection screen of FIG.
[0110]
Further, the search condition can be customized as shown in FIG. 24 without being limited to the progress selection screen of FIG. In the example of FIG. 24, the search results for the “conditional approval” and “approved / executed” cases are shown.
[0111]
According to the embodiment of the present invention, by setting a period for performing additional approval, it is possible to eliminate an unconfirmed state of application approval due to the completion of additional approval.
[0112]
【The invention's effect】
According to the application processing system of the present invention, in the application processing system, it is possible to confirm the contents of the approved application by an approver who has not been involved in the approval processing.
[Brief description of the drawings]
FIG. 1 is a schematic diagram for explaining a configuration of an application processing system of the present invention.
FIG. 2 is a flowchart of an example of application processing performed by the application processing system of the present invention.
FIG. 3 is a relationship diagram for explaining an application process of the present invention.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram illustrating the application process of the present invention.
FIG. 5 is a configuration block diagram for explaining an application additional approval process according to the present invention;
FIG. 6 is a configuration block diagram for explaining an application additional approval process according to the present invention;
FIG. 7 is a diagram illustrating an example of a data configuration of application information, execution report information, and management information according to the present invention.
FIG. 8 is a diagram showing a configuration of an applicant, an application checker, and an application approver in the present invention.
FIG. 9 is a diagram showing an example of application information and management information in application and confirmation at the application operation stage of the present invention.
FIG. 10 is a diagram showing an example of application information and management information in approval at the application work stage of the present invention.
FIG. 11 is a diagram showing an example of application information and management information in the additional approval at the application work stage of the present invention.
FIG. 12 is a diagram showing an example of application information and management information in rejection and denial of the application work stage of the present invention.
FIG. 13 is an example of a menu selection screen when creating an application document of the present invention.
FIG. 14 is an example of an application confirmation person selection screen according to the present invention.
FIG. 15 is an example of an application creation screen of the present invention.
FIG. 16 is an example of a screen for confirming an application of the present invention.
FIG. 17 is an example of a screen for approving an application of the present invention and making a decision.
FIG. 18 is a screen example of an approval status notification according to the present invention.
FIG. 19 is an example of a screen for additionally approving an application of the present invention.
FIG. 20 is an example of a progress selection screen for selecting an application to be displayed as a list according to the present invention;
FIG. 21 is an example of a list display screen for notifying an approval status for additional approval according to the present invention.
FIG. 22 is an example of a progress status list screen when a plurality of states of the present invention are selected.
FIG. 23 is an example of a screen when an approval list of the present invention is selected.
FIG. 24 is an example of search condition customization according to the present invention.
[Explanation of symbols]
1 Application processing system
2 servers
2a Management means
2b Recording means
3 application terminals
4 application processing terminals
4A, 4Aa, 4Ab, 4Ac Application confirmation terminal
4B, 4Ba, 4Bb application approval terminal
5 network

Claims (7)

In a network where a server and multiple terminals are connected to communicate with each other,
The terminal includes an application terminal for applying and a plurality of application processing terminals for processing the application,
The server includes recording means for recording application information of the application and management information for managing the application;
For application information and management information of the application, comprising a management means for performing transmission / reception management with the terminal and recording management with the recording means,
In the application approval process for the same application by a plurality of application processing terminals, the management unit approves the application by the previously received approval process, and the subsequent approval process is managed as an additional approval of the approved application. Application processing system. The management means records the application as an approved application in the recording means by an approval process from the application processing terminal received first, and notifies the other application processing terminal of the approved application, and the other application The application processing system according to claim 1, wherein the approval process received from the processing terminal is recorded as an additional approval of the approved application. The application processing system according to claim 2, wherein the additional approval includes conditional additional approval having an incidental condition, and the management unit records the incidental condition in the application information. 3. The application processing system according to claim 2, wherein the application processing terminal selects any one of an additional approval having no additional condition and a conditional additional approval having an additional condition in the additional approval. In the notification of approved applications to other application processing terminals, the management means transmits a list of approved applications related to all application processing terminals, or transmits individual data of approved applications related to the notification processing application terminal. The application processing system according to any one of claims 2 to 4, wherein the application processing system is performed by: The management means does not perform additional approval by the approval process when no approval process is received for the approved application from another application processing terminal within a predetermined period after notifying the approved application. The application processing system according to any one of claims 2 to 5. The said management means records the application process terminal selected with the application terminal in management information, and receives an approval process from the application process terminal recorded on the said management information, The said any one of Claim 1 thru | or 6 characterized by the above-mentioned. Application processing system described.

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