workflow
noun
work·flow
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variants:
or less commonly work flow
Definition of workflow
: the sequence of steps involved in moving from the beginning to the end of a working process
improving office workflow … this new upgrade isn't revolutionary. But it does a fine job of streamlining workflow and getting the business done.— Sally Wiener Grotta The site automates and tracks workflow as well. For example, when a subcontractor fills out a request for information, it goes directly to the general contractor, who signs off on it. The request then travels to the architect, then back to the subcontractor.— Lawrence Stevens
Examples of workflow in a Sentence
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The system also connects to companies’ other applications in an effort to streamline workflows. — Los Angeles Times, "Slack projects slower sales growth, and its stock slumps," 4 Sep. 2019 Compass is the fastest-growing real estate technology company with a powerful end-to-end platform that supports the entire buying and selling workflow. — Bang Staff And Correspondents, The Mercury News, "Sponsored: Compass agents donate backpacks, supplies and funds for local children," 3 Sep. 2019 The retail behemoth's plan to offer one-day delivery sparked an intense debate with the leader of a major workers' union who argued such demands could put workers in danger if Amazon didn't increase their staffing to match the new workflow. — Aj Willingham, CNN, "64% of Americans support labor unions but membership is at a record low," 31 Aug. 2019 This is also an area where data technology and analytics can help prevent patient suffering by facilitating more streamlined workflows. — Sy Mukherjee, Fortune, "The U.S. May Have Had Its First Vaping-Related Death: Brainstorm Health," 23 Aug. 2019 The kitchen got a similar top-to-bottom overhaul plus new stainless steel fixtures and some rearrangement to improve workflow. — al, "Renovated Heroes ready for game day (and more) at USA," 23 Aug. 2019 The company allows employees with no coding, development or database experience to build internal software platforms that handle tasks such as customer-relationship management, workflow management and other applications. — Laura Cooper, WSJ, "Private-Equity Firm Vista Buys Majority Stake in Quick Base," 13 Jan. 2019 Azure Pipelines, the build/test/deploy service, now has a Visual Studio extension to make designing workflows easier. — Peter Bright, Ars Technica, "Microsoft continues its quest to embrace every developer with Visual Studio 2019," 4 Dec. 2018 And since apps can spawn multiple windows, Apple added the ability to get an overview of each app’s open windows quickly, which creates a new kind of multitasking workflow. — Dieter Bohn, The Verge, "iPadOS impressions: flexible and powerful, but is it intuitive?," 6 June 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'workflow.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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