A Conceptual Model of a Workflow Management System Based on Web Services

Web service, as an emerging technology, is being more and more widely adopted on the Internet for electronic business. The emergence of web service greatly facilitates business process management and reengineering. This paper develops a conceptual architecture for workflow management system based on web service infrastructure. The proposed architecture fully explores the benefits offered by web services by providing a flexible, dynamic and adaptive environment for workflow processing. Customer satisfaction and competitive advantages are supposed to result from systems based on the architecture.