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Managing Catering Requests with Form Workflow Plus

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An assortment of snacks and refreshments never fail to liven up formal functions and seminars. Queuing up to the buffet table presents opportunities to mingle and exchange ideas or simply talk about the weather. Behind all these are the trusty caterers and event organizers. They attend to individual guest preferences and make sure the event proceeds smoothly.

If you’re a food concessionaire or managing a catering business, it’s important to fulfill client orders. Catering requests need to be properly tracked and scheduled. Consider Richard, who’s the manager of an in-house caterer for a tech firm. Teams regularly hold training and seminars so it was at first a challenge to track which team would require their services and when.

Fortunately, Richard came across Form Workflow Plus on the G Suite Marketplace. This allowed him to have an efficient system of collecting orders and scheduling. It’s easy to lose requests when done via email or on a separate form. Here are the important features that helped Richard:

Seamless integration with G Suite apps

Form Workflow Plus works with native G Suite apps. Richard simply set up a Google Form then collected these responses on a Google Sheet. With Form Workflow Plus, set up took only a few minutes.

The add-on also had the flexibility to specify several reviewers. This proved useful for when some of the reviewers are not around to approve requests and ensure continuity.

Form Workflow Plus is available for a 14-day free trial here.

Unlimited reviewers and conditional approvals

Automating their order taking workflow was a perfect decision for Richard. Working with the add-on allowed him to easily add approval steps, include or remove reviewers, and set up conditional approvals. These features allowed the add-on to meet their use cases.

Richard has even set up their staff leave requests and purchase order workflows via the add-on!

Web app for overseeing requests, managing billing, and adding users

Form Workflow Plus includes a web application accessible here. It provides account owners and admins a dashboard for managing workflows as well as requests. It’s also a one-stop solution for managing billing, updating credit card details for auto-renewal, and upgrading subscription.

Easily delegate roles and add/remove users via the included user management tool.

Accessible Support and extensive Help Center

For simple queries on setting up workflows to using advanced features, Richard found answers on the Form Workflow Plus Help Center. This was where he came across the idea of using conditional approvals for budget workflows.

For questions not covered by the Help Center, queries can be emailed to support@wizy.io. Better yet, a demo can be scheduled here:

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Form Workflow Plus New Features

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We love hearing from our customers. This latest release includes features requested by our beloved users. Our developers have been hard at work in improving both our add-on and web app. Today we’ve launched Version 110 of the Add-On and 2.3.7 for the Web App! Here are the exciting new features:

Create Calendar Event from Request Details

Workflow creators can now activate this feature on the Advanced tab of the Form Workflow Plus add-on. The final notification email would include a link so requesters can create a calendar event based from their submitted Google Form details. This comes in handy for leave request workflows, facility reservation approvals, and pretty much any validation process with a time element.

Draggable Button for Reordering Approval Steps

Gone are the days when workflow creators need to go through the manual and tedious process of reordering approval steps. Approval steps now include a draggable button for easy reordering of steps and their corresponding conditions.

Note: This feature is disabled when there are ongoing requests.

Specify Column Header for Final Notification

Prior to this update, the final email notification can only be CC’d to a static group of email address/es. By adding the ability to specify a column header, the Google Form can now be designed so requesters can specify the email address/es they wish CC’d on the final notification email.

UI Improvements

Web App

  • All notification emails now follow the language set by the workflow creator
  • Form names are properly displayed after sorting by name in the Requests->Forms view
  • Workflow Creators can now delete workflows they have created. This was previously allowed only for users with Admin and Owner roles

Add-On

  • “End process at this approval step” checkbox is now static. Text for this box used to toggle to “Continue process at this step” which proved confusing
  • Translate term “A requester” to selected language for email header

Form Workflow Plus is available for a 14-day free trial. Sign up today here!

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Managing the Digital Office with Form Workflow Plus

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Every office has unsung heroes. These are the diligent staff who make sure printers never run out of paper. Like clockwork, there’s the receptionist who has a steady supply of fresh flowers to greet guests, or the secretary who makes sure stationeries are always on hand. They work in the background and devote efforts toward the smooth running of the office.

Running an office needs uncanny attention to details and anticipating needs. Without a doubt, the number of tasks can often be overwhelming. True to the mantra of working smart, managers need not fret over spreading themselves too thin. Workflow apps can take the burden off of these tasks by automating validation processes. Here are ways a workflow app such as Form Workflow Plus can be an essential tool for the successful office manager:

Break free from repetitive and manual tasks

Robert is in charge of printing business cards in a legal office. They adapted to G Suite for their office apps and this turned out to be a godsend. He created a form for collecting printing requests and plugged this into Form Workflow Plus.

It took him a few minutes to setup the 2-step approval process and saved a lot of man-hours. He used to manually receive, queue up, and archive paper forms. With their switch to digital apps, he got to devote more time towards organizing the office R&R, a committee he also felt passionate about.

Form Workflow Plus is available for a 14-day free trial here.

Track tasks and have a record of approvers for transparency

Beth has worked for almost a decade as the receptionist in a 5-star hotel. She has established a reliable network of suppliers for flower arrangements. In her line of work, bouquets never failed to bring about the welcoming atmosphere.

Beth needed to make sure she’s always on top of the schedule of guests. As these bouquets come at a cost, she used Form Workflow Plus to establish a budget approval tied with the bouquet request and supplier details. Since the add-on tracks requests on a Google Sheet, it’s easy to monitor the queued tasks and supplier contact details.

One feature she likes most is the ability to route requests to different approvers depending on the cost. For her approval workflow, those who stamped their approval were automatically logged on the worksheet for transparency.

Web app for the on-the-go approver

Reese has been in charge of approving office supplies requests for boxes, stationeries, and other small equipment. As a sales representative, though, she needed to be outside the office most of the time to meet with potential customers.

Not wanting to break the supply chain, she set up an approval process using Form Workflow Plus. The add-on includes a web app where she can log on and find all pending requests in a single place. Working with approvals has never been easier as she can set decisions in bulk and be done with the task in a few minutes.

Access a rich Help Center for use cases and FAQs with a dedicated Support Team

We’ve prepared a repository of guides and how-tos to ensure your success with Form Workflow Plus. Search for FAQs and tips to make sure the add-on works for you, here.

If you find yourself in a situation not covered by the Help Center, Form Workflow Plus has a dedicated support via support@wizy.io.

If you’re a manager tasked with jumpstarting office operations after the pandemic lockdown or looking for an app to automate workflows, we got you covered. Book a demo now or sign up for free!

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