SAP  Business  Workflow  is  a  powerful  tool.  It  provides  real-time  operational  insights  to  enterprises,  for immediate attention; thus eliminating latency and inefficiency. Some of the commonly known applications of SAP Workflow  are  HR  Travel  /  Absence  Request,  SD  Inquiry/Quotation  Follow-up,  MM  PR/PO  Approval Request and FI Parked Document Approval. 

SAP Business Workflow can be used by any business suite.  SAP  Business  Workflow  enables  formal  documentation  of  business  activities  and  actions.  Roles  and responsibilities, in turn, becomes formalized. Uncompleted tasks are tracked, completed task are measured. Finally, the detailed operational data collected along the way can be used for analytics.