A multi-level approval chain sends a request through successive approvers until the amount is covered, rather than to a single decision maker. In Jestor, each level is a stage with its own approver, its own deadline and its own justification field, and the chain is configured without code. Why
Every approval process eventually meets the same problem: the approver is unavailable and the request sits. In Jestor, that is handled with a backup approver, a deadline per stage and an automatic escalation rule, so absence becomes a configured case rather than an emergency. Why absence breaks approval flows Approval
Setting approval limits by department means each area has its own approver and its own ceiling, so a marketing request does not queue behind an operations decision. In Jestor, the cost center on the request is what routes it, and the limit can differ per area. Why one central approver
Choosing an ERP automation tool is a narrower decision than choosing a general automation platform. The tool has to speak your ERP's language: its fields, its date format, its account structure, and the approval logic that has to happen before anything reaches it. Why generic automation disappoints around
Knowing how to run a pilot before rollout is what separates a system that gets adopted from one that gets announced. A pilot on a single process, with a defined measurement and a defined end date, answers questions no demo can. Why company wide rollouts fail A rollout across every
The build or buy an internal tool decision used to have two answers, both expensive. Buying meant adapting your process to someone else's assumptions. Building meant a development project. A third option now exists: assembling the tool yourself, without code, which changes where the line sits. Why the
Deciding how to choose a service desk tool comes down to three things: how requests get in, how their time is measured, and whether resolving one can trigger anything elsewhere. Ticket lists are commoditized. Those three capabilities are not. Why ticket volume is the wrong metric to design around Most
A low-code database tool sits between a spreadsheet and a custom application: structured data with relations, but built in an interface rather than in code. Tools such as Airtable, Notion, Smartsheet and Jestor appear in these searches, and the right choice depends on how much the data has to
Evaluating an enterprise BPM suite differs from evaluating a workflow tool in one respect: governance. At enterprise scale the question is no longer whether a process can be automated, but who may change it, how changes are released, and whether every action can be audited afterwards. Why enterprise evaluations focus
Choosing between per user or per entity licensing determines what happens to your software bill as the company grows. Per user pricing scales with headcount. Per entity pricing scales with legal structure, which is a completely different curve, and it is the one that surprises holdings and franchises. Why the
The cost of an automation platform is rarely the licence price. It is the licence plus the connectors needed to reach your other systems, plus the consultancy to configure it, plus the internal hours to maintain it, plus whatever the pricing model does as your company grows. Why the quoted
Conditional workflows, sometimes called conditional pipes, are processes where the path changes according to the data: an amount above a threshold routes to a director, a request of a certain type skips two stages entirely. Most tools claim to support them. What differs is how far the conditions can reach,