Difference between Approval process signature strategy and Workflow

Hi Everybody,
I just wanted to know the difference between the approval process and Business workflow. How both of them useful in PLM prospective ??
Thanks,
Rajesh

Hi,
Approval or digital signature process in PLM involves creating authorization groups, signature strategies and assigning individual signatures to signature strategy groups.For example, to create digital signature for Engineering Manager, you create authorization group say ENGMGR and define it as individual signature and assign it to a signature strategy group.
Business workflow is used to automate a business process.For example,it can be used in PLM-DMS for document review process.This can be triggered by status change(has to be defined in customizing) in document.
Hope this helps.
Cheers,
Pavana
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