Parallel Approval in workflow

Hi Friends,
In my workflow, the requirement is like that all of the agents who have been sent the work item should be able to process it. But the moment work item is executed by one of them, it disappears from the inbox of all others. Please advise if there is any solution against it.
Thanks,
Sonali.

Hi Sonali,
I am facing the same problem wt you have faced ......Please guide me how you resolved the Parallel Processing .
Here my three user can see the Material in his work item .
But when one user executed his work item .
other user work item is automatically deleted ....................? that should nt happened ?
Actually My requirement is that When End User ( A1 )is created material ....
After the creation of Material Worklfow should triggerd ...........
After Creation of Material Can be View by 3 Higher Level Person of Different Department i.e ( FI , SD , PP )
A1 ( Created By End User ) -
> A2 , A3 , A4 ( This three Person Can view Material in their Respective Inbox Work Item )
My Prb is that Work Item goes to ( A2 , A3 , A4 ) But anyone of this one executed his Work Item .........then other two person Work Item is automatically Deleted ...........and this should nt happened...........
I want that each and every person can view the Material in Display Mode at any time and any Sequence ....Please help me
I have done lot's of R/D but didn't got any solution ...
Regrads,
Sandeep Jadhav

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