Office automation refers to the use of Internet/Intranet technology in the work of administrative organs, based on the concept of workflow and taking computers as the center.
Adopt a series of modern office equipment and advanced communication technology to collect, sort, process, store and use information extensively, comprehensively and quickly, so that employees in the enterprise can enjoy information conveniently and quickly and work together efficiently; Change the complicated and inefficient manual office methods in the past to serve scientific management and decision-making, so as to achieve the purpose of improving administrative efficiency.
The degree to which an enterprise realizes office automation is also the standard to measure its modern management. Chinese experts put forward the definition of office automation at the first national office automation planning seminar: using advanced science and technology, some office business activities are materialized in various modern office equipment other than people, and people and technical equipment constitute a man-machine information processing system serving a certain office business purpose.