6.1. SIMPLIFIED PROCESS FLOW DIAGRAM INSTRUCTIONS
A process flow diagram shows the relationships among the steps in a process, the components in a system, with arrows connecting all of the pieces and showing the sequence of activities. Some texts and software for traditional process flow diagrams use additional geometrical shapes—circles and inverted triangles and so on—to differentiate among types of functions in the process. I choose to keep it simple. Figure 6-1 shows a simplified process flow diagram.
Just as with the fishbone diagram, the simplified process flow diagram is not limited to uses related to solving problems in a manufacturing process. Also, a simplified process flow diagram is not limited to a physical flow map. The flow could ...
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