Type steps, get a flowchart.
Use it to map a process quickly. Type one step per line, mark starts, ends and decisions, and it draws a clean flowchart.
Start a line with ( for start or end, ? for a decision. Anything else is a process step. Example: (Order received, ?In stock, Pick and pack.
Decisions are drawn as diamonds in sequence. Add the Yes and No branch text into the step wording, for example "?In stock? Yes: continue, No: backorder".
A process flowchart shows each step and decision in a process in order, using standard symbols.
Mapping 'Purchase request to PO' shows three approval loops and two re-keying steps. Combining approvals under $1,000 into one and entering requests directly into the purchasing system cuts the average cycle from 4 days to 1.
Oval for start and end, rectangle for a step, diamond for a decision and arrows for flow.
A flowchart shows steps and decisions. A value stream map adds time, inventory and information flow across the whole stream.
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