Cross Functional Flowchartand more Excel flow chart templates for business process mapping
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Functional Flowchart Similar to a value stream map, the Time Sum Line at the bottom of the Systems2win cross functional flow chart auto-calculates cycle time (hours or minutes spent actually working) & lead time (days or weeks sitting in someone's in basket) for the entire process, and for each swim lane - so you know how many hours are needed for each Department to staff your re-designed process.
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Purposes of a Cross Functional Flow Chart
- To graphically depict any business process that crosses functional workgroups.
- To calculate the Cycle Time and Lead Time of the process.
See our free online training for Lean Time definitions - To calculate employee staffing requirements for each functional workgroup.
- To identify and eliminate waste.
Notice how this flowchart template auto-calculates cycle time (time spent doing actual work) and lead time (time it takes to complete the process - including time spent waiting for someone to start working on it again):
- For the entire process - (correctly using only the longest time for things that happen simultaneously)
- For each functional "swim lane" - so you know how many hours are needed for each Department or functional area to staff this re-designed process
Flow Chart Software Comparison:
When to use a flowchart vs.
other Lean tools
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Value Stream Mapping uses special types of process flow charts to depict the flow of a product or service (and the information needed to plan and control the flow of that product or service) through a "value stream supply chain". |
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Spaghetti Diagram A Spaghetti Diagram is a process mapping template that shows a floor plan of your work area, and graphically shows the walk paths of each worker, and which operations are done where, and how much inventory is stored where. |
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Standard Work Combination Sheet The Standard Work Sheet is the ideal tool for designing and documenting Lean processes with short cycle times. (For example a manufacturing process that takes five minutes, or a loan approval process that takes 2 hours) |
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Simple Flowchart A simple flow chart (without swim lanes) is probably the most familiar process mapping software to graphically illustrate "who does what", and what decisions need to be made along the way. And we all know how many words one picture is worth... Note: When you purchase the Systems2win Process Engineering bundle, you get multiple flow chart templates. You get the simple flow chart template and the cross functional flow chart and the reengineering matrix and even more Excel templates for deeply analyzing your process flow chart. |
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Cross Functional Flowchart The swim lane flow chart is the ideal process flowchart for designing and documenting processes with medium-length cycle times. (For example a sales order process, engineering changes, or any process that takes days or weeks rather than minutes) |
It is not uncommon for a company to "throw in" the Process Engineering tools when buying multiple bundles of Systems2win process improvement tools when they originally came shopping for Value Stream Mapping software, a Spaghetti Diagram, Standard Work, or Kaizen tools, and then in a year or so come to notice that the template that they actually use the most is the Functional Flowchart.
Fortunately, when you purchase the Systems2win process flowchart templates, you don't need to choose. Every one of these power tools can be packaged together when you take advantage of our discounts for multiple bundles - so that you can empower your team members with all of the flow chart tools that they need for any lean process improvement project.
Comparison: Flow chart software vs. flow chart templates
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| Functionality |
Many applications don't have all of the flowchart formats most useful for business process improvement |
See the useful types of flow charting tools described above. |
| Ease of use |
Users must learn proprietary software |
Everything you know about Excel - you
can use in these flow chart templates |
| online help |
Typical online help for a proprietary software application |
Extensive help includes: |
| online education |
Usually none |
Extensive online education includes: |
| 1 year free technical support |
Varies |
Yes. |
| Cost |
$200-400 per seat |
Steep quantity discounts and volume licensing for unlimited users - to empower every one of your team members |
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