Os 571 Flow Chart Paper
Process Flowchart
Yadhira Santiago
OPS 571/Operations Management
Stephen Townsend
University of Phoenix
May 23, 2011
Process Flowchart Design
Life is a process itself with a lot of simusteanslly is full of tasks. Some tasks might take more than others. Simple tasks like: Getting up, getting a shower, getting dress, etc. In order to review and analyze one of my daily tasks I will use the flow chart diagrams. The steps of my daily routine of getting ready for work will be drawn out in a flow chart diagram that will be easy to understand. “The act of mapping a process out in flow chart format helps you clarify your understanding of the process, and helps you think about where the process can be improved” (Mind Tools, n.d.)”. …show more content…
The following factors could affect on how much time I will spend on this daily routine in the morning:
1. Did I prepare the lunch the night before? 2. Did I prepare the kids bag the night before? 3. Did I choose my outfit the night before?
The following steps will be the steps I do every morning in order to get ready for work: 1.
Alarm goes off 2. Hit the off button 3. Take a shower 4. Brush teeth 5. Get dress 6. Is my outfit ready from the night before or do I have to think what to wear? Shoes, which ones will match my outfit? 7. Pick up accessories if I didn’t pick them the night before. 8. Hair – did I flat iron my hair the night before and needs a touch up or I am wearing it curly? 9. Make breakfast 10. Lunch – Did I prepare it the night before or do I have to spend time doing that in the morning? 11. Kids bag – Is it ready or needs to be put together? 12. Place lunch, kids bag and purse on the car and move it close to the building. 13. Change the baby’s diaper. 14. Get the kids ready (pull shoes, pants and sweaters). 15. Put the kids in the car and drop them off 16. Off to work
Several factors can affect my daily routine of getting ready for work. Metric system that we could use to measure these tasks is time. We can break the steps/tasks and see how much time is spend on each one of them and how by modifying them we could save some time. If too much time is spent on one task it will cause a chain reaction with a final result of being late for work. Next we will see the steps on the flowchart diagram (next
page).
Conclusion
As we seen on the flowchart process diagram different decisions could make a huge impact on how much time you spend on each task in order to complete the process. Learning the hard way it has been agreed that by getting some of the task completed on the night before helps to save a great deal of time in the morning. Organization and preparation are also key factors in the success of the completion of this daily process. Just like this simple process they are other process in the business world that professionals sometimes have to sit down and break it down in order to find the flaws and fix them.
Flowchart Diagram – Getting ready for work
Move the car and get the kids ready – drop them off.
Off to work
Yes – Keeps me in time
Yes – Keeps me in time
No – Spending more time on this task
No – Spending more time on this task
Kids bag –
Is it ready?
Getting ready for work
Bfast – Lunch – Did I pack my lunch the night before?
Do Hair
Yes – save time
No – Spending more time on getting dress
Outfit is ready or not
Get Dress
Brush Teeth
Turning Alarm off
Shower
Yadhira Santiago
OPS 571/Operations Management
Stephen Townsend
University of Phoenix
May 23, 2011
Process Flowchart Design
Life is a process itself with a lot of simusteanslly is full of tasks. Some tasks might take more than others. Simple tasks like: Getting up, getting a shower, getting dress, etc. In order to review and analyze one of my daily tasks I will use the flow chart diagrams. The steps of my daily routine of getting ready for work will be drawn out in a flow chart diagram that will be easy to understand. “The act of mapping a process out in flow chart format helps you clarify your understanding of the process, and helps you think about where the process can be improved” (Mind Tools, n.d.)”. …show more content…
The following factors could affect on how much time I will spend on this daily routine in the morning:
1. Did I prepare the lunch the night before? 2. Did I prepare the kids bag the night before? 3. Did I choose my outfit the night before?
The following steps will be the steps I do every morning in order to get ready for work: 1.
Alarm goes off 2. Hit the off button 3. Take a shower 4. Brush teeth 5. Get dress 6. Is my outfit ready from the night before or do I have to think what to wear? Shoes, which ones will match my outfit? 7. Pick up accessories if I didn’t pick them the night before. 8. Hair – did I flat iron my hair the night before and needs a touch up or I am wearing it curly? 9. Make breakfast 10. Lunch – Did I prepare it the night before or do I have to spend time doing that in the morning? 11. Kids bag – Is it ready or needs to be put together? 12. Place lunch, kids bag and purse on the car and move it close to the building. 13. Change the baby’s diaper. 14. Get the kids ready (pull shoes, pants and sweaters). 15. Put the kids in the car and drop them off 16. Off to work
Several factors can affect my daily routine of getting ready for work. Metric system that we could use to measure these tasks is time. We can break the steps/tasks and see how much time is spend on each one of them and how by modifying them we could save some time. If too much time is spent on one task it will cause a chain reaction with a final result of being late for work. Next we will see the steps on the flowchart diagram (next
page).
Conclusion
As we seen on the flowchart process diagram different decisions could make a huge impact on how much time you spend on each task in order to complete the process. Learning the hard way it has been agreed that by getting some of the task completed on the night before helps to save a great deal of time in the morning. Organization and preparation are also key factors in the success of the completion of this daily process. Just like this simple process they are other process in the business world that professionals sometimes have to sit down and break it down in order to find the flaws and fix them.
Flowchart Diagram – Getting ready for work
Move the car and get the kids ready – drop them off.
Off to work
Yes – Keeps me in time
Yes – Keeps me in time
No – Spending more time on this task
No – Spending more time on this task
Kids bag –
Is it ready?
Getting ready for work
Bfast – Lunch – Did I pack my lunch the night before?
Do Hair
Yes – save time
No – Spending more time on getting dress
Outfit is ready or not
Get Dress
Brush Teeth
Turning Alarm off
Shower