Flow Chart Template in Excel

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Use a flow chart to define and document your processes.

Flow Chart Software

There are lots of flow chart software packages but did you know you can easily draw a flow chart using Excel's drawing tools? The QI Macros for Excel SPC Software includes a flow chart template to help you get started.

How to Create a Flow Chart

1. Using square Post-it® notes (use squares as activities, rotated into a diamond, they represent a decision), begin listing activities (verb-noun) and decisions (questions?).
2. Once you have all of the notes on a sheet of easel paper, order them, from the first to the last.
3. Then identify the group or department that does each set of steps on the top of the flowchart. Realign the activities to fit under the appropriate group.
4. Identify the major steps of the process on the left side (planning, doing, checking, acting to improve). Realign the activities to coincide with the main steps of the process.
5. Use arrows to connect the activities and decisions.

The flow chart template is just one of the tools included in the QI Macros for Excel SPC Software for Excel.

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