Desing a Flowchart

Design a Process Flowchart

Angela Vasquez

SB11MBA07

July 10, 2012

William Smith

Design a Process Flowchart

One good way to start analyzing a process is with diagrams showing basic elements of the process (Chase, Jacobs, & Aquilano, 2006). I chose the single-stage process to categorize the data that was entered into the flowchart. The purpose of this paper is to analyze the commute time to work, present a flowchart with the data inputted and the metric used to measure the process.

Before analyzing the process of driving to work one-way, a person must first identify the process of their analysis process. Analyzing a process allows some important questions to be answered (Chase, Jacobs, & Aquilano, 2006). The first question is how much should a person expect from shortening or improving the commute times over a five day period as compared to lengthier commute times. There are a number of factors that could affect the process performance for driving to work. Some of those factors include: traffic flow, type of weather, weekend vs weekend, accidents, holiday season and how many miles per hour a person is driving the car.

In conclusion, a flowchart and single-stage time process was used for commuting to work one-way. The process was analyzed and factors that influenced this process were determined.

Reference

Chase, R. B., Jacobs, F. R., & Aquilano, N. J. (2006). Operations management for competitive advantage (11th ed). New York: McGraw Hill/Irwin.

Arrived at work at 6:00am

Arrived at work at 6:00am

Get on Freeway at 5:05am

Get on Freeway at 5:05am

Get in car at 5:00am

Get in car at 5:00am

Leave Home to go to Work 4:55am

Leave Home to go to Work 4:55am

Parked car & walked into office at 6:05am

Parked car & walked into office at 6:05am