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Lecture 22 Flow Process Charts Examples

This document discusses different types of flow process charts: worker/operator type charts that record what a worker does; material type charts that show how material is handled; and equipment type charts that record equipment use. An example worker chart shows serving dinner in a hospital ward, depicting the current and improved methods. The document also provides a case study of a typist's letter preparation process and requests a flow chart be constructed to depict it.

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Lecture 22 Flow Process Charts Examples

This document discusses different types of flow process charts: worker/operator type charts that record what a worker does; material type charts that show how material is handled; and equipment type charts that record equipment use. An example worker chart shows serving dinner in a hospital ward, depicting the current and improved methods. The document also provides a case study of a typist's letter preparation process and requests a flow chart be constructed to depict it.

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Lesson 22

Work System Design


Flow Process Charts: Examples

Dr. Inderdeep Singh


Department of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering

1
Types of Flow Process Charts

 Worker/Operator type

 Material type

 Equipment type
Worker-type Flow Process Chart
 A worker-type flow process chart is a flow process chart which
records what the worker does.
 Worker-type flow process charts are frequently used in the
study of jobs which are not highly repetitive or standardized.
 For example, Service and maintenance work, laboratory
procedure and the work of supervisors and executives can be
recorded on charts of this type.
 The charting procedure used in compiling a worker-type
flow process chart is almost similar as material-type flow
process charts.

Worker type (Active) Material/Equipment type (Passive)


 Drills casting  Casting drilled
 Carries to bench  Carried to bench
 Picks up bolt  (Bolt) Picked up
 Inspects for finish  Finish inspected
9.0 metres

Example of a worker-
type flow process
chart: Serving dinner
in a hospital ward

Source: Introduction to work study, ILO, Geneva


Worker-type flow process chart: Serving dinners in a hospital ward

Current method Improved method


Material-Type Flow Process Chart
 It records how material is handled or treated.

 It shows the introduction of all materials whether raw


material or finished components and represents all
information regarding operations and inspections carried out
during the process diagrammatically.
Equipment-Type Flow Process Chart

 A flow process chart which records how the


equipment was used.

 It will not indicate any movement of men or


materials.
Case Study
 Suppose a typist has to take dictation from the author’s
office.
 He has to type the letter, copy the letter and get letters
attested by the author.
 He has to prepare the envelope and put these letters in the
envelope.
 Finally place the letter and copy aside the tray.
 Author’s office is 20 feet away from typist office.
Construct a flow process chart.
Source: www.slideshare.net/kapiljain752
Figure
Solution:-

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