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[Ballyclover]

Hi, our procedures are many and over kill. This year I would like to take the normal writing long winded format and make them into a flow chart. Does anyone have any examples of how this may look please?

[olenazh]

Could you please specify what procedures you're mentioning?

[Ballyclover]

BRC food packaging

[olenazh]

You mean, the process steps starting from receiving ingredients and ending with finished product distribution?

[Ballyclover]

Yes, sorry for the delay. I am looking to move all required procedures for BRC and 9001 to a flow chart format and was looking for some examples to help get started.

[Charles.C]

Yes, sorry for the delay. I am looking to move all required procedures for BRC and 9001 to a flow chart format and was looking for some examples to help get started.

 

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[Ballyclover]

all required procedures, but at the moment any sample would do for any procedure.

[zoelawton]

Hi. 

 

I sometimes will use a flow chart within a procedure to help better explain things especially if there are slight variants, however I haven't created a procedure that is 100% a flow, so can't help much!

 

I'm not sure what to suggest other than breaking it down into steps, but i would be concerned vital information and detail required would be missed by doing this...

[Ballyclover]

Our auditor has said several companies are doing this now and they like the idea. So thought i may give it a try. I have agreed that once they are done well a few, I will send them to the auditor for review.

[Charles.C]

Our auditor has said several companies are doing this now and they like the idea. So thought i may give it a try. I have agreed that once they are done well a few, I will send them to the auditor for review.

 

The difficulty in getting specific responses is that request is too generic.

 

I fear that query is meaningfully unanswerable without some further context.

[Ballyclover]

Ok, so lets begin with material control.  Any example of flow chart procedure for the purchase of materials?

[Mulan1010]

I understand what you are talking about and we have found this concept useful as well for some things.  I have heard it called Picture Process Mapping.  I wish I could share an example of how we use it but it is proprietary since we also use pictures in our documents so I am unable to do so.  However, there is an article from Northern Illinois that is short and to the point.  

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[Ballyclover]

Great, thank you Mulan