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No
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A flowchart helps you to know
and run a company full of processes � to know and
run a flowchart you have to print it out on paper.
And, the more people you give
this printed flowchart � the more you promote
knowledge of your processes (especially if you ask
your people to draw a flowchart of this same process
and their�s is an exact duplicate of yours!)
If your car�s engine gets
sluggish and coughs a lot � step A could be a good
car wash � but probably no help! Step B would
probably be a repair garage. Remember however,
clogged fuel injectors (maybe $1,500 to $2,500)
makes the car act just like a clogged fuel filter
($2.25 less labor). Now, if you don�t know the
difference you get to pay the $2,500.
In a corporation if you don�t
know the difference then the final price is a little
steeper � you get to lose your corporation. It pays
you money to have flowcharts on all of your
processes. It settles down the process and stops
the screaming fits along with the rejections and
line down situations. With flowcharts Quality is no
longer �lip service�, it is real � and now the costs
for doing bad business starts dropping. You are
actually in control now and even making a profit!
Also there is that small item
of ownership � a flowchart gives you knowledge of a
process. I know of 2 different corporations that
had chemical processes (sputter process) that were
secret � so secret that when certain key people left
and the process failed � they couldn�t fix it � no
flowcharts. I should add that they are both gone
from the business world.
Flowcharts are depicting some
of the most technically complex processes in
existence � and the people who draw flowcharts are
approaching genius level for their knowledge of
these processes, comprehension of subtle details,
and lastly their desire to communicate with us mere
mortals. But even these near geniuses say they need
to print out the flowchart so that they can �see�
the entire chart with their fingers. They readily
admit that they lose the entire chart when trying to
step from screen to screen, rather than using a
print out.
I am trying to get the message
to you that you must print out the charts in order
to effectively work with them. This is due to their
complexity. You can certainly flip through the
screens to find an item or some other small detail �
but the idea of the flowchart is the �flow� and this
has to be seen in its entirety.
I also want you to try printing
on larger size paper. A large flowchart should be
printed on large paper. Yes! I�m actually saying go
back to the �old� Dot Matrix printers with its 11� x
14 5/8� fan fold paper � we�re trying to run a
company here � not be neat and concise with 8 � x
11 binders that stack well. At least get a printer
that supports 11 x 17 ledger size paper � that�s a
step in the right direction!
To see how to draw, edit, and
publish a flowchart in our era (year 2008) � we
offer you the following paths:
a)
TRY Flow Charting 6, by downloading from our
website and installing our free Demo;
b)
RENT Flow Charting 6 30days for just $14.95;
c)
BUY Flow Charting 6 at only $159.00.
When you get your hands on a
copy (and get it installed) go to the SAMPLES
directory and load each of the samples. Make sure
that you give yourself the opportunity to load and
print the larger samples � and even the ones that
require a dot matrix printer for printing.
Its an important job you do!
Flow Charting 6 is an important tool designed for
you. Put the two together and go slay dragons!
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