PROCESSES DIAGRAMMING: noviembre 2009

FLOW DIAGRAM

Called diagram of flow of blocks
It’s very used in administrative processes or services
It can have several directions

Example: Flow diagram

ANALYTICAL DIAGRAM

It’s a diagram of flow
It uses five symbols
It’s much more technical
It allows to obtain detailed information

Example: Analytical Diagram

SYNOPTIC DIAGRAM

Also called graph of operations of the process.
It uses two symbols (Operation and inspection)
It’s more technical
It has four divisions (Operation number, Resources, Time and Observations)

Example: Synoptic Diagram

IDEOGRAM

It’s very similar to the precedence diagram. The activities are figures or illustrations

Representation of tasks or elements of a process that precede others.

Symbol: Circle
Activities: verbs
It going from left to right It use lines, arrows and connectors

Example: Precedence diagram for the elaboration of bread

STANDARD SYMBOLS

TYPES OF DIAGRAMS

Precedence diagram
Ideogram
Synoptic diagram
Analytical diagram
Journey diagram
Flow diagram
Among others

BENEFITS OF A DIAGRAM

1. To administer: Analysis tool and taking of decisions

2. To transmit ideas and knowledge

WHY SHOULD I USE DIAGRAMMING?

Because is easier to understand the operation of an industrial process by means of symbols, images, letters. It also allows to identify the conditions of the processes and their technological variables.

WHEN SHOULD I USE “PROCESSES DIAGRAMMING”?

When I need to understand the steps or phases of a process, or when I should explain a process to a person that has another profession.

WHERE IS “PROCESSES DIAGRAMMING” USED?

In all type of industry to represent any process. For example transformation processes, countable processes, administrative processes or another.

WHAT IS “PROCESSES DIAGRAMMING”?

Processes Diagramming is a tool of the Industrial Engineering that allows to represent a process graphically

POSTGRADUATE CURRICULUM

The usual postgraduate degree earned is the Master of Science in Industrial Engineering/Industrial Engineering & Management/Industrial Engineering & Operations Research. The typical MS in IE/IE&M/IE & OR/Management Sciences curriculum includes :

Operations research & Optimization techniques
Engineering economics
Supply chain management & Logistics
Systems Simulation & Stochastic systems
System Dynamics & Policy Planning
System Analysis & Techniques
Manufacturing systems/Manufacturing engineering
Human factors engineering & Ergonomics
Production planning and control
Management Sciences
Computer aided manufacturing
Facilities design & Work space design
Statistical process control or Quality control
Time and motion study
Operations management
Corporate planning
Productivity improvement
Materials management

INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING

Industrial engineering is a branch of engineering that concerns with the development, improvement, implementation and evaluation of integrated systems of people, money, knowledge, information, equipment, energy, material and process. It also deals with designing new prototypes to help save money and make the prototype better. Industrial engineering draws upon the principles and methods of engineering analysis and synthesis, as well as mathematical, physical and social sciences together with the principles and methods of engineering analysis and design to specify, predict and evaluate the results to be obtained from such systems. In lean manufacturing systems, Industrial engineers work to eliminate wastes of time, money, materials, energy, and other resources.

Industrial engineering is also known as operations management, management science, systems engineering, or manufacturing engeneering; a distinction that seems to depend on the viewpoint or motives of the user. Recruiters or educational establishments use the names to differentiate themselves from others. In healthcare, for example, industrial engineers are more commonly known as management engineers or health systems engineers.
The term "industrial" in industrial engineering can be misleading. While the term originally applied to manufacturing, it has grown to encompass virtually all other industries and services as well. The various topics of concern to industrial engineers include management science, finacial engeneering, engineering management, supply chain management, process engineering, operations research, systems engineering, ergonomics, value engineering and quality engineering.
Examples of where industrial engineering might be used include designing a new loan system for a bank, streamlining operation and emergency rooms in a hospital, distributing products worldwide (referred to as Supply Chain Management), and shortening lines (or queues) at a bank, hospital, or a theme park. Industrial engineers typically use computer simulation, especially discrete event simulation, for system analysis and evaluation.
Examples of famous Industrial Engineers include Susan Story, CEO of Gulf Power and Mohammad Barghash, a Jordanian Industrial Engineer well known in the United Arab Emirates and Australia for his revolutionary business ideas and skills in Activity Based Costing.