An operation process chart is usually prepared as a basis for a more detailed study of parts of the chart which are known to need improving. This need may have been recognized before the operation process chart was prepared or may have been discovered through study of the chart.
Fig. 15.3 is a pictorial operation process chart of English walnut processing. Charts of this type are more difficult to make than the graphic type, but hey are frequently used for popular presentation because of clarity. Data can be added so that an analysis can be made if needed.
15.6. Flow-Process chart of the portion of the operation process chart in Fig 15.1 designated as (b),(d), and (e). A detailed study is desired in order to correct the delay prior to the treating operation.
The flow-process chart form is so set up that columns are provided for most of the information required in any study. The blank columns can be used ad the situation demands, in this case, for labor and power.