Material flow is drawn from left to right on the bottom half of the map in the order of processing steps; not according to the physical layout of the plant. At Acme Stamping we find six processes in the steering bracket material flow, which occur in the following order:
• Stamping
• Spot-Welding Workstation 1
• Spot-Welding Workstation 2
• Assembly Workstation 1
• Assembly Workstation 2
• Shipping