Interpreting Technical Drawing

The essence of having a flowchart in the process analysis is for the effective

delivery of ideas especially if you are dealing with a technical person. A flowchart

explains the process clearly through symbols and text.

What is interpreting technical drawings?

Technical drawings are intended to convey one specific meaning.

Technical drawing, drafting or drawing, is the act and discipline of composing drawings that visually
communicate how something functions or is constructed.

Technical drawing is essential for communicating ideas in industry and engineering. To make the
drawings easier to understand, people use familiar symbols, perspectives, units of measurement,
notation systems, visual styles, and page layout. Together, such conventions constitute a visual language
and help to ensure that the drawing is unambiguous and relatively easy to understand. Many of the
symbols and principles of technical drawing are codified in an international standard called ISO 128.

The need for precise communication in the preparation of a functional document distinguishes technical
drawing from the expressive drawing of the visual arts. Artistic drawings are subjectively interpreted;
their meanings are multiply determined. Technical drawings are understood to have one intended
meaning.[1]

A drafter, draftsperson, or draughtsman is a person who makes a drawing (technical or expressive). A

professional drafter who makes technical drawings is sometimes called a drafting technician.

WHAT MODEL THEY USUALLY USE IN TECHNICAL DRAWING?

Flowchart
It represents a workflow or process.
Having the effective delivery of ideas especially if you are dealing with technical person.

MISTAKE-PROOFING

Mistake Proofing is the practice of striving for zero defects using techniques, standards and devices that
prevent errors from being made. It also provides for detection of and stopping errors before they
become defects by using shutdown, control or warning.

DO YOU KNOW WHAT MISTAKE PROOFING IS CALLED IN JAPAN?

POKA-YOKE
Poka-yoke roughly means "avoid unexpected surprises" or "avoid blunders" in Japanese. In English, a
poka-yoke is sometimes referred to as "mistake-proof" or "fool-proof." Essentially, a poka-yoke is a
safeguard that prevents a process from proceeding to the next step until the proper conditions have
been met.

INTERPRETING YOUR FLOWCHART WILL HELP YOU TO:

- Determine who is involved in the process

- Form theories about root causes
- Identify ways to streamline the process
- Determine how to implement changes to the process
- Locate cos-added-only steps
- Provide training on how the process works or should work

SEQUENCE OF STEPS

Step 1 : To examine each process

Bottlenecks
Caused by redundant or unnecessary steps, rework, lack of capacity, or other factors.

Weak Links

Inadequate training of process workers, equipment that needs to be repaired or replaced, or insufficient
technical documentation.

Poorly Define

Not well-defined may be interpreted and performed in a different way by each person involved, leading
to process variation.
Step 2: Examine each decision symbol

Step 3: Examine each rework loop

Step 4: Examine each activity symbol

THREE MAIN TYPES OF FLOWCHART

Linear Flowchart

Diagram that displays the sequence of work steps that make up a process.
 Deployment Flowchart

Shows the actual process flow and identifies the people or groups involved at each step.
 Opportunity Flowchart

Allows you to see where the process can be improved

IN CONSTRUCTING LINEAR FLOWCHART, WE NEED TO FOLLOW THE SEVEN STEPS FOR DEVELOPING A
LINEAR FLOWCHART.

STEP 1

Define the process to be flow charted and the purpose for flow charting it.

STEP 2

To assemble the right people to develop the flowchart.

STEP 3

To Establish process boundaries.

STEP 4

To list the steps, activities and decisions to be charted.

STEP 5

Put the steps in chronological order

STEP 6

Assign flowchart symbols

STEP 7

Review the title