Basic of Flowchart: Meaning and Symbols

Flowcharts are the best for visually representation the business processes and the flow of a custom-order process through various departments within an organization. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Flowcharts solution offers the full set of predesigned basic flowchart symbols which are gathered at two libraries: Flowchart and Flowcharts Rapid Draw. Among them are: process, terminator, decision, data, document, display, manual loop, and many other specific symbols. The meaning for each symbol offered by ConceptDraw gives the presentation about their proposed use in professional Flowcharts for business and technical processes, software algorithms, well-developed structures of web sites, Workflow diagrams, Process flow diagram and correlation in developing on-line instructional projects or business process system. Use of ready flow chart symbols in diagrams is incredibly useful — you need simply drag desired from the libraries to your document and arrange them in required order. There are a few serious alternatives to Visio for Mac, one of them is ConceptDraw DIAGRAM. It is one of the main contender with the most similar features and capabilities.

How to Build a Flowchart

Business Process Flowchart Symbols

Business process modeling is known in the corporate world as an excellent tool which can speak. Business process flowcharts, diagrams and maps are used to define the business processes in terms of inputs and outputs, to visually represent and effectively explain complex business processes of an enterprise, and also showcase decisions on a single piece of paper. The process of business process mapping supposes the use of special business process flowchart symbols predefined by Business Process Modeling Notation (BPMN) and taking their roots from the data processing diagrams and programming flow charts. In other words the BPMN standard notation is a common language used for business process design and implementation, that guarantees a clarity of designed Business Process Flowcharts for all business analysts, technical developers and business managers. The ability to create professionally-looking Business Process flowcharts, maps and diagrams, is provided by powerful ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software and the Business Process Mapping solution included to ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Flowchart - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "Flowchart" contains 26 symbols for drawing flowcharts.
Use these shapes to draw your flow charts in the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software extended with the Flowcharts solution from the area "What is a Diagram" of ConceptDraw Solution Park.
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Terminator

Process

Decision

Delay

Subroutine

Data

Document

Multiple documents

Preparation

Display

Manual input

Manual loop

Loop limit

Connector

Off-page connector

Summing junction

Collate

Sort

Merge

Stored data

Database

Internal storage

Used Solutions

What is a Diagram >

Flowcharts

Cross Functional Flowchart Shapes Stencil

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming software provides vector shapes and connector tools for quick and easy drawing diagrams for business, technology, science and education. ConceptDraw Solution Park include professional set of libraries for Cross Functional Flowchart Shapes Stencil

Flow Chart Symbols

The Flowcharts are incredibly useful and popular tool used in science, business, software development, analytics, engineering, marketing, manufacturing, administration, architecture, government, politics, and many other fields thanks to a variety of existing types of flowcharts. A Flowchart is a visual graphical representation of the process, algorithm, or the set of steps taken for problem's solution. Widely used for designing, visualizing and documenting simple and complex processes and programs, they effectively help to understand the process and to find easier the flaws if they are. Each flowchart type supposes the use of its own set of notations for drawing corresponding diagram, which includes the symbols of process, decision, data, document, data base, termination, initiation processes, processing loops, conditions, etc. It is easily design a Flowchart using the special professional flowchart maker - ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagram software with numerous predesigned flow chart symbols grouped in libraries of Flowcharts solution from ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Flowchart Design

Flowchart Symbols, Shapes, Stencils and Icons

A flowchart is a type of diagram which represents an algorithm, process or workflow, displays the steps as boxes of various kinds and depicts their order by connecting them with arrows. Any business graphic document will be more colorful and understandable if will use professional-looking and visual diagrams and flowcharts. Flowchart design gives versatile presenting and explaining of the process. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM flowchart software enhanced with Flowcharts solution helps effectively make Flowchart Design. Use of predesigned flowchart symbols and bright color palette offers a fresh view and favorably distinguishes the flowcharts designed in ConceptDraw DIAGRAM from the black and white flowcharts on a paper. Preferably to use no more than three or four colors and apply identical for the same shape types. The best flowchart design can be achieved by starting with Flowchart template, or any of suitable ready examples or samples offered in ConceptDraw STORE, open one of them and enter the proper text into each Flowchart shape. Each symbol of the flowchart has a definition that can't be changed. This means that all flowcharts shapes can be grouped in according to their meaning. Users with ConceptDraw DIAGRAM flowchart software can style groups of symbols with close definitions by color sets chosen from complementary palette. Almost all workflows can be depicted as a flowchart. Colored diagrams are more light for perception of the certain information, this is part of flowchart design. Bright colors need to be used in the key points of Decision symbols, to focus attention on their importance for whole process flow.

Business Process Modeling with ConceptDraw

Flowchart

The Flowcharts are widespread in various fields and include the multitude of types. They are dedicated to representation the algorithms, processes, workflows of any complexity in a clear and intuitive format. The Flowcharts are commonly used in software development as a visual tool for illustration algorithms and logic of computer programs, in business for illustration business scenarios, in education, and so on. For drawing the Flowchart are used the special object blocks, among them rectangle or box used to represent an activity or step, rounded box or oval to depict Start / End, diamond to represent the decision point (involves the branching yes/no), circle used to represent the point of connection, parallelogram to represent the Input / Output, and some others. With ConceptDraw DIAGRAM including Flowcharts solution it is easy to create professional-looking Flowchart diagrams of any complexity and any degree of detailing. Succeed in drawing the Flowcharts using quick-start templates, predesigned samples and extensive libraries of ready-made flowchart symbols, blocks and icons.

Cross Functional Flowchart Shapes

When you are drawing a cross-functional flowchart with ConceptDraw Arrows10 Technology - you get it easily and fast. ConceptDraw Template library has more than enough versatility to draw any type of diagram with any degree of complexity. You will get a cross-functional flowchart with basic shapes which can be drawn in minutes, as the result.

Processing Flow Chart

Processing Flow Chart is a simplified sketch which is used in chemical and process engineering for illustrating general plant streams, major equipments and key control loops.

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM enhanced with Flowcharts Solution from the "Diagrams" Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park is a powerful Processing Flow Chart software which will help save lots of your time.

Scientific Symbols Chart

ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is the beautiful design software that provides many vector stencils, examples and templates for drawing different types of illustrations and diagrams.

Mathematics Solution from the Science and Education area of ConceptDraw Solution Park includes a few shape libraries of plane, solid geometric figures, trigonometrical functions and greek letters to help you create different professional looking mathematic illustrations for science and education.

HR arrows - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "HR arrows" contains 57 arrow pictograms.
Use this arrow icon set to draw your HR flowcharts, workflow diagrams and process charts with the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
The arrow icons library "HR arrows" is included in the HR Flowcharts solution from the Management area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Arki arrow

Chevron arrow

Triangle arrow

Small arrow

Up arrow

Down arrow

Right arrow

Left arrow

Vertical moving arrow

Wavy arrow

Fat arrow

Straight arrow

Angle arrow

Double headed arrow

Single headed arrow

Elbow arrow

Crossed arrows

Turn left arrow

Turn right arrow

L-shaped arrow

Corner arrow

Diagonal arrow

Split arrow

Arc arrow

Bent arrow

Go back arrow

Double headed semicircle arrow

Counterclockwise arrow

Sector arrow

Clockwise arrow

Arrow fork

Merging arrows

U-shaped arrow

Semicircle arrow

Circular arrow

Looping arrows

Refresh arrows

Double arc arrow

Curving directional arrow

S-shaped arrow

Short arc arrow

Long arc arrow

Turn round arrow

Rotating arrows

Turned arrow

Curved left arrow

Curved right arrow

Cycle arrow

Arrow loop

Moving down arrow

Moving up arrow

Dual short arc arrow

Recycling arrows

Interaction arrows

Lightning arrow

Ribbon arrow

Circular motion arrows

Used Solutions

Management >

HR Flowcharts

Sales arrows - Vector stencils library

The vector stencils library "Sales arrows" contains 57 arrow symbols.
Use these arrow icon set to draw your sales flowcharts, workflow diagrams and process charts with the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
The arrow pictograms library "Sales arrows" is included in the Sales Flowcharts solution from the Marketing area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Angle arrow

Arc arrow

Arki arrow

Arrow fork

Arrow loop

Bent arrow

Chevron arrow

Circular arrow

Circular motion arrows

Clockwise arrow

Corner arrow

Counterclockwise arrow

Crossed arrows

Curved left arrow

Curved right arrow

Curving directional arrow

Cycle arrow

Diagonal arrow

Double arc arrow

Double headed arrow

Double headed semicircle arrow

Down arrow

Dual short arc arrow

Elbow arrow

Fat arrow

Go back arrow

Interaction arrows

L-shaped arrow

Left arrow

Lightning arrow

Long arc arrow

Looping arrows

Merging arrows

Moving down arrow

Moving up arrow

Recycling arrows

Refresh arrows

Ribbon arrow

Right arrow

Rotating arrows

S-shaped arrow

Sector arrow

Semicircle arrow

Short arc arrow

Single headed arrow

Small arrow

Split arrow

Straight arrow

Triangle arrow

Turn left arrow

Turn right arrow

Turn round arrow

Turned arrow

Up arrow

U-shaped arrow

Vertical moving arrow

Wavy arrow

Used Solutions

Marketing >

Sales Flowcharts

Flowcharts

We have a lot of samples of flowchart diagrams for your needs.

What process should be essentially adopted. Accounting Flowchart Example

What process should be essentially adopted.<br>Accounting Flowchart Example *

The Accounting flowchart shows how information flows from source documents through the accounting records. The are based on the accounting procedures or processes.

Database Flowchart Symbols

Data base diagrams describes inter-related data and tables. It describes roles and relationships, internal and external dependencies, data exchange conventions and structures of knowledge domain. ConceptDraw Software provides number of data-base chart libraries including major 49 vector symbols. Use these DFD flowchart symbol libraries to design data-base structure and models, use it to design data base process-oriented models, or simple data-oriented models. The are special drawing tools for making data flowcharts, data process diagrams, structured analysis diagrams, and information flow diagrams.

Diagramming software for Amazon Web Service diagrams, charts and schemes

Diagramming software for Amazon Web Service <br>diagrams, charts and schemes *

Professional software: visualize general system architecture, AWS diagrams are part of architecturing tools provided with ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Design elements - Cross-functional flowcharts

The vector stencils library "Cross-functional flowcharts" contains 31 symbols for creating the deployment flow charts using the ConceptDraw PRO diagramming and vector drawing software.
"A deployment flowchart (sometimes referred to as a "cross functional flowchart") is a business process mapping tool used to articulate the steps and stakeholders of a given process. ...
As deployment flowcharts highlight the relationships between stakeholders in addition to the process flow they are especially useful in highlighting areas of inefficiency, duplication or unnecessary processing. Often utilized within Six sigma activity, completed flowcharts are commonly used to examine the interfaces between “participants” which are typically causes for delays and other associated issues. Deployment flowcharts are useful for determining who within an organization is required to implement a process and are sometimes used as a business planning tool." [Deployment flowchart. Wikipedia]
The example "Design elements - Cross-functional flowcharts" is included in the Cross-Functional Flowcharts solution from the Business Processes area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.

Cross-functional flowchart shapes

Used Solutions

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Cross-Functional Flowcharts

Process Flow Chart Symbols

Process Flow Chart is a visual diagram which shows the processes and relationships between the major components in a system, and uses for this the special process flow chart symbols: special shapes to represent different types of actions and process steps, lines and arrows to represent relationships and sequence of steps. It often named process flow diagram, it use colored flowchart symbols. It is incredibly convenient to use the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM software extended with Flowcharts Solution from the "Diagrams" Area of ConceptDraw Solution Park for designing professional looking Process Flow Charts.

Cross Functional Diagram

You want design the Cross Functional Diagram and need powerful software? Then ConceptDraw DIAGRAM diagramming and vector drawing software extended with Cross-Functional Flowcharts Solution is exactly what you need.

Sales Process Flowchart
Flowchart Examples

Sales Process Flowchart is an invaluable tool for business. It gives you opportunity to visualise and better understand the sales process, reveal and also visually highlight issues or bottlenecks, and predict the number of sales. The Flowchart is ideal method to represent in details all steps of the process, tasks and decisions needed to obtain maximum effectiveness and success. The steps are graphically represented by boxes linked with arrows indicating direction of the workflow, decision is shown by diamond. The sales process is closely linked to the company's success and usually includes the following main steps: Product knowledge, Prospecting, Planning the sale (Pre-approach), Approach, Need assessment, Presentation, Meeting objections, Gaining commitment, Follow-up. Create fast and easy your own Flowcharts of sales business processes using the ConceptDraw DIAGRAM ector graphic software extended with Cross-Functional Flowcharts solution from Business Processes area and also Sales Flowcharts solution from Marketing area of ConceptDraw Solution Park.