{"id":2481,"date":"2010-08-17T22:26:00","date_gmt":"2010-08-17T11:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/?p=2481"},"modified":"2017-08-17T22:31:46","modified_gmt":"2017-08-17T11:31:46","slug":"top-10-flowchart-ideas-for-your-small-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/diagrams\/top-10-flowchart-ideas-for-your-small-business\/","title":{"rendered":"Top 10 Flowchart Ideas for your Small Business"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"bsf_rt_marker\"><\/div><p>Flowcharting is all about drawing simple and easy-to-understand diagrams illustrating the logical sequence in a process. Flowcharts help you communicate and document how processes work; and mapping out the logical steps in a process also helps you figure out ways to improve the process. The creative Flowchart ideas below will help you get started with Flowcharts.<\/p>\n<p>Here are ten examples of <a title=\"Flowchart software\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/Flowcharts-and-Workflow-Diagrams-Online?utm_source=10flowchartbusiness&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=diagusage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Flowcharts<\/a> that would come in handy. All of them created with Creately&#8217;s <a title=\"Online Diagramming Software\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/?utm_source=10flowchartbusiness&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=diagusage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">online diagramming software<\/a>! With the easy to use Flowchart symbols, Swim Lane Templates and Work Flow templates flowcharting is a breeze on Creately, All you need to do is come up with Flowchart ideas. If you want to learn more about flowcharts check out the <a title=\"Ultimate flowchart guide\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/diagrams\/flowchart-guide-flowchart-tutorial\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ultimate guide to flowcharts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>All of the flowchart ideas below can be used as templates. All you need to do is<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Click on the image ( you will be taken to a new page )<\/li>\n<li>Click the &#8220;Use as Template&#8221; button in that window<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3>1) Banking Teller Flowchart<\/h3>\n<p>Most of us are familiar with bank tellers so we will use that as our first flowchart idea. Processes and decision points are shown in\u00a0separate\u00a0colors so it will be easier to understand the diagram.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13040\" style=\"width: 538px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/creately-start?tempID=gmd8bbfk2&amp;utm_source=10flowchartbusiness&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=diagusage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13040\" class=\"wp-image-13040\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Bank-Teller-Flowchart-Template.png\" alt=\"Banking Teller Flowchart Template\" width=\"528\" height=\"418\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Bank-Teller-Flowchart-Template.png 792w, https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2011\/11\/Bank-Teller-Flowchart-Template-300x238.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 528px) 100vw, 528px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13040\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Banking Teller Flowchart ( Click to use as a template )<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>2) Recruitment Process Flowchart<\/h3>\n<p>Our next flowchart idea is something most of us will go through in our life. Many have already gone through the process. I wonder how many actually got a thank you email though \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13073\" style=\"width: 427px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/creately-start?tempID=gsy8pdq4f&amp;utm_source=10flowchartbusiness&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=diagusage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13073\" class=\"wp-image-13073\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Recruitment-Process-Flowchart-e1460015551579.png\" alt=\"Recruitment Process Flowchart\" width=\"417\" height=\"424\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Recruitment-Process-Flowchart-e1460015551579.png 539w, https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Recruitment-Process-Flowchart-e1460015551579-295x300.png 295w, https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Recruitment-Process-Flowchart-e1460015551579-80x80.png 80w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 417px) 100vw, 417px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13073\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowchart of a recruitment process ( click to see full image and use it as a template )<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>3) Credit Card Transaction Flowchart<\/h3>\n<p>Although the process is familiar we added some special features to this flowchart example. We have added swim lanes to this flowchart. <a title=\"Swim lanes in process mapping\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/diagram-type\/article\/swim-lanes-mapping-processes?utm_source=10flowchartbusiness&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=diagusage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here to learn more about swim lanes in flowcharts<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13077\" style=\"width: 553px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/creately-start?tempID=geqyowvc4&amp;utm_source=10flowchartbusiness&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=diagusage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13077\" class=\"wp-image-13077\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Credit-Card-Transaction-Process-with-swim-lanes-e1460016124713.png\" alt=\"Credit Card Transaction Process with swim lanes\" width=\"543\" height=\"430\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Credit-Card-Transaction-Process-with-swim-lanes-e1460016124713.png 910w, https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Credit-Card-Transaction-Process-with-swim-lanes-e1460016124713-300x238.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 543px) 100vw, 543px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13077\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowchart with swim lanes ( click to use as template )<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>4) Understanding Creately<\/h3>\n<p>What is Creately? It&#8217;s the tool we are using to draw these beautiful flowcharts. So click the image below to learn more about Creately or just visit our <a href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/?utm_source=10flowchartbusiness&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=diagusage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">website<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13078\" style=\"width: 636px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/creately-start?tempID=g13vrux61&amp;utm_source=10flowchartbusiness&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=diagusage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13078\" class=\"wp-image-13078\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Understanding-Creately-Flowchart.png\" alt=\"Understanding Creately Flowchart\" width=\"626\" height=\"396\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Understanding-Creately-Flowchart.png 1200w, https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Understanding-Creately-Flowchart-300x190.png 300w, https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Understanding-Creately-Flowchart-1024x649.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 626px) 100vw, 626px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13078\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowchart about Creately ( Click to use as template )<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>5) University Admission Process<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2490\" style=\"width: 562px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/creately-start?tempID=gcg3eupm2&amp;utm_source=10flowchartbusiness&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=diagusage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2490\" class=\"wp-image-2490 size-full\" title=\"University Admissions Chart\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/university_thumb.png\" alt=\"University Admissions Chart\" width=\"552\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/university_thumb.png 552w, https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/university_thumb-300x82.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2490\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">University admission data flow diagram<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Drag-n-Drop Creately&#8217;s Data Flow symbols to draw a simple Data Flow\u00a0 Diagram. This DFD shows the flow of data involved in a Student&#8217;s University Admission.<\/p>\n<h3>6) Purchase Order Process ( Best of the Flowchart Ideas ? )<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_13079\" style=\"width: 594px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/creately-start?tempID=g78jdqwy1&amp;utm_source=10flowchartbusiness&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=diagusage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13079\" class=\"wp-image-13079\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Business-Process-e1460016519693.png\" alt=\"Business process management\" width=\"584\" height=\"170\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Business-Process-e1460016519693.png 1130w, https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Business-Process-e1460016519693-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Business-Process-e1460016519693-1024x298.png 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 584px) 100vw, 584px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13079\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Business process management (click to see the full image and use it as a template)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Creately is loaded with Business Process Symbols too! Easy to use shapes and interactive interface helps you create Business Process Models at a blazing speed!<\/p>\n<h3>7) Flowchart on Social Media<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_13080\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/creately-start?tempID=gcg1e07q1&amp;utm_source=10flowchartbusiness&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=diagusage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13080\" class=\"wp-image-13080\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Flowchart-about-Social-Media-e1460016770733.png\" alt=\"Flowchart about Social Media\" width=\"566\" height=\"273\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Flowchart-about-Social-Media-e1460016770733.png 934w, https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Flowchart-about-Social-Media-e1460016770733-300x145.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 566px) 100vw, 566px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13080\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Flowchart about Social Media (click to view full image and use it as a template)<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Yet another exciting flowchart depicting the process involved in Social Media interaction.<\/p>\n<h3>8) Video Uploading Process<\/h3>\n<p>Thinking of uploading a video could be a pain, but the whole process looks extremely easy through this simple flowchart.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_13081\" style=\"width: 308px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/creately-start?tempID=gc8oq3298&amp;utm_source=10flowchartbusiness&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=diagusage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-13081\" class=\"wp-image-13081\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Video-upload-process-flowchart-e1460017024987.png\" alt=\"Video upload process flowchart\" width=\"298\" height=\"380\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Video-upload-process-flowchart-e1460017024987.png 433w, https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/Video-upload-process-flowchart-e1460017024987-235x300.png 235w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 298px) 100vw, 298px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-13081\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Video upload process flowchart<\/p><\/div>\n<h3>9) Creately&#8217;s Customer Support Process<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2494\" style=\"width: 562px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/creately-start?tempID=gcqjqs762&amp;utm_source=10flowchartbusiness&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=diagusage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2494\" class=\"wp-image-2494 size-full\" title=\"Support Process Flowchart\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/support_thumb.png\" alt=\"Support Process Flowchart\" width=\"552\" height=\"153\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/support_thumb.png 552w, https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/support_thumb-300x83.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2494\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Creately support process flowchart<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Beautiful interface makes creating Swim Lane diagrams an ease on <a href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creately<\/a>. Don&#8217;t miss out on this Swim Lane diagram, it would help you understand Creately&#8217;s Customer Support process.<\/p>\n<h3>10) After Sales Service Process<\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_2496\" style=\"width: 562px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/creately-start?tempID=gcqjqs764&amp;utm_source=10flowchartbusiness&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=diagusage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2496\" class=\"wp-image-2496 size-full\" title=\"After Sales Service Process Flow\" src=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/08\/repair_thumb.png\" alt=\"After Sales Service Process Flow\" width=\"552\" height=\"152\" srcset=\"https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/repair_thumb.png 552w, https:\/\/d3w3koqe3hizre.cloudfront.net\/uploads\/2010\/08\/repair_thumb-300x82.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 552px) 100vw, 552px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-2496\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Repair service swim lane flowchart<\/p><\/div>\n<p>Another Swim Lane diagram. With the 1-Click connect feature, I&#8217;ve managed to put up a Swim Lane diagram illustrating the After Sales Service process.<\/p>\n<p>Hope these Flowchart ideas get your creative juices flowing and and if you are still not satisfied you can browse thousands of other diagrams in <a title=\"Browse thousands of diagrams\" href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/diagram-community\/popular?utm_source=10flowchartbusiness&amp;utm_medium=blog&amp;utm_campaign=diagusage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Creately diagram community<\/a>. And <a href=\"mailto:support@creately.com\">let us know<\/a> what more you&#8217;d like to see.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Flowcharting is all about drawing simple and easy-to-understand diagrams illustrating the logical sequence in a process. Flowcharts help you communicate and document how processes work; and mapping out the logical steps in a process also helps you figure out ways&#8230;<span class=\"continue-reading\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/diagrams\/top-10-flowchart-ideas-for-your-small-business\/\">Read More<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":8478,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[117,686,683,52,213,119,118],"class_list":["post-2481","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-diagrams","tag-bpm","tag-examples","tag-features","tag-flowchart","tag-flowchart-ideas","tag-flowcharts","tag-process-flow"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2481"}],"version-history":[{"count":119,"href":"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14760,"href":"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2481\/revisions\/14760"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2481"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stage.creately.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}