Flow Chart Symbols
Transport
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Transportation Symbol for Business Process Mapping
Represents movement from one work area to another.- ...not used for small movements within a work area. Words describe method of transportation (action word) and the destination.
The situation where an item is passed from one person to another within the same workspace is often mistaken as a transportation.
There is an inherent confusion in this situation that associates the person change with a transportation. A Transportation symbol
represents a change of location beyond the immediate work area.
Action Words
& Destination
- Carried to accounting
- Sent to vendor
- Mailed to home office
- Walked to purchasing