The document provides instructions for creating a block diagram to represent a process workflow. Draw each workstation or machine as a box of the same size without regard for scale or layout. Connect the boxes to show the flow between each step in the process.

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1. Draw a straight-line sketch of the workstations in the process.
2. Make each box the same size
3. Do not draw to scale or worry about the actual shape, i.e.. layout,
of the line
4. Shows the work flow
5. Each box simply = a workstation, table, fixture or machine
BLOCK DIAGRAM
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