SIPOC A SIPOC is a high-level process map that summarizes the Suppliers, Inputs, Processes, Outputs, and Customers for a complex process or functional organization.

Creating a SIPOC diagram is best done in a team setting, following a specific sequence of steps: (1) Processes, (2) Outputs, (3) Customers, (4) Inputs, (5) Suppliers.

SIPOC Templates Here are three SIPOC diagram templates you can use and customize as you’d like. Powerpoint Template This first template is made in Microsoft Powerpoint and includes …

The Supplier column in a SIPOC diagram lists the important suppliers, both internal and external to the organization, that provide the necessary process Inputs.

Inputs In a SIPOC diagram, the Inputs column lists the primary inputs needed by the processes listed in the Process column. Here are a few Input examples – Passenger information for an …

In a case like this, it is common to create a SIPOC for each process step in the overall manufacturing process (lamination stacking, commutator placement, etc.), at which point many …

Johnson Securities and Investments developed a SIPOC to help communicate their business-product deployment strategy. Their process involves relatively few Suppliers who are …

SIPOC’s are a great starting point for understanding CTQ’s because they identify internal and external customers and the outputs that those customers receive. The next logical step is to …

Process flow charts are the next level of detail below a SIPOC diagram and show the actual flow of the process from beginning to end (see example and template below).

For existing processes, the normal SIPOC approach is preferred since it defines the current state (always the first step in process improvement), rather than a theoretical ideal state.