Types of Flowcharts

A Flowchart is a graphical representation of process, algorithm, workflow or step-by-step solution of the problem. It shows the steps as boxes of various kinds and connects them by arrows in a defined order depicting a flow. There are twelve main Flowchart types: Basic Flowchart, Business Process Modeling Diagram (BPMN), Cross Functional Flowchart, Data Flow Diagram (DFD), IDEF (Integrated DEFinition) Flowchart, Event-driven Process Chain (EPC) Diagram, Influence Diagram (ID), Swimlane Flowchart, Process Flow Diagram (PFD), Specification and Description Language (SDL) Diagram, Value Stream Mapping, Workflow Diagram. Using the Flowcharts solution from the Diagrams area of ConceptDraw Solution Park you can easy and quickly design a Flowchart of any of these types. This solution offers a lot of special predesigned vector symbols for each of these widely used notations. They will make the drawing process of Flowcharts much easier than ever. Pay also attention for the included collection of ready Flowchart examples, samples and quick-start templates. This is business process improvement tools. If you are looking for MS Visio for your Mac, then you are out of luck, because it hasn't been released yet. However, you can use Visio alternatives that can successfully replace its functions. ConceptDraw DIAGRAM is an alternative to MS Visio for Mac that provides powerful features and intuitive user interface for the same.

Sales Plan

The welfare of the entire company depends on the work of sales department, since the volume of sales sets the level of incomes. The realistic and competently composed sales plan is a component of success, prosperity and stability of the company. The sales plan will help to define specific goal for development of organization for a specified period of time and to define the boundaries of possibilities. The business inevitably faces with various contingencies, but the task of sales department is to maximize the use of existing resources for successful realizing the sales plan. When constructing the sales plan, you should carefully analyze the macroeconomic and political trends, to study the situation on the market and forecasts for dynamics, to take in account the results of competitors, to carefully consider results of work of sales department for the last years and the pace of company's development, to analyze the causes of growth or decline of sales in certain periods. Set the realistic goals and make the sales plan easily in ConceptDraw MINDMAP , don't forget to include to the budget the expenses on sales, such as the costs for advertising, supplies, salaries and bonuses. Save your plan in the form of presentation for easy discussion with other employees of the company.