1. Supplier Input Process Output Customer
Table 1. SIPOC Diagram for the Welding Wire Manufacturing Process
Supplier
Input
Process
Output
Customer
Steel Wire Supplier
Steel Coils
Cut Wire
Drawing Dept.
Drawing & Cutting
Powder & Silicate Supplier
Powder, Sodium & Potassium
Flux Preparation
Flux Paste
Preparation Dept.
Drawing & Flux Preparation Dept.
Cut Wire & Flux
Extrusion & Drying
Welding Wire
Extrusion Dept.
Packing
Packed Wire
Packing then
End User
Start Boundary: Raw Materials from Suppliers
End Boundary: Final Product to End User
Mohamed K. Hassan et al. Applying Lean Six Sigma for Waste Reduction in a Manufacturing Environment. American Journal of Industrial Engineering, 2013, Vol. 1, No. 2, doi: /ajie-1-2-4
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