Raul Maciel, chairman of the FUNDI '91 organizing committee, said in his welcoming remarks, that his country's foundry industry is an essential part of the strong industrial infrastructure of Mexico. Mexico's foundries show strengths, larger trade potential
Audit Flowchart Shapes. Process represents a step in your process. Predefined process indicate a set of steps that combine to create a sub-process that is defined elsewhere, often on another page of the same drawing. Decision indicates a point where the outcome of a decision dictates the next step.
is an obvious misunderstanding which I would like to discuss further, discussing a flowchart as a counterpart of a state machine. Flowchart A flowchart is a visual means to show a sequence of some activities. It shows the sequence depending on conditions. Because the wording: sequence, activities and dependencies remind one of similar terms in state machines, flowcharts are sometimes mixed up with state machines. In other words some people do not see the true difference between the two. The confusion starts with the missing understanding of a state which is not known in a flowcharts. To make the matter clear let's first show a simple example. Flowcharts use a few basic symbols shown in Figure 1. Figure 1 Flow chart symbols: a). Start and End; b). Activity; c) Decision; d). Place