SOP flowchart generator
Describe a process once and get both the written Standard Operating Procedure and a matching flowchart in standard notation. Export the diagram as SVG and open it in Visio, Lucidchart, draw.io, or PowerPoint.
What the diagram contains
The flowchart is deliberately concise: it captures the decision structure of the procedure, not every sentence of it. Step text is wrapped and each shape is sized to fit it, so nothing is cut off and the diagram stays readable at print size.
- Terminators (ovals) — Start and End of the procedure.
- Process (rectangles) — each numbered step in order.
- Decisions (diamonds) — quality checks, with a pass path onward and a fail path looping back.
Importing into Visio
Download the .svg, then in Visio use Insert → Pictures → This Device and pick the file. Right-click the inserted image and choose Group → Ungroup to convert it into editable Visio shapes. Lucidchart and draw.io both accept the same file through their standard file import.
Prefer to start from a ready-made procedure? Browse SOP templates — each one ships with a diagram — or read how to write an SOP.