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SIPOC workshop

60 minutes 7 blockspro Runs with Pro

Scope a process before you improve it: suppliers, inputs, process, outputs and customers filled in the right order, with gaps found by the team.

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Suppliers
Who provides the inputs?
Inputs
What goes in: materials, data, requests
Process
4 to 7 high-level steps, verb plus noun
Outputs
What comes out
Customers
Who receives each output?

In short

SIPOC stands for suppliers, inputs, process, outputs and customers: a one-page, high-level view of a process used to scope improvement work. This template gives you a five-column live board, filled from everyone's phone in the right order, and a 60-minute workshop that finds gaps, dot-votes the trouble spots and sets the project scope.
Time
60 minutes
People
4 to 12
Board
5 columns, 3 dots each
Plan
Pro

Updated October 4, 2026

What's inside

The agenda

By the end of this meeting, the process is scoped end to end with its suppliers and customers, and we've agreed what the improvement project covers.

60 min · 7 blocks, drawn to scale Fits exactly
  1. What does this process produce?, 3 minutes 3
  2. Name the process, its start and its end, 5 minutes 5
  3. Process first, then out, then in, 20 minutesBrainstorm 20
  4. Read it end to end and find the gaps, 12 minutesDiscuss 12
  5. Dot-vote where the trouble is, 5 minutes 5
  6. Scope for the improvement project, 10 minutesDecide 10
  7. Owners and next steps, 5 minutes 5
015304560 min
  1. +0′What does this process produce?In a few words, what does this process produce?3 minCheck-in
  2. +3′Name the process, its start and its endTip: Write the trigger that starts it and the point where it's done. A SIPOC without clear edges grows until it's the whole company.5 minInfo
  3. +8′Process first, then out, then inTip: Process: four to seven high-level steps, each a verb and a noun ('approve order'). Then outputs and who gets them. Then inputs and who supplies them.20 minBrainstorm
  4. +28′Read it end to end and find the gapsTip: Does every output have a customer? Does every input have a supplier? Missing links are where hand-offs fail.12 minDiscuss
  5. +40′Dot-vote where the trouble isTip: Three dots each on the steps, inputs or outputs that cause the most problems today.5 minDiscuss
  6. +45′Scope for the improvement projectTip: Agree what's in, what's out and which customer requirement the project serves.10 minDecide
  7. +55′Owners and next steps5 minWrap-up

How to run it

  1. 1Agree the process's start and end points before anyone adds a note.
  2. 2Fill the process column first with four to seven steps, then outputs and customers, then inputs and suppliers.
  3. 3Read it end to end to find missing links, then dot-vote where today's problems sit.
  4. 4Use the result to set the scope of the improvement project, so the team doesn't try to fix everything at once.

Questions people ask

What is SIPOC?
A high-level process map listing Suppliers, Inputs, Process steps, Outputs and Customers. Six Sigma teams use it in the Define phase to agree what a project covers.
In what order do you fill in a SIPOC?
Start with the process (four to seven steps), then outputs and customers, then inputs and suppliers. Starting in the middle keeps the map focused.
What's the difference between a SIPOC and a process map?
A SIPOC is a high-level overview with only a few steps. A detailed process map comes later and shows every step, decision and hand-off.

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  • Ideas land on the board from every phone, then dot-vote
  • A timer for every block on the shared screen
  • Results, decisions and actions in the summary
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