Spaghetti diagram
Every transport relation is drawn as its own line on the floor plan. Tangles of lines show crossings, detours and competing material flows.
What is a spaghetti diagram?
A spaghetti diagram shows transport routes on the hall layout. Every transport relation is drawn as its own line, which makes crossings, detours and needlessly complex material flows visible at a glance.
What can you see with it?
Every material flow gets its own lane with a direction. That tells outbound and return trips, returns, empties and rework apart.
Single transport routes can be highlighted to look at source, sink and course in detail.
Common questions
How does the spaghetti diagram differ from the heat map?
The heat map condenses transports into load values. The spaghetti diagram shows every transport relation on its own. That tells you how many different material flows use the same way.
Do the lines follow the real routes?
Yes. The lines follow the stored aisle network and not the straight line. The direction of transport stays visible as well.
What is a spaghetti diagram used for?
Above all for layout planning, material flow analysis and lean workshops. It helps to spot crossings, detours and wasted movement. For a quantitative assessment, figures such as transport effort or distance driven are the complement.