Visual Management Scheduling & Capacity

Kanban & T-Card Job Tracking Template: Visual Work Order Flow

Download our free visual Kanban and T-Card job tracking Excel spreadsheet. Track manufacturing work orders through workstation columns with WIP limits.

Direct Definition: A Kanban and T-card job tracking spreadsheet is a visual workflow management tool that arranges active manufacturing work orders across sequential process columns to control Work-in-Progress (WIP) and expose bottleneck delays.

Visual management is the foundation of lean production. When machine operators and shop floor supervisors can see active job stages at a glance, status meetings and manual floor walks disappear.

Workstation Column Architecture

This workbook maps your production routing into sequential visual columns: 01. Raw Saw Cut, 02. CNC Milling, 03. CNC Turning, 04. Press Brake, 05. Welding, 06. CMM Quality, 07. Outside Treatment, 08. Shipping Bay.

Controlling Work-in-Progress (WIP)

High WIP clutters floor aisles and ties up working capital. By capping the maximum number of job cards permitted in each workstation column, work only moves downstream when capacity is available.

Workbook Architecture & Included Tabs

Shop Floor Kanban Board

Visual card registry organizing work orders by current workstation column, priority color, and due date.

Job card ID, work order #, customer, and batch quantity
Current stage column vs next planned routing step
Color-coded priority flags (Red Hot Job, Yellow Rush, Blue Standard, Green Ahead)

Embedded Excel Formula Engine

Days in Current Stage

= TODAY() - Date Entered Stage

Highlights aging work orders stalled in a specific workstation queue.

Lead Time Throughput (Days)

= Shipping Date - Order Release Date

Measures total cycle lead time from initial stock cutting to final shipment.

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Key Highlights:

Visual T-card layout mapped to 8 shop floor workstation columns
Color-coded priority status flags (Hot Job, Rush, Standard, Ahead)
Tracks entry dates and days elapsed per process stage
Next-step routing tracker for multi-operation components
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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the advantage of a T-card layout over standard table rows?

T-card boards present information visually in vertical workstation columns, allowing operators and managers to spot overloaded machines and bottleneck queues in seconds without reading dense data rows.

How do you enforce WIP limits in a spreadsheet?

Assign a maximum card count per column. If CNC Milling has a WIP cap of 6 jobs, new work orders cannot enter that column until a running job completes and moves to CMM Inspection.