Excel tools for manufacturing
Professional Excel-based templates for production managers, supervisors and quality teams. Take control of your shop floor with tools that are ready to use.
Why SmartFactoryTools
Many small and mid-sized manufacturers don't need a full ERP or MES. They need clear, reliable tools that fit the way they already work.
Tools run in the spreadsheet software your team already uses. No new system to install or learn.
Structured around everyday factory tasks: planning, quality, maintenance and reporting.
No subscriptions or per-seat licences. Your data stays in files you control.
Product categories
Our catalogue is organised around the main areas of manufacturing operations.
Capacity, machine, line, changeover and weekly scheduling tools.
Skills, training, shift rota, staffing, absence and overtime tools.
Preventive maintenance planning and machine downtime logging.
Shift reports, plan vs actual, OEE, KPI scorecards and product costing.
CAPA, non-conformance, complaints, 8D, PFMEA, control plans and calibration.
Material requirements planning, reorder points and pallet / truck estimates.
HACCP CCP monitoring, temperature logs, sanitation and allergen tools.
5S audits, kaizen ideas, root cause analysis and takt time.
Featured tools
Production PlanningPlan your daily production capacity, identify bottlenecks, and check whether your production plan fits your available machine time before the shift starts. This Excel template goes beyond a simple Quantity ÷ Speed calculation. It includes real manufacturing constraints such as cleaning/changeovers, machine setup time, pallet handling, packaging changes, startup, shutdown, planned stops, and product-specific delays.
€19.99
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Food SafetyFour daily food safety records for one site in one download: HACCP CCP monitoring, temperatures, cleaning and allergens – with a shared setup file: enter your site, people and calendar once and paste them into each tool.
€39.99
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Operations ReportingFrom the shift to the monthly scorecard in one download: shift report, plan vs actual, OEE and the plant KPI dashboard – with one shared setup and no retyping between the tools.
€36.99
View detailsFree calculators
Free online calculators for common manufacturing metrics are planned.
Combine availability, performance and quality into one efficiency figure.
Match production pace to customer demand.
Work out output rates and capacity per station.
Measure scrap and rework as a share of output.
About
SmartFactoryTools creates Excel-based management tools for manufacturing businesses in the United States and Europe. Our goal is simple: give production, quality and operations teams practical tools that are easy to adopt and affordable to run.
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