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43 practical Excel templates for production, workforce, maintenance, quality, food safety, inventory and continuous improvement.

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Manufacturing Capacity Planner – main listing imageProduction Planning

Manufacturing Capacity Planner

Plan 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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Skills Matrix & Coverage Risk Planner – main listing imageWorkforce & Shifts

Skills Matrix & Coverage Risk Planner

Build a clear employee skills matrix, identify single-person dependencies, and see exactly where cross-training is needed before qualification gaps become production risks.

€19.99

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Machine Capacity Calculator – main listing imageProduction Planning

Machine Capacity Calculator

Quickly check whether your machines have enough available time for planned production. Enter your required quantity, machine speed, available hours, setup time, changeover time and downtime — the template automatically calculates required hours, utilization and overload risk. Designed for production planners, supervisors, operations managers and small manufacturing teams that need a simple capacity planning tool without complex software.

€7.99

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Line Capacity Planner – main listing imageProduction Planning

Line Capacity Planner

Turn your production orders into a clear line-by-line capacity plan. Enter your production orders, assign each order to a production line, add demand quantities, production rates, setup time, changeover time and other planned losses — the workbook automatically calculates the required hours for each order and summarizes the total workload by production line. Quickly see which lines have spare capacity and which lines are becoming bottlenecks before the production plan is released.

€7.99

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Manpower Requirement Calculator – main listing imageWorkforce & Shifts

Manpower Requirement Calculator

Calculate how many people your production plan actually requires and quickly identify staffing shortages, balanced areas and surplus manpower. Enter your workload, labor productivity, minimum crew requirements and currently planned people. The workbook automatically calculates required labor hours, required headcount and staffing gaps for each production line, department or operation. Designed for production planners, supervisors, manufacturing managers and operations teams that need a fast and practical workforce planning tool.

€7.99

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Changeover Time Calculator / Setup & Cleaning Planner – main listing imageProduction Planning

Changeover Time Calculator / Setup & Cleaning Planner

The SmartFactoryTools Changeover & Setup Planner is a practical Excel template designed for manufacturing teams that need to understand how much production time is consumed by cleaning, setup and product changeovers. Enter your machines, products and standard changeover rules, then arrange your SKUs in production sequence. The template automatically identifies when cleaning, setup, or both are required between consecutive products. It also converts planned non-production time into an estimated production capacity impact, helping you see how changeovers affect your available shift time.

€7.99

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Machine Downtime Log – main listing imageMaintenance

Machine Downtime Log

Track production delays as they happen and understand where your shift time is being lost. The SmartFactoryTools Machine Downtime Log is a practical Excel tool for supervisors, production managers and manufacturing teams who need a simple way to record downtime events during a shift. Enter each delay when it happens, select the production line and downtime category, and record the reason. The workbook automatically calculates downtime duration, tracks open events and summarizes the impact on productive time and estimated production capacity. No macros. No complicated production software.

€9.99

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OEE Calculator & Shift OEE Tracker – main listing imageOperations Reporting

OEE Calculator & Shift OEE Tracker

Track production downtime, shift performance and OEE in one structured Excel workbook built for real manufacturing environments. The SmartFactoryTools OEE Calculator & Shift OEE Tracker helps production managers, supervisors and continuous improvement teams record production losses, calculate OEE automatically and identify the biggest causes of downtime. Instead of maintaining separate downtime logs, shift reports and KPI spreadsheets, the workbook connects your daily production records directly to visual dashboards and Pareto analysis.

€17.99

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OEE Dashboard & Downtime Cost Tracker – main listing imageOperations Reporting

OEE Dashboard & Downtime Cost Tracker

Manufacturing OEE Tracker Excel Template for production downtime, OEE analysis, CAPA, MTTR/MTBF, cost impact and improvement savings. SmartFactoryTools OEE Dashboard & Downtime Cost Tracker is a practical Microsoft Excel workbook built for production managers, supervisors, maintenance teams, Lean / Continuous Improvement professionals and manufacturing businesses that need more than a simple downtime log. Record daily production stops, enter shift results and let the workbook calculate key production KPIs automatically — then use Pareto analysis, root cause tracking, reliability metrics and financial scenarios to decide what to improve next.

€28.99

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CAPA Tracker – main listing imageQuality Management

CAPA Tracker

Track every corrective and preventive action from problem to verified closure — and be ready for your next audit.

€9.99

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Training Matrix & Certification Expiry Tracker – main listing imageWorkforce & Shifts

Training Matrix & Certification Expiry Tracker

Know who is trained, what is missing and what expires next — for every employee, by role.

€19.99

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Certification & Training Expiry Tracker – main listing imageWorkforce & Shifts

Certification & Training Expiry Tracker

Type the date of the last training — Excel shows what is valid, due soon, expired or missing.

€9.99

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Shift Rota & Crew Rotation Planner – main listing imageWorkforce & Shifts

Shift Rota & Crew Rotation Planner

Pick a crew rotation — Excel builds the shift rota for the whole year and shows every day a shift falls below your minimum crew.

€19.99

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Preventive Maintenance Planner – main listing imageMaintenance

Preventive Maintenance Planner

Log what was done — Excel calculates every next due date and shows what is overdue, what is due this week, who has too much work and your PM compliance %.

€19.99

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5S Audit Checklist & Score Tracker – main listing imageLean & Continuous Improvement

5S Audit Checklist & Score Tracker

Score every area with the same 25 questions — Excel calculates the score per S, the total, the trend per area and the weakest S for you. Printable audit form included.

€9.99

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Plan vs Actual Production Tracker – main listing imageOperations Reporting

Plan vs Actual Production Tracker

Enter the planned and actual quantity for every shift — Excel shows the attainment, the month-to-date gap per line and shift, and why the plan was missed.

€9.99

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Daily Production Shift Report & Handover Log – main listing imageOperations Reporting

Daily Production Shift Report & Handover Log

Hand over every shift on one page – output, scrap, downtime, staffing, safety and every open issue the next shift must know.

€9.99

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Non-Conformance (NCR) Log & Cost Tracker – main listing imageQuality Management

Non-Conformance (NCR) Log & Cost Tracker

Track every non-conforming product in one Excel log – status, target date, cost and repeat defects are calculated for you.

€9.99

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Weekly Production Schedule & Gantt Planner – main listing imageProduction Planning

Weekly Production Schedule & Gantt Planner

Put your orders in sequence on each line – Excel calculates the start and end time of every order, draws an hour-by-hour Gantt chart and shows which orders will be late.

€19.99

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Takt Time & Line Balancing Calculator – main listing imageLean & Continuous Improvement

Takt Time & Line Balancing Calculator

Enter your shifts, customer demand and the task times of each station – Excel calculates takt time, finds the bottleneck, shows what the line can really make per day and tells you where to move work.

€7.99

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Manufacturing Cost per Unit Calculator – main listing imageOperations Reporting

Manufacturing Cost per Unit Calculator

Enter your material prices, products and recipes – Excel calculates the real cost of one unit, the margin of every product and the price you need for your target margin.

€9.99

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Multi-Level Product Costing – main listing imageOperations Reporting

Multi-Level Product Costing

Enter your raw-material prices, processing stages and recipes – Excel rolls every stage, yield and loss into the real cost of one unit, the margin of every product and the price you need for your target margin.

€17.99

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Material Requirements Planner – main listing imageInventory & Materials

Material Requirements Planner

Enter your production plan, bills of materials, stock and open purchase orders – Excel calculates what to order, how much and in which week, 12 weeks ahead, with lead times, minimum order quantities and pack sizes.

€17.99

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Inventory & Reorder Point Tracker – main listing imageInventory & Materials

Inventory & Reorder Point Tracker

Know what to order today, how much, and which deliveries to chase – an Excel inventory and reorder point tracker built by a production manager.

€12.99

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Production KPI Dashboard – main listing imageOperations Reporting

Production KPI Dashboard

One monthly KPI scorecard for the whole plant – Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost and People against target, in Excel, built by a production manager.

€14.99

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Daily Operator Assignment Board – main listing imageWorkforce & Shifts

Daily Operator Assignment Board

The right person on every position, every shift – an Excel operator assignment board that proposes the line-up from who is present and what they are qualified to do.

€17.99

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Vacation & Absence Planner – main listing imageWorkforce & Shifts

Vacation & Absence Planner

Can I approve this vacation? An Excel vacation and absence planner for production teams that checks every request against your team minimums and critical skills – before you say yes.

€14.99

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Overtime & Labour Hours Tracker – main listing imageWorkforce & Shifts

Overtime & Labour Hours Tracker

Know how much overtime your plant works, what it really costs, WHY it happens – and who carries too much of it.

€12.99

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Pallet Calculator & Truck Load Estimator – main listing imageInventory & Materials

Pallet Calculator & Truck Load Estimator

How many cases fit on a pallet, how many pallets is this order – and roughly how many trucks do we need?

€9.99

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Control Plan Template – main listing imageQuality Management

Control Plan Template

Which characteristics do you check, how, how often, who does it – and what happens when a part is out of spec? One clear control plan in Excel, checked row by row for gaps.

€12.99

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PFMEA Template – main listing imageQuality Management

PFMEA Template

What can go wrong in your process, which risks come first – and are your actions really reducing them? A process FMEA in Excel that keeps the risk honest.

€12.99

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Root Cause Analysis Toolkit – main listing imageLean & Continuous Improvement

Root Cause Analysis Toolkit

Find the real root cause of a defect, complaint or breakdown – not the first one that comes to mind – and prove that the fix works. A professional root cause analysis toolkit in Excel: 5 Why, fishbone (Ishikawa), actions and verification for all cases of your plant.

€12.99

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8D Report Template & Tracker – main listing imageQuality Management

8D Report Template & Tracker

Answer every customer complaint with a complete 8D report – on time, with verified root causes and actions. A professional 8D template and tracker in Excel: D0 to D8, customer deadlines, team, 5 Why, actions and a 2-page customer report for all complaints of your plant.

€14.99

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Kaizen & Improvement Idea Tracker – main listing imageLean & Continuous Improvement

Kaizen & Improvement Idea Tracker

Run your employee kaizen / suggestion programme in Excel: collect every improvement idea, answer it on time, implement the best ones and show what they really saved.

€12.99

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Calibration Tracker – main listing imageQuality Management

Calibration Tracker

Keep every measuring instrument in calibration – and know exactly what to do when one is found out of tolerance. A calibration tracker in Excel for scales, thermometers, gauges, metal detectors, pH meters and every other instrument your quality system depends on.

€12.99

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Overtime Calculator & Monthly Overtime Sheet – main listing imageWorkforce & Shifts

Overtime Calculator & Monthly Overtime Sheet

Calculate overtime pay per employee in Excel – and print one monthly overtime sheet per person to sign and hand to payroll.

€8.99

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HACCP CCP Monitoring Log – main listing imageFood Safety

HACCP CCP Monitoring Log

Keep the CCP monitoring records of your HACCP plan in one Excel file – every check judged against your limits, every deviation followed up, missing checks visible at once.

€14.99

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Temperature Monitoring Log – main listing imageFood Safety

Temperature Monitoring Log

Keep fridge, freezer, cold room and hot-holding temperatures in one Excel log – every reading checked against your limits, out-of-range readings followed up, missing readings visible, and a printable month sheet per unit.

€12.99

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Master Sanitation Schedule & Cleaning Log – main listing imageFood Safety

Master Sanitation Schedule & Cleaning Log

Plan every cleaning task once – Excel shows what is due, what was missed and whether the checks passed.

€12.99

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Allergen Matrix for Food Manufacturers – main listing imageFood Safety

Allergen Matrix for Food Manufacturers

Know which allergens are in every product – calculated from your recipes and supplier specifications, checked against the label.

€14.99

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Customer Complaint Tracker – main listing imageQuality Management

Customer Complaint Tracker

Every customer complaint logged, answered on time and analysed – in one Excel file, without QMS software.

€12.99

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Food Safety Records Bundle – main listing imageFood Safety

Food Safety Records Bundle

Four 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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Production Performance Bundle – main listing imageOperations Reporting

Production Performance Bundle

From 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

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