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Excel workbook (.xlsx)

Daily Management System: Tiered Huddle Pack

Shift huddles drift into chat, and problems stay stuck at the level that found them.

Who it's for

This is for sites that already hold a start-of-shift meeting but want it to do more. You want a short, standing huddle at the board, a clear route for a problem to climb from shift to department to site, and a record of who owns what.

Built for shift supervisors, team leaders and operations managers on manufacturing and warehouse sites.

Screenshots

Taken from the real files. All names, sites and figures shown are fictional example data. Select an image to see it full size.

  • The Tier 1 Huddle Log in the fictional depot week: a pick-accuracy problem is escalated to Tier 2 and a forklift fault is resolved in shift.

    The Tier 1 Huddle Log in the fictional depot week: a pick-accuracy problem is escalated to Tier 2 and a forklift fault is resolved in shift.

  • Tier 1 Huddle Log, full sheet.

    Tier 1 Huddle Log, full sheet.

  • Tier 2 Huddle Log: the daily 15-minute review of escalations.

    Tier 2 Huddle Log: the daily 15-minute review of escalations.

  • Tier 3 WBR Log: the weekly business review.

    Tier 3 WBR Log: the weekly business review.

  • SQDCP-I Framework: metric definitions, targets and thresholds.

    SQDCP-I Framework: metric definitions, targets and thresholds.

  • Close-up of the SQDCP-I metric definitions.

    Close-up of the SQDCP-I metric definitions.

  • Confirmation Walks Log: checking the board against the floor.

    Confirmation Walks Log: checking the board against the floor.

  • The printable A4 Tier 1 board.

    The printable A4 Tier 1 board.

  • Close-up of the printable Tier 1 board.

    Close-up of the printable Tier 1 board.

What's included

Format: Excel workbook (.xlsx).

  • 01 Tier 1 Huddle Log: the five-minute shift huddle record with G/A/R scoring Daily Management System - Blank.xlsx
  • 02 Tier 2 Huddle Log: daily 15 minute escalation review Daily Management System - Blank.xlsx
  • 03 Tier 3 WBR Log: weekly business review Daily Management System - Blank.xlsx
  • 04 SQDCP-I Framework: metric definitions, targets and thresholds Daily Management System - Blank.xlsx
  • 05 Confirmation Walks Log: check the board against the floor Daily Management System - Blank.xlsx
  • 06 Printable A4 Tier 1 huddle board, one page per shift Daily Management System - Blank.xlsx
  • 07 Worked example: one fictional depot week (Bramley), Tier 1 to Tier 3 Daily Management System - Worked Example.xlsx
  • 08 How to use guide (2 pages) Daily Management System - How to use.pdf
  • 09 Licence and README LICENCE.txt and README.txt

You download one ZIP. It holds a blank workbook for your own data, a separate worked example, a guide and the licence.

Fictional example

The worked example: one fictional depot week

A separate file with a full week filled in for a fictional warehouse depot, Bramley, week commencing 4 May 2026. The names, sites and figures are invented.

  • Monday: pick accuracy on one aisle is 96.1% against a 99.5% target. Quality goes amber and is escalated to Tier 2.
  • Tuesday: accuracy falls to 94.2% and Quality goes red. Tier 2 freezes picking on the aisle and orders scan-confirm from a buffer location. The confirmation walk finds the board was right: the data feeding it had drifted after a weekend re-slot.
  • Wednesday and Thursday: the re-slot is corrected in stages, and Tier 3 adopts a weekend re-slot standard.
  • Friday: a full audit passes, the freeze is lifted and all six columns are green.
  • Separately, a forklift hydraulic warning is handled inside Tier 1: the truck is removed from service, a reserve truck is used and the repair is done the next morning.

How you'd use it at work

A realistic first week.

  1. Monday Print the A4 Tier 1 board. Agree the measure behind each SQDCP-I column for your area. Swap in your own metrics where the examples do not fit.
  2. Tuesday Run the first Tier 1 huddle at the board. Five minutes. Read each column. Anything red gets a name and a deadline before the shift ends. Log it.
  3. Wednesday Hold Tier 2 for 15 minutes with department heads. Take only the issues Tier 1 could not close, and decide who gets which resource.
  4. Thursday Do a confirmation walk. Go and look at whether the board matches the floor, and record what you find.
  5. Friday Run Tier 3, the 30-minute weekly review. Roll up the week and decide what needs site-level help.

Compatibility

Tested in Microsoft Excel for Mac (16.x), where every file opens without a repair prompt, and in LibreOffice 26.2. The workbooks contain no formulas, so there is nothing to recalculate. Excel for Windows should work, but we have not tested it on Windows. Google Sheets and Numbers: not tested. No macros, add-ins or external links.

Licence

Single organisation. Adapt the files for internal use. No resale, and no sharing outside your organisation. Read the licence.

Delivery

Instant download after checkout. Gumroad emails your receipt and download link; files stay in your Gumroad library.

Support

Questions before or after you buy: cadencestandard.co@gmail.com. Refunds are 14 days, no questions. See the refund policy.

Worked examples use fictional data. The files support your own judgement and are not legal or professional advice. See the disclaimer.