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38 workflow templates, showing 1 to 24

  • Analysis plan

    Before anyone opens the spreadsheet, the owner or manager gets a one-page plan: the question restated, the hypotheses, the fields and periods needed, and the result that would change the decision. It runs no analysis and states no finding. You own the question and the criteria.

    Starts it
    Owner
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    6 outputs

  • Bill of lading field check

    When a draft bill of lading arrives before it is issued, the documentation specialist gets a field-by-field comparison with the booking, the shipper's instructions and the packing list, with every difference marked. Nothing is issued or corrected.

    Starts it
    Documentation specialist
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    6 outputs

  • Business continuity plan

    For an owner or operations manager: the activities the business cannot stop for long, how long each can be down and how much data it can lose, what each depends on, the fallback for each, and named owners, deputies, contacts and a test date, ready for a competent reviewer and the owner's approval.

    Starts it
    Owner
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    7 outputs

  • Business insurance renewal review

    Before the business insurance renews, the owner gets one pack: every policy with insurer, limits, deductibles, premium and dates; renewal terms beside expiring ones, every change marked; what changed in the business; claims; and questions for the broker. The broker and the owner decide all cover.

    Starts it
    Owner
    Brings
    export, notes, document
    Gets
    8 outputs

  • Carrier freight invoice check

    The freight auditor gets a carrier invoice checked line by line against the shipment export and the rate confirmation: duplicate lines, rate differences and extra charges with no delivery or waiting-time record, each tied to its shipment. Accounts payable decides what to pay or dispute.

    Starts it
    Freight auditor
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    6 outputs

  • Carrier performance review

    The shipping lead gets a lane-by-lane comparison of carriers from the delivery export and the freight charges: on-time delivery, damage, tracking gaps and cost, each with the shipments behind it. A person decides whether to raise issues or change carrier.

    Starts it
    Shipping lead
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    5 outputs

  • Contractor safety prequalification

    For a named job, the operations, facilities or site manager gets a safety questionnaire scaled to the risk of the work, then a record of the contractor's answers scored only on the evidence supplied, with every gap, the conditions that close it and a review date. A competent person decides.

    Starts it
    Operations manager
    Brings
    export, notes, document
    Gets
    7 outputs

  • Discount request review

    Before a price below list goes to a customer, whoever approves it gets one page: the discount and what it costs in margin, every clause of your own written policy met or missed, who approves and in what order, and what the customer gives in return. A person decides; nothing is sent.

    Starts it
    Sales lead
    Brings
    export, notes, document
    Gets
    7 outputs
    • Sales
    • Logistics and trade (filtered by)
    • Growth & scaling (filtered by)

  • Emergency drill brief

    Before a fire, evacuation or other drill, the site or office manager gets one brief: the scenario the responsible person has approved, who does what, what each observer records, and the questions for the debrief. It writes no emergency plan.

    Starts it
    Site manager
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    4 outputs

  • Employee onboarding plan

    Every new colleague starts with a first week and a first 90 days planned to the standard of your best manager: what to read, who to meet, what to practice and what productive means at day 30, 60 and 90.

    Starts it
    Hiring manager
    Brings
    notes, document
    Gets
    6 outputs
    • People and HR
    • Logistics and trade (filtered by)
    • Growth & scaling (filtered by)

  • Ergonomic review inputs

    For a supervisor preparing for an ergonomics assessor or a worker's complaint about a task: a task observation record of each step's movements, durations, loads and measurements as supplied, the measurements still missing, and what the people who do the task said.

    Starts it
    Supervisor
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    4 outputs

  • Freight shortage record packet

    When a receiver reports missing or damaged freight, the claims coordinator gets one packet lining up dispatch quantities, warehouse scans, bill of lading, proof of delivery, photos and the customer report, with each unanswered question listed. It assigns no fault and sends nothing.

    Starts it
    Claims coordinator
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    6 outputs

  • Goal alignment review

    Before next period's goals are set, the chief executive sees every team goal mapped to the company priority it serves: goals with no company parent, goals that pull against each other, priorities nobody owns, and the questions for each owner. It judges goals, never people.

    Starts it
    Chief of staff
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    5 outputs
    • Leadership
    • Logistics and trade (filtered by)
    • Growth & scaling (filtered by)

  • Inbound receiving exception trace

    When what arrived does not match the advance shipment notice, the receiving supervisor or inventory controller gets the notice, the packing list and the scans side by side by item and lot, with missing references and questions to investigate. Nothing is adjusted and nobody is contacted.

    Starts it
    Receiving supervisor
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    5 outputs

  • Internal change announcement

    One decided change, announced well: managers briefed first, a message for each group in the right order, talking points, and the questions people will ask, answered only from the decision or marked open. Every message is a draft that a person approves and sends.

    Starts it
    Internal communications lead
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    7 outputs
    • People and HR
    • Logistics and trade (filtered by)
    • Growth & scaling (filtered by)

  • Lone work arrangements review

    For each task someone does alone, the manager gets the check-in method, the places where nobody could be reached, who responds when a check-in is missed and how soon, and alternatives. A competent person decides what is acceptable.

    Starts it
    Operations manager
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    6 outputs

  • Manager feedback preparation

    Every manager walks into a feedback conversation prepared like your best one: specific dated observations, the questions worth asking, a clear ask and the support on offer.

    Starts it
    Team manager
    Brings
    notes, document
    Gets
    7 outputs
    • People and HR
    • Logistics and trade (filtered by)
    • Growth & scaling (filtered by)

  • Missed dock window recovery brief

    The dispatch supervisor gets one brief when a truck misses its dock appointment and the reports disagree: each stated arrival time, the receiving cutoff, the appointment record and the questions that need a decision. It contacts no one and books nothing.

    Starts it
    Dispatch supervisor
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    8 outputs

  • Notification channel plan

    When a business event needs to notify people, the integration owner gets one channel plan from the event definitions: trigger, urgency, who is told by which channel, what needs confirmation, fallbacks and reply handling. Consent and message rules stay as questions. Nothing is sent.

    Starts it
    Integration owner
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    1 output

  • Operations KPI scorecard

    Once a month the operations manager gets one red-amber-green page for the ten or fewer measures that run the operation: each value worked out from your own exports, its trend, what moved and why in the owner's words, and the action agreed for every red. You set the measures and decide the actions.

    Starts it
    Operations manager
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    6 outputs

  • Premortem before a decision

    Before your team commits to a plan that is hard to undo, such as a move, a launch or a new system, a short workshop pictures it a few months on, already failed. The record ranks the reasons, turns each top risk into a check, a warning sign and an owner, and leaves the go decision with the owner.

    Starts it
    Owner
    Brings
    notes
    Gets
    4 outputs

  • Preventive maintenance plan

    For one site, the facilities or operations manager gets every piece of equipment ranked by failure cost, an approach for each (run to failure, scheduled or condition-based), a dated calendar of tasks from the maker's guidance and the failure history, the spare parts to hold and the downtime measures to track.

    Starts it
    Facilities manager
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    6 outputs

  • Process map and bottleneck review

    Map one process step by step: who does each step, how long work waits and how long it takes, where it is handed over and where it gets sent back. Then find the one step that caps how much gets finished, and what to try there first. The owner decides what changes.

    Starts it
    Operations lead
    Brings
    export, notes
    Gets
    7 outputs

  • Product landed cost worksheet

    After an import shipment lands, the owner or bookkeeper gets one worksheet: freight, duty, brokerage, insurance and inbound fees from the invoices spread over each product by a stated method, the landed unit cost beside the cost the store records, and the margin left. A person updates any cost.

    Starts it
    Owner
    Brings
    export, notes, document
    Gets
    5 outputs