Free Quality Management Templates
Ready-to-use Excel templates for every quality method, each with examples filled in from real cases. From supplier quality on the customer side, not from a template farm
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8D ReportAll eight disciplines with guidance where reports usually die: a D4 that forces real causes.
1 × Excel · 6 filled examples
5-Why AnalysisGet from symptom to root cause in five questions — with the two-strand structure most teams skip.
1 × Excel · 5 filled examples
Is / Is-Not AnalysisEliminate whole cause families in 20 minutes. The "is not" column does the heavy lifting.
1 × Excel · 5 filled examples
Ishikawa / Fishbone DiagramCause-and-effect mapping across the 6M — without the 40-branch chaos
1 × Excel
5W2H MethodDescribe any problem like a crime scene: what, where, when, who, why, how, how many
1 × Excel · 5 filled examples5 filled examples
A3 Problem SolvingThe whole problem on one page — thinking discipline by format
1 × Excel · 5 filled examples5 filled examples
Problem ManagementFrom single incidents to managed problems — the overview that prevents firefighting
1 × Excel
Quality AlertThe first hour after a complaint, structured: risk, containment, distribution — one page.
1 × Excel · 5 filled examples
Supply Chain AlertWarn everyone affected across the chain — before the defect travels
1 × Excel
Sorting ActionPlan, run and cost a sorting action — the most underestimated cost center
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Incident ManagementCapture, classify and track incidents so nothing gets lost between shifts
1 × Excel · 5 filled examples5 filled examples
Action ManagementActions with owners, deadlines and status — the list that actually closes
1 × Excel
Just Do It (JDI)Not every problem deserves a project — the fast lane for obvious fixes
1 × Excel · 5 filled examples5 filled examples
FMEARisk analysis that stays maintainable — with action tracking and AP logic built in.
1 × Excel
Red Rabbit TestTest your inspection process before you trust it — plant defects, measure detection.
1 × Excel · 5 filled examples
Poka YokeMake the mistake impossible by design — catalog and evaluate your safeguards
1 × Excel · 4 filled examples4 filled examples
Lessons LearnedThe most expensive repetition is one of a solved problem — capture and transfer
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Flow ChartSee the process before you fix it — standard symbols, swimlane option
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SIPOCSuppliers to customers on one page — scope any process in 30 minutes
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Supply Chain SurveyKnow your suppliers' quality capability before their defects know you
1 × Excel
Pareto ChartSeparate the vital few from the trivial many — auto-sorted, chart included.
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Control Chart (I-MR)See when your process talks and when it screams — limits calculated for you.
1 × Excel
HistogramFrom raw data to patterns — distribution, spread and specification limits
1 × Excel
Correlation ChartDoes X actually drive Y? Scatter plot with correlation coefficient
1 × Excel · 5 filled examples5 filled examples
Check SheetStructured data collection at the source — tally, location, type
1 × Excel · 5 filled examples5 filled examples
Check ListNever forget, never fail — audit-proof checklists with status logic
1 × Excel
OEEAvailability × performance × quality — see where your capacity really goes
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Escalation Kit
Customer rejected your 8D or is escalating. Immediate-action checklist, 8D template with both cause strands, incident one-pager for your boss, customer statement template.
- Immediate Actions Checklist
- 8D Report (two-strand root cause)
- Incident One-Pager (for the GM)
- Customer Statement Template
Complaint Wave Kit
Third complaint this week and nobody sees the pattern. Turn single cases into one picture: prioritise, find the vital few, narrow the wave, get to the root cause.
- Problem Management (prioritised list)
- Pareto Analysis
- Is / Is-Not Analysis
- 5-Why (two strands)
Audit Rescue Kit coming
Audit in four weeks, review chaos. Readiness traffic light, action list, and the Management Review template that fills itself from your numbers.
- Audit Readiness Check
- Action Tracker
- Management Review Template (ISO 9001 §9.3)
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Every template ships with completed real-world cases: what a good D4 root cause actually reads like, how an Is-Is-Not narrows a fault, what a Red Rabbit test protocol looks like across industries. Learn from the filled sheet, then work in the empty one.
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Everything above helps your team solve problems. This helps you explain them, steer them and report them upwards.
Management Review Template — ISO 9001 §9.3
Every input from 9.3.2 a–f (with c1–c7 spelled out), live dashboard, actions typed by 9.3.3 result category, sign-off sheet. The one every auditor asks for — done right once.
Get it →Quality KPI Monthly Dashboard
Complaint rate, first-pass yield, cost-of-quality trend, top issues — one sheet, traffic lights, feeds your one-page status for management.
Get it →Problem Portfolio Overview
All open complaints and 8Ds in one steering view: age, status, owner, done vs. verified effective — the gap where repeat failures grow.
Get it →The Boss Kit — three one-pagers for the GM
Quality Status One-Pager (monthly), Business Case with Cost of Waiting (what every month of delay costs), Incident One-Pager (escalations). Quality translated into money, risk and decisions.
Get it →Qualification Matrix
Who is allowed to do what — the classic every plant rebuilds in ugly Excel. Here: clean, filterable, audit-ready.
Get it →Quality templates in your world — filled examples by industry
The same methods, shown in your language: every industry below links to filled example PDFs from that field.
Quality templates for food service & pizza
The brand's home turf: examples every reader understands without industry context.
- 📄 8D report example: wrong topping complaint
- 📄 Red rabbit test example: pizza production line
- 📄 Quality alert example: allergen labeling
Quality templates for pharma packaging
Detection, documentation and traceability where escapes are not an option.
- 📄 Red rabbit test example: pharma packaging line
- 📄 8D example: mislabeled batch
- 📄 FMEA example: blister sealing process
Quality templates for IT & DevOps
Quality methods translated to deployments, incidents and pipelines.
- 📄 Red rabbit test example: security detection
- 📄 8D example: failed deployment
- 📄 5-Why example: outage post-mortem
Quality templates for service & support
Complaint handling, response quality and escalation — beyond the factory floor.
- 📄 Red rabbit test example: customer support
- 📄 Quality alert example: service failure
- 📄 Pareto example: ticket categories
Quality templates for manufacturing
The classic discipline: shop floor, suppliers, inspection and containment.
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