Precision in place. Custom shadow boards and visual management systems for Australian workplaces.
Real boards we have designed and built for Australian workplaces, and how to plan a layout for your own tools.
Every example on this page is a board we designed and built for an Australian site. Each one started the same way: a list of the tools or equipment that belong in an area, a few photos of the space, and a layout drawn around that exact kit. Use them for ideas, then send us your photos and we will draw a layout for your own tools within 24 hours, free.
Looking for a particular type? Jump to tool shadow boards, 5S shadow boards, cleaning stations or PPE stations.
Tools and workshops
Boards for workshops, production lines and maintenance areas. Click any example to see more.
Every spanner, plier and driver has a printed silhouette and a label. Laid out from the workshop’s own tool list, smallest tools at eye level.
Tape guns, cutters, a broom and dustpan on one board, with the area’s standard printed across the top: tools put away, don’t stray.
A yellow board for one production line, built on castors so the tools travel with the work. The line name is printed in the header.
Only the tools that one machine needs, plus a clipboard for checks. A good example of Set in Order at the point of use.
A compact board fixed to a sewing machine, so scissors, tape and glue never leave the station.
A freestanding, double-sided station for a mine-site tyre bay, built to stand up to outdoor conditions.
Food sites
Colour-coded stations for food processing, where storage is part of the food safety system.
A mobile, double-sided station holding a full orange set: brooms, shovels, scrapers and buckets, each in a marked position.
One station per zone, in the zone colour. The header names the area and the rule, so the standard is part of the board.
Stainless dispensers for gloves, aprons and sleeves at a zone entry, colour coded to match the area.
Disposable gloves by size, with every dispenser labelled. Simple to restock and easy to see when a size runs out.
Tape guns, cutters and a broom for a dispatch bay, so packing tools stay in dispatch.
A site map board that shows areas and status at a glance. Visual management that goes beyond tools.
People often search for a shadow board template to print and copy. The trouble is that no two tool sets are the same. A template built for someone else’s spanners leaves gaps for tools you don’t own and no room for the ones you do. The layout has to start from your own tool list.
Once you have the photo of your tools, send it through with the wall or floor space available. We will draw a scaled layout around your exact tools within 24 hours, free, and then build it in our Leeton NSW workshop.
Common questions
Common questions about shadow board layouts and templates.
Have a different question? Call 1300 089 353 or send it through the contact form. Every enquiry is answered directly.
We don’t publish a generic template because it would not match your tools. Instead, send photos of your tools and the space, and we will draw a layout around them within 24 hours, free of charge.
A marked position for every tool the area uses, a label on each position, a header with the area name and its standard, and somewhere to hold a check sheet. Many 5S boards also leave a little spare space for future tools.
Big enough to hold every tool with a hand-width between them, and no bigger. Most single-area boards are between 900 mm and 1200 mm wide. Mobile and double-sided boards suit areas without free wall space.
Yes. Boards can be printed in any colour, which is how food sites match boards to hygiene zones and how factories match them to lines or departments.
Precision in place
Tell us what needs to be organised, where it will be used and any practical requirements we should understand. Photographs, tool lists and work-area dimensions are useful starting points where available.
