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Digital Kamishibai

Effective standard sustainment through team engagement.

Replace shop floor control with two-way collaboration. Qards is a digital Kamishibai board that gives your team a voice and shows leaders how executed tasks translate into results.

Qards /kɑːrdz/ - like "cards".

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From the Kamishibai Board to Measurable Results

Most operations teams already know what good looks like. Qards gives them the visibility to make sure it actually happens - and the data to prove it.

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Standardize What Good Looks Like

Set up a digital board for any recurring routine - Kamishibai checks, layered process audits (LPA), leader standard work, 5S rounds. Operators log each task in under 10 seconds, at the workstation, on any device. No paperwork. No login friction. No training required.

02

See Exactly Where Discipline Breaks Down

Follow live execution data, comparing plan against actual - by team, board, and day. Detected issues are automatically routed to the responsible person, giving you full control without needing to be on the floor.

03

Know If Your Routines Actually Drive Results

Qards correlates execution discipline with the KPI metrics you already track - output, OEE, defect rate, downtime. Your operational data finally answers the question most managers have never been able to answer: are these tasks actually driving our results? Generate PDF reports with AI insights - ready to present to your team.

Within 30 days, you'll know which routines are driving results and which are wasted effort - with a report that proves it.

A Complete Ecosystem for Operational Control

Qards replaces the paper card, the Friday Excel report and the guesswork – not the leader. From routine planning to TV visualization, your team gets one objective feedback loop: execution discipline tracked automatically, issues reported the moment someone sees them.

Quick start, minimum configuration

Flexible Kamishibai Boards

From daily Kamishibai and 5S routines to Layered Process Audits (LPA) and machine checks. Build schedules that match your shifts and production lines. Define rows and columns exactly as you need them – no rigid constraints.

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Machine A
Machine B
Assembly

Auditing at the gemba

Intuitive Mobile Interface

Execute tasks directly at the workstation. The interface is so simple, it requires no training. Every task is logged with a timestamp and a named person, building a reliable operational history.

Tasks for Today

Machine A

5S Check

Verify workstation cleanliness

React to what's missing in the schedule

Instant Issue Reporting

Spot a leak, defect, or safety hazard outside of a scheduled audit? Don't chase a manager. Create an Issue with one click and route it to a named owner. The system notifies the right team instantly, before a small problem becomes a breakdown.

Issue Reported
10 min ago

Oil Leak

Machine B
John Doe
Assigned to:Maintenance

Big Screen Visualization

TV Mode

Turn any TV into a digital Andon Board. Display board status in your facility continuously. Red and green indicators build natural discipline and keep the entire team aligned on the same goals.

Live Execution Status

00:00

Execution Rate

92%
+4% compared to last week

Open Issues

2
Machine B, Packing

Simple and Transparent Pricing

Operators performing tasks are always free - whether you have 5 or 500.

Annual Site License

Unlimited boards, users, and full enterprise features for a single facility.

From €4,800 / year
  • Unlimited boards & users
  • Concierge Onboarding included
  • Advanced AI Analytics
  • SSO / SAML & security review
  • Priority support & SLA
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Custom Pricing

Multi-site rollouts, corporate structures, and customized requirements.

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  • Everything in Site License, plus:
  • Multi-site dashboard
  • Custom integration needs
  • Custom SLA & Legal review
  • Dedicated success manager
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Software meets Lean

Qards was built where software engineering meets Lean methodology - two crafts in one operating system for the physical world.

Kamil Homernik
Software Engineer

Kamil Homernik

Founder & CEO

Co-built a compliance system for the agriculture industry that removed $70M+ of regulatory risk. Now building Qards to bring operational discipline to every deskless workforce.

Joanna Czerska
Lean Methodologist

Joanna Czerska

Methodology Director, LeanQ Team Ltd.

Methodology director at LeanQ and lecturer at Politechnika Gdańska. Decades of Lean practice codified into Qards - the methodology behind every card, metric, and report.

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