Abstract A status record system in which master record cards and a series of operation description status cards associated with each, is provided to furnish significant information with flexibility to inform a user of certain manufacturing aspects, involving for example, sales, inventory, material and supplies, the status of each being quickly ascertained and readily changed to maintain records as events occur to assist in coordinating the production of parts or mechanisms, status information being furnished by the size, shape, relationship and position of status cards with suitable indicia, readily observable to quickly pinpoint areas requiring attention and those which have been attended to as well as those which do not momentarily demand such attention, the indicia being arranged in a helpful relationship for information purposes.
A master record card and a series of one or more operation description status cards associated therewith, positioned in predetermined aligned contact relation thereto, each operation card being progressively smaller in area than a card positioned rearwardly thereof, to provide simultaneous viewing of an area in the margin of each operation card, a signal element in each margin for said simultaneous viewing when the cards are positioned as stated, the signal element indicating the status of the operation described in each operation card, each operation card being substantially square and provided with means to position such card with respect to the master card, each operation card including an area of a different color at certain of the corners, corresponding colors indicating a corresponding status of operation, the position of a specific color area being determinative of the status, at least three of said corners having a different color area at each, the cards being shiftable to move a color area into predetermined position to signify action required, the predetermined position for each color area in each series of operation cards being identically related to the master card.
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A master record card and a series of one or more operation description status cards associated therewith, positioned in predetermined aligned contact relation thereto, each operation card being progressively smaller in area than a card positioned rearwardly thereof, to provide simultaneous viewing of an area in the margin of each operation card, a signal element in each margin for said simultaneous viewing when the cards are positioned as stated, the signal element indicating the status of the operation described in each operation card, each operation card being substantially square and provided with means to position such card with respect to the master card, each operation card including an area of a different color at certain of the corners, corresponding colors indicating a corresponding status of operation, the position of a specific color area being determinative of the status, at least three of said corners having a different color area at each, the cards being shiftable to move a color area into predetermined position to signify action required, the predetermined position for each color area in each series of operation cards being identically related to the master card.