A kanban board is a visual way to track work. Each task or job is a card, and each column is a stage, for example New, In progress, Waiting on customer and Done. Moving a card from one column to the next shows progress without a single status meeting.
Boards make bottlenecks obvious. If six cards pile up in Waiting on customer, everyone can see where to follow up. They also make handoffs easier, because a teammate can open the board and see exactly where every job is.
Imagine a cleaning company called Fresh Start Cleaning tracking move-out jobs. Each booking becomes a card that moves from Scheduled to Cleaned to Photos sent to Paid, and the owner sees the whole week on one screen.
In aiKit, the Hub's to-do lists flip between List, Board, Table, Calendar, Timeline and Dashboard views, with labels, due dates and custom fields. Plain-English rules, like when a card moves to Done, notify the client, run on their own, and cards can link to your quotes, proofs and bookings.
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Online proofing for print shops: a clear, signed yes on every job
Send print proofs with cut and safe lines. Customers pin comments and approve by typed name from a phone, no account. Free to start with aiKit.
Use caseGobo proofs for event lighting companies, sized for the real room
Turn a client's logo into a custom gobo proof sized for the room, approved from a phone, with a CMYK print file for the gobo maker. Early access.
Use caseClient project management for agencies, with a client view you control
Run every client project in one place: lists that flip into boards, messages, files, rules, and a client view that shows only what you share.