Color coding is an easy and effective way to organize and prioritize information.

Examples include using colors to:

• Highlight rush jobs
• Differentiate between different clients or customers
• Identify types of products being stored in warehouses
• Indicate project due dates or order ship dates
• Categorize parts on assembly lines
• Organize invoice or bill due dates
• Assign work to specific individuals or departments

Tips

Step back and take a few minutes to decide how many 'variables' you want to define using color coding.  This will help you select how many colors you need and possibly how you want those colors to be used on the document holders.

The colors can simply be different on the outside trim of the document holder, or you can use tinted transparent covers or order two-color holders with different colors for the header and the sides.

Colors can be previewed here:

Available in 16 Standard Colors

The most colors offered anywhere!

Examples:

• Transportation: Trucking companies use color coding to organize different routes to simplify driver assignments. Managers can visually see throughout the day which routes have been completed by the color of route ticket holders returned by drivers.
  
• Aerospace: Aircraft repair facility designates different color job ticket holders for each specialty to visually organize work for different technicians working on electrical systems, cockpit avionics, hydraulics, airframe and other disciplines. Prior to implementing color coded job ticket holders, technicians were forced to sort through the daily workload to find their assignments wasting valuable time and frustration. 
  
• Shop Floor Scheduling: A different color are assigned for each day of the week to visually prioritize job due dates for workers. This also provides a fast and intuitive method for supervisors to visually assess progress throughout the day. Incomplete overdue jobs can be prioritized simply by looking for any prior day color job ticket holders still on the shop floor and focusing work effort to complete those first.
  
• Office Workflow: Document holder colors are designated for specific departments, status or priority to visually manage office work and reduce time processing workflow. 
• Classrooms: Assignments and lesson plans are organized by topic, grade or completion status using colors that both students and faculty find accurately and quickly in the classroom.
• Real Estate:  Open house signage, forms and flyers are organized by property and agent using different color holders.
• Auto Repair Services: Red is used to visually prioritize hot jobs while additional colors indicate specific work types such as brakes, shocks, engine, oil change, tires or bodywork. 
• Hotel Maintenance: Each floor is assigned a different color repair ticket holder to help repair workers organize their workday to minimize travel between floors. A specific color is designated for rush jobs to catch the attention of workers without constant supervisor guidance.