AI-first lean platform
The AI-first lean platform for manufacturing
The AI is inside the work, not beside it. It drafts the root cause, the time study, the SOP and the changeover plan from your own plant, and your team reviews and certifies every one.
What the AI does, and who signs it off
Eight places AI works in LeanSuite today. Each one ends with a person.
- Root cause analysisPress Run RCA Analysis in any Kaizen or emergency work order and the RCA Agent drafts a 5 Whys, 4M1D and fishbone from the problem, the manuals and SOPs you attach, and your plant's past problems.A person decides: Your team checks the draft before any fix is assigned.
- Time and motion studyFilm a task on a phone. Vision AI splits each operator's time into value-added, semi-value-added and non-value-added on a timeline synced to the video.A person decides: You confirm the operator roster and certify every study.
- SMED changeoversFilm a changeover. The AI splits it into tasks, marks each one internal or external and proposes a shorter sequence.A person decides: Your team reviews the split before it becomes the checklist.
- SOPs from videoFilm the task once and get a draft with purpose, scope, PPE, warnings and a photo for each step. Paper and PDF procedures can be converted too.A person decides: A person reviews, edits and approves before anything is published.
- Maintenance proceduresA technician's video becomes a draft procedure with steps, tools, PPE and warnings.A person decides: Torque and spec values are captured only if the video shows or says them, and you check each one.
- Ideas and issuesLean AI helps write up a suggestion, groups similar ideas and recommends a next step.A person decides: The reviewer decides.
- Lessons, audits and quizzesDraft one-point lessons, audit checklists and quizzes from your own material.A person decides: You edit and publish everything.
- Ask LeanSuiteThe search assistant in the site header answers from LeanSuite's own pages and ends each answer with its sources.A person decides: It does not invent prices, statistics, dates or features.
Built into the module
The RCA Agent is the AI tab in every Kaizen and emergency work order. There is no separate AI tool to open, and nothing to copy and paste between.
Grounded in your plant
The drafts use your problem description, your manuals and SOPs, your documents and your plant's past problems, not just a general model.
Reviewed before it counts
AI drafts stay private until saved. Studies are certified, SOPs are approved and root causes are checked before anything is assigned or published.
Yours to turn off
There is always a person in the loop. If your company would rather not use the AI, it can be turned off for your company.
What it does not do
- It is not a general chatbot.
- It does not confirm a root cause for you.
- It does not watch live cameras or send live alerts.
- It does not write a perfect SOP unattended.
- It does not replace your judgment. You review and certify.
- It does not use your data to train outside models.
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FAQs
About AI in LeanSuite
It means the AI is part of the daily workflow instead of a chatbot added beside it. The RCA Agent is a tab inside every Kaizen and emergency work order. Vision AI turns plant-floor video into a timed study or a changeover plan. Create with AI turns a video into a draft procedure. In each case the AI produces a draft inside the module where the work happens, and a person reviews it.
No. Every AI output is a draft. You review and certify every time and motion study, a person approves every SOP before it is published, and your team checks the root cause draft before any fix is assigned.
Yes. There is always a person in the loop, and if your company would rather not use the AI, it can be turned off for your company.
No. Your data is not shared with AI providers to train their models, and each facility's data is kept separate. Video is encrypted in transit and at rest, processed in your dedicated tenant, and you control retention and deletion.
No. The RCA Agent works in three layers: a general language model, a layer built on lean methods, and your own plant's data. It is built for lean problem solving, and it is not an IT observability tool.
No. Vision AI analyses video you upload. There is no live camera feed and no live alerting. Standard 1080p smartphone footage works.
Yes. The interactive demo runs in your browser on sample data, and each role has a two-minute film that follows a day with these tools.