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Short answer: Tervene and LeanSuite overlap most: both run daily management, tiered meetings, audits and layered process audits, and action tracking. Tervene fits multi-site teams that want a focused leader standard work and daily management system, with Power BI or Tableau dashboards embedded. LeanSuite fits plants that also want ideas and kaizen, skills and training, and video-based industrial engineering studies in the same platform.
Last reviewed September 2026. Based on each vendor's public information; tell us if something has changed at info@theleansuite.com.
LeanSuite's whole platform next to each product, capability by capability. A question mark means the vendor does not publish it or we could not verify it, not that the product lacks it; the detailed table below has the specifics.
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| Capability | LeanSuite | Tervene |
|---|---|---|
| Continuous improvement | ||
| Any method: DMAIC, PDCA, A3, 8D or your own | Yes: Incl. your own | Partial: PDCA, DMAIC |
| Engineering and CapEx projects with stage-gates | Yes:Four stage-gates | Not published |
| Non-manufacturing teams and projects | Yes: Any project type | Yes: Healthcare |
| Ideas and suggestions with configurable approvals | Yes:Approvals per idea type | Partial: Opportunity capture |
| Savings verified before they count | Yes:Finance signs off | Not published |
| Share what worked across sites (yokoten) | Yes:Best Practice Management | Not published |
| AI | ||
| AI root cause analysis | Yes:RCA Agent | Not published |
| AI time and motion study from video | Partial:Vision AI, priced separately | Not published |
| Video to SOP | Yes:SOP from one video | Not published |
| AI one-point lessons (OPLs) | Yes:OPL from before-and-after photos | Not published |
| AI drafts checklists and forms | Yes:Lean Creator AI drafts | Not published |
| AI sorts and triages ideas | Yes:Lean AI | Not published |
| Frontline operations | ||
| Daily issue management with tier escalation | Yes:F-Tags, escalation | Yes |
| Tiered meetings and huddle boards | Yes:Lean Studio | Yes |
| Audits and checklists (5S, LPA, CILR), scheduled | Yes:Daily Standard Work scheduling | Yes |
| Breakdown reporting and maintenance work orders | Yes:EWO; works alongside a CMMS | Not published |
| Skills and training | ||
| Live skills matrix | Yes:Competency Management | Not published |
| Job cover matrix: who can cover each job | Yes:Job Cover Matrix | Not published |
| Training (LMS): courses, quizzes, learning plans | Yes:Trainings (LMS) | Not published |
| SOP and OPL sign-off per person | Yes:Signed on a tablet | Not published |
| Data and platform | ||
| KPI dashboards | Yes:KPI Dashboards | Yes |
| SSO and a security certification | Yes:SOC 2 Type 1; Entra ID, Okta | Yes: ISO 27001 |
| Operator sign-in with an employee ID, no email | Yes:Employee ID | Not published |
| Free plan or published prices | Yes:Free plan for ideas | No: Quote only |
| Mobile app (iOS and Android) | Yes:iOS and Android | Yes: iOS |
Based on each vendor's public website, reviewed September 26, 2026; tell us if something has changed at info@theleansuite.com.
Tervene calls itself connected leader software. Founded in 2015, it covers daily management, leader standard work, Gemba walks, tiered meetings, audits and inspections (including 5S and layered process audits), problem solving and continuous improvement, and task management, for plant managers, supervisors, team leaders and OpEx teams.
LeanSuite is lean manufacturing software for frontline operations: daily issue management, tiered meetings, audits, ideas and kaizen, skills and training in one platform, at one flat price per facility with unlimited users. Its improvement projects run any method, including DMAIC, PDCA, A3, 8D or your own, and any type of project, from a kaizen event to an engineering or CapEx project. Vision AI adds industrial engineering studies from a single process video.
What each vendor publishes about the capabilities plant teams ask us about most. "Not published" means we could not find it on their public pages, not that the product lacks it.
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| Capability | LeanSuite | Tervene |
|---|---|---|
| Daily management | ||
| Frontline issue capture and tracking | Yes. Daily Issue Management: operators scan a QR code, add a photo and a category, and the issue goes to the right owner with a due date and reminders. | Yes. Issues and audit findings become actions with owners and due dates, with photos from the floor. |
| Tiered meetings and huddle boards | Yes. Lean Studio runs tiered meetings on live, cascaded SQDCM boards; red metrics become tracked actions. | Yes. Tiered meetings with agendas, visual management and SQCDP metrics, with tier escalation. |
| KPI dashboards | Yes. KPI Dashboards, plus Loss & Cost Management to put a cost on losses. | Yes. No-code dashboards and KPI tracking; embeds Power BI, Tableau, Excel and Looker Studio dashboards. |
| Continuous improvement and ideas | ||
| Employee idea management | Yes. Idea Management takes an idea from capture to review to project, with custom multi-stage approval workflows per idea type and Lean AI that summarizes and prioritizes submissions. Free for teams of 25 and under. | Opportunity capture with photos inside its continuous improvement solution. |
| Kaizen and improvement projects | Yes. Kaizen & Projects runs any method (DMAIC, PDCA, A3, 8D or your own) and any type of project, from a kaizen event to engineering and CapEx projects through stage-gates, including projects outside manufacturing. A DMAIC project can't close until Finance verifies the savings. | Yes. PDCA and DMAIC problem solving, with Kanban, Gantt and list views. |
| Sharing best practices across sites | Yes. Best Practice Management. | Positions itself for scaling operational excellence across sites. A best-practice library is not published. |
| Audits and checklists | ||
| Audits and layered process audits | Yes. Audit Management and CILR Checklists; build and schedule anything from a Gemba walk to a layered process audit. | Yes. Audits and inspections, 5S audits and layered process audits with scheduling, scoring and escalation. |
| Digital checklists and forms | Yes. Document Builder (Lean Creator) for checklists, inspections, surveys and trainings. | Yes. Custom checklists with pass/fail, scoring and conditional prompts. |
| Training and skills | ||
| Skills matrix and competency | Yes. Competency Management with required skills per job, levels that move up automatically as documents and on-the-job checks are signed off, and a Job Cover Matrix. | Not published. |
| Training delivery (LMS) | Yes. Trainings (LMS), linked to each skill: courses, on-the-job assessments, self-assessments, SOPs and OPLs all count toward a person's skill level. | Not published. |
| Work instructions and SOPs | Yes. Digital Work Instructions; AI drafts SOPs and SMPs from a process video and OPLs from before-and-after photos. | Not published. |
| AI and video | ||
| Video-based time, motion and ergonomic studies | Yes. Vision AI turns one process video into time and motion, line balancing, ergonomic (REBA/RULA), value stream and SMED studies. Priced separately from the facility plan. | Not published. |
| Other AI features | AI Root Cause Analysis; Lean AI writes an issue description from an operator's photo. | Not published. |
| Pricing, rollout and security | ||
| Pricing | Per facility, unlimited users; quote on request. Free Starter plan for idea management (25 users and under). | Not published. Custom quote based on number of users and sites; one subscription with all features. |
| Pilot or trial | 90-day pilot at $3,000 per facility, credited to the annual plan. | No free trial published; demo on request. |
| Time to go live | First module live in under a week. | Not published. Implementation specialists and onsite support are offered. |
| Security and hosting | SOC 2 Type 1 report; hosted on secure cloud infrastructure; 99.5% monthly uptime commitment. | ISO 27001 certification; SOC 2 Type 2 report available on request. |
| Sign-in and SSO | SAML 2.0 / OAuth SSO with Microsoft Entra ID and Okta. Frontline staff can sign in with an employee ID, no company email needed. | SSO and two-factor authentication. |
| Apps | Web, iOS and Android. | Smartphones, tablets and desktop; iOS app. |
The specifics, each linked to the LeanSuite page that shows it.
Run DMAIC, PDCA, A3, 8D or your company's own method in the same system. The built-in A3, DMAIC and PDCA templates can be adjusted to fit your process, and each project type gets its own workflow.
Continuous improvement softwareEngineering and CapEx projects run through the same four stage-gates (Ideation, Feasibility, Execution and Closure), with a checklist for each stage and an auditable trail for every deliverable and approval.
Stage-gates for engineering and CapExA DMAIC project can't close until Finance verifies its savings. Savings are calculated from your own labor, downtime and scrap rates, and a stage-gate can require review above a savings amount you set.
CI portfolio and ROIBuild custom, multi-stage approval workflows per idea type: a simple safety suggestion can go straight to the EHS manager, while a large cost-saving idea goes through several levels, including Finance.
Idea ManagementIssues, audits, tiered meetings, skills and training sit in the same platform. A failed audit question can become a new kaizen, and when you launch a kaizen or engineering project you see who has the skills it needs.
How the modules connect$3,000 per facility, credited to the annual plan, with the first module live in under a week. Pricing is per facility with unlimited users.
The pilot“Great user-friendly software! It's covering everything that WCM or similar Lean Programs are asking to do, in a very effective way.”
Elena M.Global Head of Marelli Manufacturing System Automotive, Marelli“The Project Tracking System generates significant savings while ensuring seamless delivery... The Global Kaizen Power Pitch completely transformed our ability to share best practices.”
Ramsey AljahmiSr. Director of NAR Operations Excellence, Whirlpool CorporationFAQ
Last reviewed September 2026. Based on each vendor's public information; tell us if something has changed at info@theleansuite.com.
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