For the plant floor
LeanSuite, the connected worker platform for manufacturing
A connected worker platform is software that links frontline workers to the instructions, training, issue tracking and audits they need on shift, and LeanSuite is a connected worker platform built for manufacturing. Operators sign in with an employee ID on a phone, a shared tablet or a kiosk, so nobody needs a company email to take part.
What they record there reaches the people who act on it. A tagged issue shows up on the live dashboard with an owner and a due date, a failed audit item becomes a tracked action, and an idea gets a reply from a reviewer.
What it connects
What a connected worker platform connects on a plant floor
For each link: why it matters on the floor, and how LeanSuite handles it. Each module has its own page with the detail.
01 · People to instructions
Work instructions and SOPs at the station
An operator should see the current method at the station, not a binder copy from two revisions ago.
In LeanSuite
Upload one video of the job and the AI writes the work instruction or SOP: numbered steps with a picture for each, safety notes and torque values. Each printed step has a QR code that plays its clip in the LeanSuite app. Instructions are assigned to people, a role or a workstation, and operators sign off on a tablet so you can see who has read the latest version.
02 · People to skills
Skills matrix, training and on-the-job sign-off
A supervisor needs to know who is qualified for which job today, and every gap should lead to training.
In LeanSuite
Competency Management keeps a live skills matrix. Levels go up as people pass courses in Trainings (LMS), with quizzes and learning plans, and as a trainer signs off the on-the-job checklist on a tablet. When someone calls out, the Job Cover Matrix shows who is qualified and available.
03 · People to issues
QR-code issue tagging from the machine
Problems are cheapest to fix when they are logged where they happen, by the person who saw them.
In LeanSuite
In Daily Issue Management, an operator scans the QR code on a machine to see its open tags or raise a new one: a photo, a category such as Safety or Quality, and a typed or spoken note. Rules send it to an owner with a due date set by priority, and each fix waits for verification before the tag closes.
04 · People to audits
Audits and checklists on a phone or tablet
A paper audit sheet gets filed. A finding only matters if it becomes an action someone owns.
In LeanSuite
Auditors see their checks on a calendar and complete them on a phone or tablet, with photo evidence where required. A failed answer can raise a tag, an idea or a Kaizen. Build any checklist, from a 5S audit to a layered process audit, in Lean Creator without code.
05 · People to daily management
Tiered meetings on Lean Studio boards
Each shift huddle should look at today's numbers and leave with owners and due dates, not a list on a whiteboard.
In LeanSuite
Lean Studio runs tiered meetings: each huddle enters its KPIs, assigns actions and escalates problems to the next tier with one click. KPI values can come in on a schedule from Excel on SharePoint or OneDrive and from Google Sheets, and Power BI or Looker Studio reports can sit on the same board, so frontline data ends up in the reports the plant already uses.
06 · People to improvement
Ideas that get an answer, and Kaizen that follows
The people doing the job see the fixes first. They keep suggesting only if every idea gets a reply.
In LeanSuite
Operators open the idea form from a QR code, sign in with an employee ID and type or speak an idea. A reviewer answers every one, and an approved idea launches a Kaizen, run as A3, DMAIC, PDCA or your own method, with projected and actual savings.
07 · Process video to studies
Vision AI
Time studies and ergonomic assessments usually mean hours with a stopwatch and a clipboard at the line.
In LeanSuite
Upload one process video and Vision AI builds time and motion studies, SMED analyses, ergonomic scores (REBA and RULA), line balancing and value stream maps, plus SOPs from the same footage, for you to review and certify. Vision AI is priced separately from the facility plan.
Who uses it
Who uses a connected worker platform
The same records serve four groups in the plant. Users are unlimited per facility, so nobody gets left off for the cost of a seat.
Operators
- Sign in with an employee ID on a phone, a shared tablet or a kiosk. No company email needed.
- Scan a step's QR code to watch how it is done.
- Tag a problem at the machine with a photo, or speak an idea instead of typing it.
Supervisors
- Run the shift huddle on a Lean Studio board and escalate what the team cannot close.
- Find qualified cover in the Job Cover Matrix when someone calls out.
- Sign off on-the-job training on a tablet at the machine.
CI and lean teams
- Answer every idea and turn the good ones into Kaizen projects.
- Start a Kaizen from a recurring issue and track its savings.
- Get time studies and line balancing from one process video with Vision AI.
Quality
- Schedule audits and layered process audits with photo evidence.
- Send failed items to an owner as tracked actions.
- Keep SOPs as controlled documents with owners, review dates and version history, and see who has signed each one.
For IT: LeanSuite runs in the browser and on iOS and Android, has a SOC 2 Type 1 report, and supports SAML 2.0 or OAuth single sign-on with Microsoft Entra ID and Okta. Details are on the security page.
Modules or no-code
Ready-made modules or apps you build yourself?
Connected worker products take one of two routes. Neither is right for every plant.
A no-code app platform
- Your team builds its own apps for work instructions, inspections or production tracking.
- You get a lot of freedom in what each app does and how it looks.
- Someone on your side designs, tests and maintains every app, and each lean routine is an app you build.
- A good fit if you need custom apps for production tracking or machine data.
LeanSuite
- Issues, audits, work instructions, skills, training, ideas, Kaizen and tiered meetings come as ready-made modules that you configure.
- Our team does the setup, and the first module is live in under a week.
- When you need your own checklist or form, Lean Creator builds it without code.
- It focuses on the people side of the plant rather than machine connectivity.
Compare connected worker software
Our list of the best connected worker software puts LeanSuite next to other tools and says who each one fits. If your program is built around lean routines, the lean manufacturing software buyer's guide has a 7-point checklist for choosing a vendor.
FAQ
Connected worker platforms: common questions
Try it on one line for 90 days
$3,000 per facility for 90 days, and our team does the setup. Your first module is live in under a week.