Standardize your approach
Use A3, DMAIC, PDCA, PDSA or just-do-it templates, or define your own method and phases.
Continuous Improvement Software: Drive every improvement project from idea to measured impact
Continuous improvement software runs every improvement project in one place. LeanSuite takes each Kaizen, CAPA, CapEx or engineering project from idea to verified savings, with your own methods, phases and approval rules.
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One source of truth for every initiative
One standard place to plan, run and track every project.
Visualize your progress
See the whole portfolio in table, list or Gantt views, and save the views you use most.
Measure financial impact
Track projected and actual savings, hard and soft, against your plant and company targets.
CUSTOM WORKFLOWS
A workflow for every project type
For every step, decide who can move a project, what must be filled in first, and which fields update and who is alerted next. Send-back steps return work for rework, and each project picks its workflow from its type.
Simple safety project
A short workflow for quick fixes: 1. Identify Hazard → 2. Implement Control → 3. Verify Fix → 4. Close
Multi-stage project
A five-stage DMAIC workflow for in-depth problem-solving: 1. Define → 2. Measure → 3. Analyze → 4. Improve → 5. Control
See how it works: Build a workflow for Kaizen, EWO or F-Tag
PROJECT SETUP
Set projects up for success from day one
Pick the right method and the right people, so each project can finish on time.
Project types and methodologies
Each project type (Quick Kaizen, CAPA, CapEx or your own) has its own methodologies, phases and days per phase.
Balanced workload assignment
See planned against actual project hours per person, with overload warnings, and give new work to people with free hours.
Skill-based team building
Find people with the skills a project needs, and add a shadow to build those skills.
INSIDE EVERY PROJECT
Everything a Kaizen needs, in one record
Each phase holds the sections, actions and people the project needs.
Problem-solving section library
Add 5 Whys, 5W1H, 4M1D, fishbone, 5G, MTTR or failure-curve sections to any phase, or build your own in Lean Creator.
Action plan, Gantt and delays
Every action has an owner and a due date, and projects line up on a Gantt timeline with each delay's reason.
Presentation mode
Press Present and the project becomes slides with your logo, ready for the review. Export it as a PDF, or the project list to Excel.
Savings, costs and CapEx
Record hard and soft savings, cost avoidance and capital spend, and split the credit between lead, sponsor, coach and team.
Several KPIs per project
Track more than one KPI on a project, each with its own target and result.
Linked documents
Link files from your shared drive, other LeanSuite records or a web page, and discuss the project with comments and @mentions.
See how it works: Kaizen section types · Action plans, timelines and delays · Present, export and analyze a Kaizen
project types
Continuous improvement software for every department
Engineering, CapEx, quality, safety and non-manufacturing teams each run their own project types.
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Continuous improvement projects
Standardize the CI portfolio and track hard savings from Kaizen projects against plant targets.
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Engineering projects
Run CapEx projects through stage gates with engineering and finance approval.
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Quality projects
Run each CAPA as a project with its own approval steps and root cause sections.
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Safety projects
Run investigations and close corrective actions before incidents repeat.
AUTOMATED TIMELINES
Keep your projects on track, automatically
Due dates fill in from each methodology's timing, and the team is alerted when a project starts to slip.
Automated due dates
Days to due and days per phase are set per methodology, so every project starts with a timeline.
Proactive delay management
Late phases trigger alerts, and a due-date change needs a reason and an approval.
CONNECTED WORKFLOW
Launch projects from anywhere in LeanSuite
Turn a flagged audit, a top loss, a defect or an idea into a structured project in one click, with the link kept.
A flagged audit response becomes a corrective action.
A prioritized loss becomes a Kaizen.
An approved employee idea becomes a project.
NEW: LEAN AI
The RCA Agent inside every Kaizen
Describe the problem and attach manuals, SOPs or links. The RCA Agent drafts the 5 Whys, 4M1D, fishbone and 5W1H from them and your plant's past problems. You edit the draft and push its actions into the action plan.
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Frequently Asked Questions
FREE RESOURCES
Free templates and tools
Not ready for software yet? Start with these free resources.
- Quick kaizen templateOne page for a small improvement: before and after, the cause, the countermeasure, the results and whether the standard changed.
- Kaizen event charter templateScope, team and roles, baseline and target metrics, a five-day schedule, risks and sign-off.
- RACI matrix template17 kaizen project tasks by 10 roles, with R, A, C, I drop-downs and a check for one accountable per task.
- PDCA templateOne improvement cycle on one page: plan, do, check against the goal, then standardize or adjust. PDF and Excel.
- A3 problem solving templateThe standard seven-box A3 from background to follow-up, with a filled-in worked example. PDF and Excel.
- Just Do It (JDI) card templateSix Just Do It cards per sheet for quick fixes, with the rules for what counts and a log of every card.
- CapEx request formA capital request with options, costs, benefits, payback and NPV, and the approval levels the amount needs.
- Cost savings trackerA savings log with hard and soft savings, payback and Finance's sign-off, plus a glide path against the year's target.
- DMAIC project charter templateThe Define-phase charter on one page: problem and goal, metrics, scope, team and phase dates, with savings and a tollgate checklist.
- 5G investigation sheetConfirm the facts before naming a cause: 5W1H, the five G's with 20 prompts, the gap against the principle and the standard, and the countermeasures.
- Nemawashi template (stakeholder plan)Plan the one-to-one conversations before a decision: who to talk to in what order, their concerns, what changed and where they stand.
- Kaizen project plan (Gantt chart)One improvement project as a Gantt chart: tasks by phase with owners, predecessors and working days, a 16-week grid, milestones and a status from planned against actual % done.
- Continuous improvement software evaluation scorecardCompare CI software vendors: a must-have gate, eight weighted criteria scored 1 to 5, points out of 100 and a rank, with a demo script and reference questions.
- Quality circle meeting recordA circle's charter, a one-page record for each meeting and a problem register that follows every problem from selected to closed or escalated.
- Process improvement method selectorEight questions about one problem, an example rule that suggests a method and a matrix of nine methods: when each fits, the usual team and time, and the template to start with.
- Kaizen savings calculatorYearly savings, payback in months and first-year ROI of an improvement, from time saved, scrap avoided and its costs.
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