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Hoshin Kanri software that turns strategy into daily action.

Cascade your 3-5 year vision into quarterly targets, daily tasks, and visible ownership. Everyone sees how their work drives results.

Drafting next year's X-Matrix?
EV Growth Program 2027 Leadership team
Main goal
Become the leading EV connector supplier through quality and speed to market
Plan hierarchy
↳ Greenville Plant (L2)
↳ Saltillo Plant (L2)
↳ Lansing Plant (L2)
3.5 APQP academy with certification P
3.4 Supplier co-development program G
3.3 Digital APQP platform rollout G
3.2 EV connector qualification program G
3.1 Automated AOI on Lines 2 and 3 Q
R S R C R S R S A R
Train every engineer in APQP 2.5
Cut NPI lead time to 12 weeks 2.4
Run APQP digitally 2.3
Launch the EV connector line 2.2
Automated final inspection 2.1
3Key Improvement Priorities
21st Year Annual Objectives
4Targets to Improve
13-5 Year Critical Few Objectives
Customer PPM 4.1
EV share of revenue (%) 4.2
NPI cycle time (weeks) 4.3
APQP milestones on time (%) 4.4
Engineers APQP-certified (%) 4.5
M. Torres
A. Perry
H. Nelson
L. Ortiz
1.1 Zero customer returns Q
1.2 Grow EV connectors to 15 % of revenue G
1.3 Cut the product development cycle by 30 % G
1.4 A certified team for every EV line P
Overall status On plan Year elapsed 83 %
13-5 Year Critical Few Objectives
3 / 4
on plan
21st Year Annual Objectives
3 / 5
on plan
3Key Improvement Priorities
3 / 5
on plan
4Targets to Improve
3 / 5
meets plan YTD
On planAt riskOff planNo data / No project
Projects
EV connector qualification On plan
120 days left, 40 % done 3.2 1 overdue action
Automated AOI on Lines 2 and 3 On plan
46 days left, 64 % done 3.1 0 overdue actions
Digital APQP platform rollout At risk
28 days left, 55 % done 3.3 3 overdue actions
4.2 EV share of revenue (%) ↑ Higher is better On plan
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct
At or above plan Below plan Plan
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Your strategy lived in a slide deck

The board approved the plan. Three months later, nobody could tell you which daily actions connected to which strategic priorities. Teams were busy, but not with the right things.

Now it lives in every decision

TeamGuru is strategy deployment software built around a live X-Matrix. Your vision, quarterly targets and daily actions sit on one page. Every objective has an owner, every KPI connects to a goal, and progress is visible in real time.

Strategy visible to every level
Every objective has a clear owner
Progress tracked in real time
Each level linked to the plan above

Strategy Deployment in TeamGuru

One objective, from the X-Matrix to the plant

Your leadership team agrees on the year in the X-Matrix. Often that is where the plan stops: plants copy it into spreadsheets, projects live in another tool, and by spring nobody knows which project moved which number. In TeamGuru the plan keeps going. Here is the path of one objective.

  1. 1

    Each objective goes to the level that delivers it

    The company matrix wants EV connectors at 15 % of revenue. The Greenville plant builds its own X-Matrix from that objective, with the company one in view. Every plant goal stays linked to the goal it serves.

    EV Growth Program 2027 (L1)
    3-5 Year Critical Few Objectives
    • Zero customer returns
    • Grow EV connectors to 15 % of revenue
    • Cut the product development cycle by 30 %
    • A certified team for every EV line
    Cascaded to Greenville Plant (L2)
    Greenville Plant (L2) Owner: K. Hayes
    From L1: Grow EV connectors to 15 % of revenue
    Annual Objectives
    • EV share of plant revenue to 12 %
    • Qualify the EV connector family by Q3
    Improvement Priorities
    • EV connector qualification
    • EV assembly cell on Line 4
    Targets to Improve
    • EV share of revenue: 12 %
    • OEM sample approvals: 4
  2. 2

    Every priority becomes a project with a name on it

    The plant priority, EV connector qualification, becomes a project in Projects & Actions, with an owner and actions with due dates. Its status shows back on the matrix, so trouble is visible where the strategy is.

    Project
    EV connector qualification On plan
    120 days left, 40 % done
    3.1 Growth D. Kim 1 overdue action
    X-Matrix priority: Greenville Plant (L2)
    Actions
    • Freeze the connector design Feb 14 100 %
    • Build the validation samples Apr 11 60 %
    • Run the OEM validation tests Jun 6 0 %
    • Submit PPAP to the OEM Jul 18 0 %
  3. 3

    The targets are tracked, not typed into slides

    EV share of revenue is a target on the matrix and a metric on the KPI dashboard: plan against actual, month by month. Plant numbers roll up to the company figure automatically.

    EV share of revenue, Greenville Plan 2027: 12 %
    6.8 %
    Jan
    7.3 %
    Feb
    8.1 %
    Mar
    8.9 %
    Apr
    9.6 %
    May
    10.4 %
    Jun
    Plan
    June, by plant
    • Greenville 10.4 %
    • Saltillo 8.6 %
    • Lansing 11.2 %
    • Company (roll‑up) 10.1 %
  4. 4

    The monthly review reads the live plan

    No deck to rebuild the night before. The review runs in Standardized Meetings on a fixed agenda: the matrix, the targets below plan, the projects at risk. Decisions leave the room as actions with an owner and a date. For the board, export the live plan to PowerPoint or PDF, or build your own report in Reports.

    Monthly strategy review
    June · Leader: M. Torres · 50 min
    Agenda
    1. 1 X-Matrix status 10 min
    2. 2 Targets below plan: EV share, Saltillo 15 min
    3. 3 Projects at risk 15 min
    4. 4 Decisions and actions 10 min
    Actions from this review
    • LO Share the Greenville validation plan with Saltillo Jul 25
    • DK Book a second OEM test slot for Saltillo Jul 18

One plan, three views

Not everyone reads an X‑Matrix. They don't have to.

Your lean team plans in the X-Matrix. Department heads want a plain table, and the leadership team talks in pillars. In TeamGuru all three are views of the same plan, so a change made in one shows up in the others.

EV Growth Program 2027 Leadership team
X-Matrix
Strategic Plan
Pillars
Main goal
Become the leading EV connector supplier through quality and speed to market
Plan hierarchy
↳ Greenville Plant (L2)
↳ Saltillo Plant (L2)
↳ Lansing Plant (L2)
3.5 APQP academy with certification P
3.4 Supplier co-development program G
3.3 Digital APQP platform rollout G
3.2 EV connector qualification program G
3.1 Automated AOI on Lines 2 and 3 Q
R S R C R S R S A R
Train every engineer in APQP 2.5
Cut NPI lead time to 12 weeks 2.4
Run APQP digitally 2.3
Launch the EV connector line 2.2
Automated final inspection 2.1
3Key Improvement Priorities
21st Year Annual Objectives
4Targets to Improve
13-5 Year Critical Few Objectives
Customer PPM 4.1
EV share of revenue (%) 4.2
NPI cycle time (weeks) 4.3
APQP milestones on time (%) 4.4
Engineers APQP-certified (%) 4.5
M. Torres
A. Perry
H. Nelson
L. Ortiz
1.1 Zero customer returns Q
1.2 Grow EV connectors to 15 % of revenue G
1.3 Cut the product development cycle by 30 % G
1.4 A certified team for every EV line P

Outlined in purple: objective 1.1 and what serves it, the same items in every view.

What you get

Visual strategy cascade

The X-Matrix gives your entire organization a single-page view of how strategic goals, annual objectives, improvement priorities and targets to improve (KPIs) connect to each other.

Linked matrices, level by level

Each plant or department builds its own X-Matrix with the level above in view and links every objective to the goal it serves. What you agree in catchball stays connected.

Status that updates itself

Each objective's status comes from the projects and targets under it and rolls up to the annual goals, the 3-5 year goals and the plan above. Hover a status to see why it is at risk.

Goal-to-action traceability

Every action, project, and KPI links back to a strategic objective. Nothing runs disconnected from the overall plan.

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Everything connects.

Strategy Deployment works on its own. Connected to the rest of TeamGuru it does more: every module below runs on the same platform, with one login.

Strategy Deployment

Projects & Actions

Projects that actually get finished.

Tier Meetings

Meetings that produce outcomes, not just notes.

KPI Dashboards

Live performance at a glance.

Management Reports

One-click reports, hours reclaimed.

Common questions

What is the X-Matrix and how does it work? +
The X-Matrix is a single-page strategic planning tool from the Hoshin Kanri methodology. It visually maps the relationships between long-term goals, annual objectives, improvement priorities, targets to improve (KPIs) and responsible owners. TeamGuru digitizes this so your entire organization can interact with it in real time.
Can AI help us build the X-Matrix? +
Yes. The AI X-Matrix generator suggests items for each quadrant from the plan's level, function and strategic focus, in your language. You pick and edit what fits; nothing is saved until you confirm it.
Why use Hoshin Kanri software instead of an X-Matrix in Excel? +
An Excel X-Matrix shows the plan on the day it was drawn. In TeamGuru the objectives, KPIs and actions on the matrix are live: owners update progress, KPI values refresh, and the monthly review runs from the same page instead of a rebuilt spreadsheet.
Can we customize the number of strategy levels? +
Yes. TeamGuru supports multi-level strategy cascading. You can define your own hierarchy: corporate goals, divisional objectives, plant-level targets, and team actions.
How does catchball work in TeamGuru? +
Catchball stays a conversation between your levels: TeamGuru has no workflow for proposing and accepting objectives. What it adds is context and follow-through. Whoever builds a plant or department X-Matrix sees the matrices above it and links each objective to the goal it serves. Once targets are agreed, each gets an owner, and the KPIs roll up to the level above automatically.
Do we need to use Hoshin Kanri specifically? +
The module is built around Hoshin Kanri principles, but it is flexible enough to support other strategy deployment frameworks. The core value is creating clear goal alignment and traceability.
Can we track strategy progress across multiple sites? +
Yes. Each site runs its own X-Matrix, linked to the corporate one. KPIs roll up automatically: you connect them once when you set up the matrix, and from then on the corporate view shows every site's numbers. Site leaders keep their own plans.

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