Free tools for Lean and operational excellence.

Built from the same practice as our guides. They run in your browser, the result is a link you can share, and nothing needs a sign-up.

Strategy Execution

Free tool

X-Matrix Builder

Build a Hoshin Kanri X-Matrix in your browser. Add objectives, improvement priorities, targets and owners, click the corners to mark correlations, then export PNG or PDF or share a link. Free, no account.

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Daily Management

Free tool

SQDIP Board Builder

Build an SQDIP board in your browser: letters, red and green days, streaks and an action list. Print it, share a link or get the free Excel template.

Build your board → Free tool

Skills Matrix Coverage Checker

Enter your stations, people and skill levels, tick who is out today, and see which stations fall below their coverage rule or hang on one person.

Check your coverage →

Quality Management

Free tool

Root cause analysis template

Free root cause analysis template: problem statement, 6M fishbone, 5 Why, corrective actions and a check that the fix holds. Fill it in online or in Excel.

Fill in your analysis → Free tool

8D report template

Free 8D report template, D1 to D8: team, problem, containment, root cause with % contribution, corrective actions, prevention and recognition. Online or Excel.

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Programs

Free tool

WCM self-assessment

A free World Class Manufacturing self-assessment. Rate 23 practices across daily management, the ten technical pillars and the managerial side, and see which one to strengthen first. No email needed.

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