Business Process Improvement

Value Stream Mapping and 5S workplace organization, and Kaizen tools for Continuous Improvement are often the first important steps on a Lean Journey.

Spaghetti Diagram and Standard Work

The Layout Diagram template can be used for simple floor planning purposes, but it really shines as a spaghetti mapping tool for Lean process improvement. And Standard Work is arguably the most important of all Lean tools - because if the people doing the actual work aren't doing it the way that everyone agreed was the best way to do it - then your entire lean effort was wasted.

The swim lane functional flow chart is extended with several Business Process Improvement spreadsheets that encompass all process engineering concepts taught within The Reengineering Handbook, by Ray Manganelli.

Hot tip: Standard Work and Flow Charts will soon be split into separate bundles - so save money now, while they are still packaged together in the Process Engineering bundle.

Once you start changing things, you're going to need to start training people to do things in new ways.
That's when you will soon appreciate the Systems2win suite of Word & Excel templates to design a training program.

The Excel Gantt Chart template (licensed for unlimited users) will dilate the pupils of any Project Manager.

You won't get far on any Lean Journey before encountering quality problems. The Systems2win Six Sigma templates provide all of the other DMAIC Six Sigma tools (that your statistical software does so poorly).

The Balanced Scorecard comes bundled with an entire suite of templates that will help your execs come to your next Strategic Planning session more prepared than ever before.

If your company happens to be selecting or implementing ERP, accounting, or inventory software, then these templates will save you literally tens of thousands of dollars by enabling your own in-house people to do more.