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LeanDNA® is a suite of software deployed under a Software-as-a-Service model to support the end-to-end journey of a lean implementation.  The lean software application includes SaaS applications for analysis, design, and day-to-day execution of Lean Manufacturing Operations. Built by recognized Lean manufacturing experts, who won the prestigious Shingo Prize in 2001 for their development work in the area of Lean software systems, LeanDNA provides on-demand software to support the physical and cultural change required to achieve operational excellence.

The first step is to establish a Lean Procurement strategy to assure quality, cost, and delivery of all purchased items.  The next step is to extend the Pull system strategy to the factory and ultimately to your customer.  Along this journey, LeanDNA will provide Lean Consulting and a Virtual Sensei™ to coach your team and assure that the processes are well understood and issues quickly addressed.

Today's Challenges

The inability of most domestic manufacturers to achieve global competitiveness through the implementation of Lean Manufacturing strategies is caused by three factors:

1. Prevailing manufacturing models are out of synch with prevailing business models and consumer behaviors;
2. Prevailing manufacturing software technology does not adequately support Lean Manufacturing; and
3. Lean Manufacturing experts with an understanding of systems are a limited resource.

LeanDNA Can Deliver

To overcome these obstacles, companies require a comprehensive Lean Manufacturing solution that provides software and services to support their journey to manufacturing excellence.  LeanDNA is such a solution comprised of a SaaS application for Lean Manufacturing Execution combined with world-class Lean manufacturing professional services.

LeanDNA allows companies to operate factories in any country, in their own language, through an easy-to-use web-based software application.  LeanDNA may be used by internal or external experts located on-site or remotely to manage the analysis, design, and day-to-day management of Lean Manufacturing operations.  The product provides a best-practices platform for Lean Manufacturing Execution and automates the tasks traditionally performed through spreadsheets or other manual systems. The software is supported by a line of professional services for implementing and maintaining Lean manufacturing best practices (Virtual Sensei). 

LeanDNA has been modeled after the Toyota Production System (TPS) and LeanDNA’s successful application of TPS methodologies in over 10 countries.  LeanDNA’s mission is to provide a rapid deployment software platform that allows companies to acquire and quickly deploy the same processes and technologies for Lean Manufacturing pioneered by Toyota, Dell, and other leaders in manufacturing excellence.  Our successful achievement of this mission has been driven by the following 4 factors:

LeanDNA’s management team has founded multiple successful companies and are recognized leaders in Lean Manufacturing excellence and the implementation of Services-Oriented-Architectures.

• LeanDNA is at the intersection of a disruptive business and technology trend. The Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) model along with support of rapid deployment and management of Lean Manufacturing operations places LeanDNA at the center of important market changes.
• LeanDNA has been successfully deployed and in operation for some of the largest manufacturing companies in the world.
• LeanDNA is built on powerful manufacturing algorithms based on over 20 years of lean implementation.