Lean Technologies, Inc

Project Management

Scott Sorheim — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:59:40 +0000

Thrive’s powerful project management system helps you communicate across all areas of the company by scheduling, coordinating and communicating project information, company news and events, training sessions, maintenance schedules, continuous improvement initiatives and other important information to everyone involved. Managers can initiate new projects easily, then assign specific employees to each task, provide a schedule for the project and track its progress. When a project is initiated, assignments are instantly distributed to those responsible for each part of the project.

Bottom Line Benefits

Process accountability
Efficient resource scheduling
Progress visibility
Improved project communication

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Personal Portal

Scott Sorheim — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:58:06 +0000

Personal Portal

Each user can log into the Thrive system individually. Once logged in, you can view your personalized page called “My Thrive” which includes company and department announcements, calendars, project timelines, work schedules and more. The personalized home page keeps each individual informed of events and information from the company-wide level down to an individual employee’s project list.

User Specific Content

Each Thrive user has the ability to build their personal ‘My Thrive’ with information that is relevant to their role within the company. After logging into the system their personal project list, calendar, personal dashboard and reports are easily accessed or viewed from the ‘My Thrive’ page. Any news, alerts, bulletins or events that pertain to this user will be communicated on their ‘My Thrive’ page.

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Reporting

Scott Sorheim — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 15:57:07 +0000

Thrive’s reporting is an essential and integral component of your success with Thrive. Having data is the starting point, but turning data into usable information is the most important part of effective decision-making. We don’t want you to spend time converting data into useful reports when Thrive’s reporting tools have already done the work for you. Far from an afterthought, Thrive’s reporting tool contains hundreds of easily customizable reports.

Objective Decision-Making

Thrive’s reporting helps you identify where your improvement efforts should be focused. By providing easy-to-use visual reporting in real-time, you can determine where you can find better efficiency and more profit. Thrive helps takes the emotion out of decision-making.

Simplified Data Input

Turning data into usable information is the most important part of effective decision making. The easier you can make it for people to gather the data, the better it will be. Thrive makes it easy to gather data from all parts of the factory without requiring lengthy training classes or data entry sessions.

Dashboard

Thrive’s Dashboard feature lets every user customize their own “Dashboard” so they can instantly see the information, reports and key metrics most important to them – from productivity to maintenance to inventory to quality and more. Thrive eliminates tedious analysis and the need to wade through reports and spreadsheets. Shop floor information is gathered and Thrive converts this data into real-time, visual reports that allow you to see opportunities for improvement quickly and easily – or drill down to pinpoint problems. Sharing reports with others is as easy as a mouse click – making it easy to identify areas for improvement and get others involved quickly.

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Safety

Scott Sorheim — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:09:53 +0000

Lost time due to accidents means lost productivity. Thrive’s safety module serves as the hub for important documents related to workplace safety – including MSDS material management forms, ergonomics, safety audits and accident investigations. However, Thrive’s safety module is especially geared to help workers and managers work together to identify workplace safety issues and find ways to reduce or eliminate them. In fact, Thrive can help quantify your investment in safety so that you can easily see some of the more important benefits of maintaining a safe working environment.

Bottom Line Benefits

Reduction of lost work time
Reduced worker’s compensation costs
Reduced health insurance claims
Increased safety awareness
Improved ergonomics
Improved housekeeping
Increases productivity
Prevention of future injuries

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Quality

Scott Sorheim — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:08:20 +0000

Poor quality control can have a devastating impact on your bottom line – and your company’s reputation. Thrive’s quality module is designed to monitor and remedy product quality issues. The module provides a number of powerful features to help you track product quality, implement statistical process control (SPC), gauge equipment calibration and more efficiently manage production. In a nutshell, Thrive’s quality module helps you analyze and identify the best opportunities for continuous process improvement so that you can spend more time focusing your business on profit centers and less time in resolving customer and product issues.

Bottom Line Benefits

Reduced waste and rework
Reduced warranty claims
Improved production yield
Increased productivity
Increases capacity
Improved process control
Improved customer satisfaction

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Order Management

Scott Sorheim — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:07:00 +0000

Equipment maintenance is often the first thing sacrificed when production schedules are tight. Thrive’s maintenance module is designed to ensure your investment in your equipment maximizes ROI, and reduces downtime – so that you can continue to be productive. The maintenance module can help you analyze costs and benefits to a regimented maintenance schedule – so you can make smart long-term decisions about your company’s capital spending.

Bottom Line Benefits

Reduces equipment downtime
Reduces capital spending
Improves efficiency
Increases capacity
Reduces repair costs
Improves ROI of capital equipment
Improves equipment re-sale value

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Maintenance

Scott Sorheim — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:03:40 +0000

Bottom Line Benefits

Reduces equipment downtime
Reduces capital spending
Improves efficiency
Increases capacity
Reduces repair costs
Improves ROI of capital equipment
Improves equipment re-sale value

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Human Resources

Scott Sorheim — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 13:00:44 +0000

Your people are your most significant resources. Good HR practices can result in improved morale and higher productivity. The Thrive human resources module serves as a company intranet, allowing employees to easily and instantly view important company information, calendars and events. It also serves as the central hub for training tools and management, employee documentation and as an internal jobs board. Additionally, the Thrive HR module provides secure, high-level employee documentation, so that each employee’s file can be stored and recalled electronically by appropriate personnel

Bottom Line Benefits

Improves communication with employees
Improves employee training and development
Tracks and documents employee training
Simple-to-use internal job application and hiring system
Objective performance review data for each employee

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Inventory

Scott Sorheim — Wed, 23 Mar 2011 12:59:32 +0000

An efficient inventory management system can easily pay for itself by giving you more control over budgeting, cash flow and operations support expenditures. Thrive’s inventory management module helps you track, manage, receive, issue and adjust inventory, plan for preventive maintenance needs, and provides stockroom management including recommendations for suggested purchases. The module also aids in the repair/replace decision for equipment purchases.

Bottom Line Benefits

Reduces inventory costs
Improves inventory accuracy
Maintenance materials planning
Provides part number history

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Continuous Improvement

Scott Sorheim — Tue, 22 Mar 2011 16:32:30 +0000

Wasted time and resources take profits right off your bottom line. Thrive’s continuous improvement module offers a set of tools designed to help eliminate waste from every part of your organization. Based on the lean manufacturing philosophy, this module helps identify and act on improvement opportunities from production abnormalities, operator cycle times and downtime. It provides production tracking, an operator goal board, event management and a variety of continuous improvement tools.

Bottom Line Benefits

Eliminates waste
Improves efficiency
Improves productivity
Increases capacity