Enable lean management processes, principles, and systems

Enable lean management processes, principles, and systems

MindManager® supports lean management with tools to help streamline business processes, capture key project details, and improve communication between team members.

Successfully apply the pillars of lean
management with MindManager

Practice continuous improvement

Practice continuous improvement

Refine business processes, resources, products, and services to minimize waste.

Centralize ideas and information

Centralize ideas and information

Use templates to create continuous workflows that prioritize customer value.

Improve collaboration across remote teams

Improve collaboration across remote teams

Enable mutual respect for team members via real-time collaboration tools that facilitate problem solving.

Overcome lean methodology challenges with MindManager

Overcome lean methodology challenges with MindManager

With MindManager, organizations can advance lean principles by:

  • Mapping out projects that identify and clarify all key steps, objectives, stakeholders, and responsibilities.
  • Updating visual diagrams in real time to enable continuous improvement of company processes, resources, products, and services.
  • Enabling ongoing communication via features such as co-editing and MindManager for Microsoft Teams to capture all employee feedback.
Work better, faster, and more connected

Work better, faster, and more connected

MindManager enables organizations and teams to deliver on the two main pillars of lean management: continuous improvement and respect for people.

Bring clarity and structure to plans, projects, and processes to focus on customer value while leveraging real-time collaboration tools to ensure all team members have the chance to provide feedback.

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A Practical Guide for Lean & Six Sigma Practitioners

Free e-book: Process Mapping: A Practical Guide for Lean & Six Sigma Practitioners

This e-book provides a complete summary of some of the most popular and useful process maps, plus the basic steps for creating them.

You’ll learn:

  • Why process maps are essential for lean and Six Sigma practitioners.
  • The five most common process maps, their benefits, and how to create and use them.
  • How to use MindManager® to create process maps to enable continuous improvement in your organization.

You’ll also gain access to process map templates that you can download and start using immediately!

Webinar: "Level up your lean management project with process mapping"

In this webinar, hosted by lean management expert Jeff Kearns, you’ll discover strategies for creating effective process maps to support continuous improvement and other lean management techniques.

Learn how to:

  • Create process maps like value streams, flow charts, and affinity diagrams.
  • Use visualization tools to identify process inefficiencies and make improvements.
  • Leverage expert tips for successful process mapping.
On-demand webinar: 'Level up your lean management project with process mapping'
Free templates to facilitate process improvement

Free templates to facilitate process improvement

Simplify process improvement with MindManager. Get started today with five free templates that you can start using immediately to support lean management techniques.

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"It's a lot more efficient to run a project when you can tell what's been done and what needs to be done. The efficiency gains are quite significant."

Thomas O’Connell, PhD

Thomas O’Connell, PhD
Associate Professor, Indiana University School of Medicine

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