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Lean Manufacturing Tools runs 5S audit scoring, owned Kaizen proposals and inspection-led corrective work. A Quality Manager plans the audit or inspection scope.
approval waits for the quality manager
| Inspection number | Subject reference | Inspection type | Status | Assigned to | Completed at | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INS-95753 | Press cell A, first piece | Incoming | Review | Tessa Morgan | ||
| INS-95009 | Line 3 changeover, night shift | In Process | Review | Elise Dubois | ||
| INS-32479 | Bracket batch 26-184 | Final | Review | Amina Bello | ||
| INS-49787 | Paint booth 1, morning shift | Service | Review | Lucas Ortega | ||
| INS-36163 | Weld fixture 4, weekly check | Incoming | Review | Jae Kim |
Quality Approver accepts eligible passing scope or rejects failed scope after reviewing the required inspection evidence.
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Score workplace conditions by 5S category and give each finding an accountable owner.
Five s audit checks
| Audit | Category | Score | Maximum score | Observation | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Packaging cell visual control audit | Sort | 35 | 60 | Shadow board has two empty outlines | |
| Material flow walk, west plant | Set In Order | 65 | 80 | Torque mark is clear on sample | |
| Changeover time review | Shine | 65 | 10 | Scrap bin blocks aisle marking | |
| Weld station safety audit | Standardize | 50 | 65 | Paint booth floor is clean | |
| Assembly line standard work audit | Sustain | 60 | 75 | Fastener bin labels are legible |
Give each improvement proposal an owner and follow its approval, implementation and verification.
Kaizen proposals
| Area | Problem | Proposed change | Status | Owner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Press cell A | Changeovers exceed target by 18 minutes | Stage dies before final batch ends | Proposed | Sanjay Rao | |
| Assembly line 2 | Operators search for shared gauges | Add labeled gauge shadow board | Approved | Jae Kim | |
| Paint booth 1 | Fastener bins are replenished late | Set a two-bin reorder signal | Implementing | Elise Dubois | |
| Receiving dock | Rework queue hides urgent parts | Sort rework by due date | Verified | Marta Kowalska | |
| Weld station 4 | Paint filters clog before inspection | Check filter pressure each shift | Closed | Tessa Morgan |
Assign inspection work, record check evidence and route the inspected scope for a decision.
Inspections
| Inspection number | Subject reference | Inspection type | Scheduled at | Completed at | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| INS-79172 | Press cell A, first piece | Incoming | 21 Oct | Planned | ||
| INS-35464 | Line 3 changeover, night shift | In Process | 27 Oct | In Progress | ||
| INS-70658 | Bracket batch 26-184 | Final | 12 Oct | Review | ||
| INS-14310 | Paint booth 1, morning shift | Service | 01 Nov | Accepted | ||
| INS-25336 | Weld fixture 4, weekly check | Incoming | 21 Oct | Planned |
Keep failed inspection scope visible through containment, investigation and corrective follow-up.
Corrective actions
| Nonconformance | Root cause | Action | Owner | Due date | Completed at | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paint overspray on housing | Torque gun calibration drifted | Recalibrate torque gun | Lucas Ortega | 25 Oct | ||
| Paint overspray on housing | Bins lacked clear size labels | Relabel and segregate fastener bins | Nora Jensen | 04 Nov | ||
| Packaging station tools misplaced | Leak seal exceeded service interval | Replace press seal and clean floor | Amina Bello | 17 Oct | ||
| Unlabeled rework material | Masking guide was worn | Fit new masking guide | Nora Jensen | 11 Oct | ||
| Paint overspray on housing | Rework ownership was unclear | Assign daily rework owner | Nora Jensen | 24 Oct |
Review evidence of effectiveness and keep the failure open until its linked corrective work is accepted.
Corrective actions
| Nonconformance | Root cause | Action | Due date | Status | Owner | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oil leak beneath press cell | Torque gun calibration drifted | Recalibrate torque gun | 12 Oct | Planned | Amina Bello | |
| Oil leak beneath press cell | Bins lacked clear size labels | Relabel and segregate fastener bins | 23 Oct | Approved | Jae Kim | |
| Unlabeled rework material | Leak seal exceeded service interval | Replace press seal and clean floor | 17 Oct | Implementing | Omar Haddad | |
| Weld fixture pin out of tolerance | Masking guide was worn | Fit new masking guide | 22 Oct | Effectiveness Review | Sanjay Rao | |
| Weld fixture pin out of tolerance | Rework ownership was unclear | Assign daily rework owner | 01 Nov | Closed | Amina Bello |
Maintain the work standard's version and status, then record who acknowledged the document.
Review waits for the quality manager
| Title | Version | Effective date | Document | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Press setup standard work | Revision 1 | 13 Oct | press_setup_rev3.pdf | Draft | |
| 5S workstation audit guide | Revision 2 | 28 Oct | 5s_audit_guide_rev2.pdf | Draft | |
| Changeover checklist, line 3 | Revision 3 | 26 Oct | changeover_line3_rev4.pdf | Draft | |
| Tool shadow-board standard | Revision 4 | 01 Nov | shadow_board_rev1.pdf | Draft | |
| Corrective action procedure | Revision 5 | 27 Oct | corrective_action_rev5.pdf | Draft |
From observation to verified improvement ships ready to use. 2 steps need a named approval before the work moves on: Review inspection (Quality Approver) and Verify effectiveness (Quality Approver).
Choose the audit scope and assign inspection work to the people responsible.
Record 5S observations and keep scores attached to the selected audit.
Evaluate the inspection checks before accepting passing work or rejecting failed scope.
Keep the failure linked to its inspection while the team contains and investigates it.
Assign corrective owners and carry the agreed work into effectiveness review.
Review the evidence and close the failure after all linked actions are accepted.
Open any inspection to see its inspection checks, the roles that work on it, its process stages and its approvals on one page.
Status and Assigned to.
Each line is linked to this inspection.
Quality Manager, Inspector and Quality Approver, each with their own permissions.
Plan lean work and Conduct inspection, with the role that acts.
Review inspection and Verify effectiveness, with who decides.
Incoming
| Inspection | Requirement | Observation |
|---|---|---|
| Finished bracket dimension check | Tools returned to marked positions | Shadow board has two empty outlines |
| Weld station safety check | First-piece dimensions recorded | Torque mark is clear on sample |
| Paint booth cleanliness check | Torque marks visible on every unit | Scrap bin blocks aisle marking |
Read the relevant evidence and make eligible inspection and effectiveness decisions through the authorized review commands. Queue visibility does not grant general editing authority.
Signed in as Quality Approver
| Decision | Approver | |
|---|---|---|
| Review inspectionEvaluate the inspection checks before accepting passing work or rejecting failed scope. | Quality Approver | |
| Verify effectivenessReview the evidence and close the failure after all linked actions are accepted. | Quality Approver | |
| Approve five S audit checks, kaizen proposals | Improvement Reviewer |
Everyone opens Lean Manufacturing Tools to the work that is theirs. Pick a role to see what it starts with.
Owns quality setup, planning and assigned operational work.
This is the first screen this role sees.
Controlled documents · Quality Manager
| Title | Version | Effective date | Document | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Press setup standard work | Revision 1 | 13 Oct | press_setup_rev3.pdf | Draft | |
| 5S workstation audit guide | Revision 2 | 28 Oct | 5s_audit_guide_rev2.pdf | Draft | |
| Changeover checklist, line 3 | Revision 3 | 26 Oct | changeover_line3_rev4.pdf | Draft | |
| Tool shadow-board standard | Revision 4 | 01 Nov | shadow_board_rev1.pdf | Draft | |
| Corrective action procedure | Revision 5 | 27 Oct | corrective_action_rev5.pdf | Draft |
Captures assigned quality work and evidence.
This is the first screen this role sees.
Audits · Inspector
Reviews evidence and authorizes eligible domain outcomes.
This is the first screen this role sees.
Controlled documents · Quality Approver
| Title | Version | Effective date | Document | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Press setup standard work | Revision 1 | 13 Oct | press_setup_rev3.pdf | Draft | |
| 5S workstation audit guide | Revision 2 | 28 Oct | 5s_audit_guide_rev2.pdf | Draft | |
| Changeover checklist, line 3 | Revision 3 | 26 Oct | changeover_line3_rev4.pdf | Draft | |
| Tool shadow-board standard | Revision 4 | 01 Nov | shadow_board_rev1.pdf | Draft | |
| Corrective action procedure | Revision 5 | 27 Oct | corrective_action_rev5.pdf | Draft |
Reviews Five S evidence and makes approval and verification decisions on Kaizen work under the authority agreed during setup.
This is the first screen this role sees.
Audits · Improvement Reviewer
Maintains authenticated user mappings and approved access configuration.
Review audit findings, improvement progress and the evidence behind corrective closure.
This quarter
How far records got this quarter
| Stage | Reached | Step | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Planned | 32 | ||
| In Progress | 22 | 69% | |
| Review | 12 | 55% | |
| Accepted | 6 | 50% |
Sample counts per stage
Which categories need attention within comparable audit scopes, and what observations explain the scores?
Group audit findings by Audit and Owner, showing Severity, due date and closed at to distinguish due work from completed findings.
Which owned improvements are waiting for a decision, implementation or verification?
Group Inspections by inspection type and Status and compare scheduled at with completed at for completed work.
Which inspection failures remain in containment, investigation or disposition?
Which action owners still have work due before a failure can close?
What evidence supported each recorded review outcome?
Who acknowledged the intended document, and how does that compare with the audience agreed for the instruction?
See how Lean Manufacturing Tools fits your kind of team.
Coordinate workplace audits and small improvements around the people running an assembly cell.
Link fixture and process inspection failures to owned corrective work and effectiveness decisions.
Review workplace organization and operating instructions around recurring packaging work.
Each stage, from observation to verified improvement, names the role that acts and the status it records, so a change is never anonymous.
Each stage, the role that acts and the status it records
Use Proto to prepare operating queues and inspect evidence while people retain the review decisions.
Set up connections through ERP.AI and Proto workflows, with every change logged.
Every record lives in a table you can see, extend and export. Add fields or whole tables in Proto.
Browse all 13 tablesStart with one team and one process, then add the rest once the basics are running.
Choose a production area and an inspection subject the team can identify without ambiguity. Define the 5S scoring practice and what belongs in a useful observation. Select a Kaizen problem suitable for a complete approval and verification rehearsal.
Confirm account-to-person mappings with Admin. Name the Inspector, Quality Manager and Quality Approver for the pilot, and configure Improvement Reviewer responsibility. Agree corrective plan approval and document release authority.
Load the pilot audits and inspections with their linked requirements. Add the relevant controlled instructions and retain document version identities. Choose the people expected to acknowledge each instruction.
Record passing and failing inspection evidence, reject failed scope and follow the containment handoff. Review linked corrective actions separately and confirm that the failure remains open until every action is accepted. Exercise a rejected improvement branch and an unchanged command retry.
Review the queues with the people who will use them. Confirm ownership, personal access and the evidence needed for each decision. Expand the scope after the first cycle’s handoffs are understood.
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| Usage | Per $1 |
|---|---|
| Record reads (list, filter, get) | 20,000 |
| Search or aggregate queries | 4,000 |
| Record writes | 4,000 |
| Imported or synced records | 200,000 |
| Workflow runs | 2,000 |
| AI agent runs | 2,000 |
| Scheduled jobs or webhooks | 20,000 |
| File uploads (MB) | 2,000 |
| CSV or PDF exports | 100 |
Click Get started, then use Proto to configure Lean Manufacturing Tools for your business. Begin with a scoped 5S audit, an owned Kaizen proposal and an inspection case that can be rehearsed through review and corrective follow-up.
Define what each score means for the selected category and audit scope. Keep the maximum score visible beside the result, and compare only scopes whose scoring practice the team understands.
Select the responsible person when the Inspector submits the proposal. The owner stays attached while the work moves from Proposed through approval and implementation to verification and closure.
The Quality Approver reviews the required check evidence and makes the disposition decision through the authorized command. Eligible passing scope becomes Accepted; failed scope becomes Rejected and carries a linked nonconformance into the response process.
The review process raises a nonconformance with severity and containment responsibility. The Quality Manager coordinates containment and investigation, then assigns corrective work against the same failure.
The corrective review process closes it only after every linked corrective action is accepted. Accepting the first completed action leaves the failure open while another linked action still needs acceptance.
Use the supported correction path. Later corrections retain attributed successor evidence so the original observation remains available to the responsible reviewer.
Agree a versioning practice that preserves the identity of the document each person read. Record acknowledgments against the intended document, then compare the history with the audience required for the revised instruction.
Yes, plan that connection during setup. Agree how the inspection subject maps to the production record, who owns the information and which updates are permitted. Rehearse the quality decision and physical-handling handoff together.
Test a passing inspection and a rejected one, a corrective review with other linked actions still open, and a Kaizen proposal that needs a reasoned rejection. Also check personal access, document identities and the behavior of an unchanged command retry.
Start free, then use Proto to change fields, steps and approvals before your team goes live.