Technology Solutions

As manufacturers seek to improve their business processes, many are finding that technology solutions are a critical element of their strategies for driving competitive advantage.  We have created or partnered with several technology solutions to support your efforts in transforming into a continuous improvement culture.

All our technology solutions are web-based so access is quick and easy with no complicated software installations and upgrades.  We offer the following web-based technology solutions to support effective management processes and advance the pace of your lean transformation.

Metrics Tracking
Dploy KPI, part of TBM’s suite of Dploy Solutions—provides the tools to connect people, process and planning to critical performance metrics.  Use Dploy KPI to track enterprise metrics throughout your organization quickly, easily and efficiently.

Policy Deployment
Dploy Strategy, part of TBM’s suite of Dploy Solutions—provides the framework and the structure to enable effective Policy Deployment (also known as Hoshin Kanri or Strategy Deployment) at your organization, across multiple sites and cross-functional teams.  Use Dploy Strategy to drive your management process for effectively executing your strategic plan and achieving breakthrough results.

Best Practice Sharing
Dploy Knowledge, part of TBM’s suite of Dploy Solutions—provides an easy-to-use, web-based database that standardizes and facilitates the sharing of best practices.  Deploy Knowledge empowers your organization to use shared knowledge to continuously improve results, stay on course, and directly impact your ability to execute more effectively.

Digital Kanban
TBM is an authorized implementation partner and reseller of Datacraft Solutions, a web-based software-as-a-service solution that helps lean manufacturers to streamline their supply chain replenishment process.  This digital solution—commonly referred to as eKanban—helps companies to gain immediate visibility to their supply chains and leverage technology to better manage inventories, improve inventory turns, reduce lead times, improve ERP transaction accuracy, and build effective partnerships with key customers and suppliers.

Online Learning
Online training is an effective way to build knowledge and understanding of key lean concepts and their applications.  As organizations seek ways to speed the pace of a lean transformation or get all associates speaking a common language, online training is a cost-effective way to deliver critical training to associates in a short period of time.