FREE TOOLS · NO SIGNUP
Ten free tools, no signup required. Built by plant operators for plant managers running real lines. Five for measuring what matters. Five for solving problems when the measurement shows you where to look.
CALCULATE
Five calculators that score the things plant managers actually need to make a decision: equipment effectiveness, downtime cost, scrap cost, takt versus cycle, and workplace organization.
TOOL 01
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Get your overall equipment effectiveness score in 30 seconds. Availability, performance, and quality breakdowns plus the diagnostic that tells you which one to fix first.
Score + 3-component breakdown + next-move diagnostic
OPEN TOOL →TOOL 02
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See what unplanned stops are really costing your plant per year. Includes the hidden costs most plants miss (idle labor, restart scrap, overhead allocation).
Annual total + 5 cost buckets + hidden-cost percentage
OPEN TOOL →TOOL 03
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Pull scrap out of COGS and onto its own line. See annual cost plus savings opportunity if you reached world-class scrap rate.
Annual cost + savings vs world class + benchmark bar
OPEN TOOL →TOOL 04
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Calculate required takt time and compare to your actual cycle time. See if your line is keeping pace with demand.
Required takt + cycle gap + daily output shortfall
OPEN TOOL →TOOL 05
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Score your plant against 25 questions across all five Ss. Get a radar chart, identify your weakest pillar, and a one-week action plan.
Overall maturity score + radar chart + weakest-S action plan
OPEN TOOL →SOLVE PROBLEMS
Five problem-solving tools that turn a measured gap into a corrective action. Walk a 5 Why, organize candidates with a fishbone, sort the vital few with a Pareto, document the fix on an A3, or run a full RCA with verification.
TOOL 06
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Walkthrough that asks one why at a time, requires evidence at each step, and flags blame language. Produces a printable summary with a system corrective action.
Guided walkthrough + go-and-see check + printable summary
OPEN TOOL →TOOL 07
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Cause-and-effect builder organized around the 6Ms: Methods, Machines, Materials, Measurements, Manpower, Environment. See the diagram render live as you add candidate causes.
Live SVG diagram + 6M categories + breadth check
OPEN TOOL →TOOL 08
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Sort the vital few from the trivial many. Enter reason codes and values, the chart sorts by impact, draws the cumulative line, and marks the 80 percent threshold.
Live chart + cumulative line + vital-few callout
OPEN TOOL →TOOL 09
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Toyota-style problem-solving on one page. Seven sections in two columns: background, current condition, goal, root cause, countermeasures, plan, follow-up. Print on A3.
7-section format + two-column print layout + A3 paper sizing
OPEN TOOL →TOOL 10
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Full RCA with containment, immediate cause, root cause, corrective action, preventive read-across, and 30/60/90 verification plan. Flags training-only and blame-language fallbacks.
Full RCA template + containment + corrective + preventive + verification
OPEN TOOL →FAQ
Yes. No signup, no email required to use any of the ten tools. Each one runs entirely in your browser. The optional email capture at the bottom of each tool sends you a roadmap; that is the soft upsell, but it is genuinely optional.
Plant operators with combined 30+ years running manufacturing lines, including roles at Whirlpool, Parker Hannifin, and across a private equity manufacturing portfolio. The tools reflect what we actually use on the floor, not what consultants sell.
Yes. Bookmark or share any tool URL with your team. Most tools also save your progress in the browser session so you can come back to a partially filled walkthrough.
For a calculator, OEE on your bottleneck line. For problem-solving, the 5 Why on your most repeating defect or downtime cause. The combination gives you a measurable baseline plus a method to improve it.
Take the free Sharpen diagnostic. Ten minutes, no signup. Scores your plant across all 10 operational pillars and produces a prioritized improvement roadmap built around your specific situation.
BUILT BY OPERATORS, NOT CONSULTANTS