Tool Management is part of the Loss Management feature in Kaizen Settings. It lets your facility build a list of the tools (and skills) used for continuous improvement, and connect them to loss types.
Watch the video walkthrough (runtime 1:13).
When you create a new tool, it is added to the list and shown on the Tool Management Dashboard, which works like the Kaizen Dashboard. To learn how to reach this menu, see What are the navigation options in Kaizen system and how to use them?
Why use Tool Management
It keeps the tools used for continuous improvement organized, so they are easy to find, maintain and apply to specific losses.
You can create tools and add them to loss types.
It records how much each tool is used when a loss is tackled in a Kaizen.
Your facility can build a list of all available tools, then add them to loss types as needed.
This is what the Tool Management Dashboard looks like:
Tips
The dashboard shows up to 20 results per page.
New tools are added at the end of the list. When there are more than 20 tools, the others are shown on the following pages.
Tools used in Kaizens also feed gap planning, where active Kaizen projects are shown alongside courses that close skill gaps.