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Setting up LeanSuite for your site: admin checklist

The recommended order for setting up a new facility: users, roles, areas, modules and first content.

Written by Angad Singh

Use this checklist when setting up LeanSuite for a new site. Your LeanSuite onboarding team can load large lists for you (users, assets, skills and existing projects) from Excel.

1. Access and security

  • ☐ If you use SSO, set it up with your IT team before adding users (see How to set up Single Sign-On (SSO) with Microsoft Entra ID?).

  • ☐ Confirm which modules are enabled for your account. Locked modules need to be enabled by LeanSuite.

2. Your site structure

3. Roles and users

  • ☐ Create roles for the jobs that need extra permissions, for example CI Engineer, Supervisor or Kaizen Approver.

  • ☐ Add users one at a time, or in bulk with the upload template.

  • ☐ Assign roles, and remind people to log out and back in after role changes.

4. Module settings

  • ☐ Suggestions: fields, approvers, points and prize catalog.

  • ☐ Tags: tag types, priorities, default assignees and escalation tiers.

  • ☐ Kaizen and EWO: project types, methodologies, phase templates and workflows.

  • ☐ Skills Matrix: skill list, teams and required skills.

  • ☐ KPI: your key indicators and their data sources.

5. First content

  • ☐ Build or copy your first checklists and audits in Lean Creator. Start from the Marketplace or with Create with AI.

  • ☐ Schedule them in Daily Standard Work.

  • ☐ Build your first Lean Studio board for daily huddles.

6. Roll out

  • ☐ Start with a pilot area.

  • ☐ Train a core team who can then train others.

  • ☐ Share Getting started with LeanSuite for frontline users with your teams.

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