Brian's Lean Docs is the Lean library from Brian Sheard: ready-to-use Lean templates and DMAIC documents, Lean guides, and statistical process control workbooks with live formulas. Written from 25 years in manufacturing and vacuum coating — not theory.
Working documents and workbooks for a Lean project. Every price below is the real price; membership items say so plainly.
23 Lean documents laid out in DMAIC order, formatted like the real working documents — a fishbone that actually looks like a fishbone.
The core Lean templates in one download — the fastest way to start a project with proper documents from day one.
8 PDF Lean guides covering the core Lean topics — practical, plain-English, written for people who run processes.
6 Excel workbooks for statistical process control with live formulas — enter your data and the charts and limits update.
10 documents that bring Lean to software teams — the 7 Wastes audit, software value stream mapping, kanban and WIP limits, set-based design, and team metrics, worked through one running example.
Working apps for OEE monitoring, manufacturing ERP, MES, simple CAD, daily SQDCP boards, 5S audits, andon station calls, and CAPA / 8D corrective actions. Every app is a single one-time $49.95 download with a live preview you can try right here — no subscription, no per-seat pricing, no sales call. All eight are full working apps — open any live preview and use the real thing in your browser. Buying takes you to the one-time $49.95 download.
ERP $49–$149/user/mo · OEE monitoring $219–$379/machine/mo · MES from $1,000/mo · AutoCAD LT $540/yr · SQDCP boards $199–$499/mo · 5S apps $12–$30/user/mo · Andon $50–$150/machine/mo · CAPA $199+/mo — Mine are $49.95 once.
Same compatibility as the big names: every app runs in any modern browser — Windows, Mac, Chromebook, tablet, phone, or the TV on the shop-floor wall — with nothing to install, no cloud account, and no per-user fees.
Live production monitoring for the floor: count vs. target and OEE on a screen everyone can see, in three display formats.
OEE monitoring runs $125–$379 per machine/month, or $4,490+ per display (Vorne XL) — this is $49.95 once.
A manufacturing ERP sized for real shops — orders, inventory, and plant operations without enterprise bloat or enterprise pricing.
Small-manufacturer ERP runs $49–$149 per user/month (MRPeasy) or $299+/month (Katana) — this is $49.95 once.
A working manufacturing execution system: a live production board, work orders that post stock, downtime Pareto, quality checks, materials alerts, and shift handoff reports.
MES platforms start around $1,000/month (Tulip, 10-screen minimum) and run to six figures a year — this is $49.95 once.
2D CAD without the learning curve: draw shop sketches and fixtures with a snap grid, dimension lines in fractions, save and reopen your files, and export a PNG with a title block.
AutoCAD LT is $540/year, every year — this is $49.95 once.
The daily SQDCP board for the whole plant — every cell gets its five tiles (Safety, Quality, Delivery, Cost, People), with a guided huddle mode that runs the meeting and a 3Cs problem log so nothing raised at the board gets dropped.
Daily board software runs $199–$499/month per plant — this is $49.95 once.
Run real 5S audits area by area — score each of the five S's, see the results on a radar chart, keep a working red tag log, and attach before/after photos that show progress from one audit to the next.
5S audit tools run $10–$30 per user/month — this is $49.95 once, no per-user fees.
A station call board with live timers: an operator calls for help, the board shows who is waiting and for how long, and the call escalates automatically when nobody responds in time.
Andon software runs $50–$150 per machine/month; hardware systems $3,000–$5,000 per line — this is $49.95 once.
Corrective actions worked the full 8D way — team, problem description, containment, root cause with a built-in 5 Whys chain, corrective action, and prevention — with audit-ready 8D reports when the customer asks.
CAPA software runs $199+/month for a small team — this is $49.95 once.
The DMAIC Docs, the 8 Lean Guides, and the 6 SPC workbooks all live behind the same $9.99/month membership. Join once and the whole library is open — the documents for running the project, the guides for learning the method, and the SPC workbooks for holding the gains.
Each DMAIC document resembles the working document it's named for — real fishbone shape, real FMEA table structure, real control plan layout — so a team can use it in a review without reformatting.
The SPC workbooks carry live formulas. Paste in subgroup data and the control limits, charts, and capability numbers recalculate — no statistics package needed.
The 8 Lean Guides are a membership benefit, full stop. There's no per-guide checkout to manage — membership unlocks every guide download.
Brian Sheard has spent 25 years in manufacturing — thin-film coating, vacuum systems, and production supervision — and holds a Six Sigma Black Belt. Brian's Lean Docs is where his templates, guides, workbooks, and software live: the documents and tools he built for real production work, published for other supervisors, technicians, and small plants to use.
All 23 Brian's DMAIC Docs, all 8 Brian's Lean Guides (PDF), and all 6 SPC Charts & Worksheets Excel workbooks. One membership unlocks downloads across all three collections.
DMAIC is the Six Sigma improvement cycle — Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, Control. The DMAIC Docs are the working documents for each phase: charters and SIPOC in Define, fishbone diagrams in Analyze, FMEA in Improve, and control plans with SPC charts in Control.
No. The Lean Software Development Pack is a standalone product at $49.95 one-time, sold separately from the membership.
No — FloorSight, ERP Solutions, ForgeMES, CAD Made Easy, CellSight, 5S Made Easy, Andon Board, and the CAPA / 8D Tracker are each a one-time $49.95 download. Pay once and keep the app; there is no monthly fee.
An MES (manufacturing execution system) runs the floor in real time — production boards, work orders, downtime, and quality. ERP runs the business around it — orders, inventory, and planning. ForgeMES is the MES; ERP Solutions is the ERP. Small plants often start with one and add the other.
FloorSight is a one-time $49.95 download — one price for the full monitor app, no monthly fee.