The software side of Brian's Lean Docs: 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.
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.
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.
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 live preview is the real app running in your browser. What you try is what you download.
FloorSight puts count, target, and OEE on a big screen. ForgeMES goes deeper — work orders, downtime reasons ranked by Pareto, quality, materials, and the shift report at handoff.
Shop, Plant, and Enterprise in one app for a single one-time price, so a growing shop is never pushed into price brackets.
Most shop drawings don't need full CAD. A snap grid, dimensions in fractions to the nearest 1/16″, and a titled PNG export cover fixtures, brackets, and layouts.
The Lean library — Brian's DMAIC Docs, the Lean Essentials Template Pack, the 8 Lean Guides, the 6 SPC workbooks, and the Lean Software Development Pack — lives on the Brian's Lean Docs home page.
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.