Digitalize Your Business: The Pragmatic Guide

Digitalization often fails due to excessive expectations and oversized projects. The pragmatic approach: Start small, achieve results quickly, expand step by step. LeanShift follows exactly this principle, from a free start with the Basic version to the value stream map in the Expert version.

Stage 1: Capture analog processes. Before you digitalize, you need to know what you're digitalizing. Capture your processes with the LeanShift App, step by step, with time measurement and Muda analysis. This works 100% offline, with no cloud dependency.

Stage 2: Optimize based on data. With the captured data, you identify weaknesses and optimization potential. Enter current and target values in the target state calculator, and it calculates the savings potential. Optimize first, then digitalize. Otherwise you're just digitalizing waste.

Stage 3: Introduce scalable tools. Once processes are optimized, they can be gradually digitalized. You can pass your LeanShift measurements on as an Excel sheet, a PDF report, or a file for another system.

Stage 4: Automate where it pays off. Only now does automation come into play, specifically where the data suggests it. Our consulting team supports you with implementation.

The advantage of this staged plan: Each stage delivers standalone value. You don't have to digitalize the entire company at once. You can proceed process by process and measure the ROI at every step.