Lean intelligence for small and mid-size manufacturers

Find it. See the flow. Spread what works.

Yokoten IQ shows owners and plant leaders where every job sits, where work waits, and what that waiting costs. Then it proves which fixes pay off, in dollars.

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Flow · This week Example data
3.8 daysAvg lead time
42Jobs in WIP
$4,180Cost of waiting
Cut5 jobs
Weld8 jobs
Paint17 jobs
Assembly7 jobs
Ship5 jobs
On flow Waiting Bottleneck
Paint is holding 40% of WIP. Illustrative sample, not customer data.

The problem

Your shop knows it can run better. It can't see where.

Most small and mid-size plants run on whiteboards, gut feel and walking the floor. The costliest losses are the ones nobody can see.

Work sits and waits

Jobs pile up in front of one station while others starve. Without a live view, the bottleneck moves and nobody notices until a ship date slips.

Time lost looking

Carts, fixtures, tools and half-finished jobs go missing. Every search is paid labor that adds no value.

Wins that don't stick

Good ideas get tried, but nobody can prove what they were worth. So they fade, and the next shift goes back to the old way.

How it works

Understand. Improve. Prove. Spread. Sustain.

Yokoten IQ follows the lean cycle. It measures your business against its own baseline, so it works whether you run one line or ten.

  1. Understand

    See how work actually flows: WIP, waits, bottlenecks, lead time and cost.

  2. Improve

    Find the biggest, most expensive problem and try a fix.

  3. Prove

    Compare before and after against your own baseline, in dollars.

  4. Spread

    Make the proven fix the standard way of working across the business.

  5. Sustain

    Keep monitoring so the gain holds, then move to the next problem.

The product

YokotenIQ

One dashboard for owners and upper management, built on small tags that stay out of sight and out of the way of production.

Find

Locate jobs, carts, fixtures and tools on the floor.

  • Last known location
  • Time since last move
  • Less time spent searching

Flow

See where work is in the process and where it waits.

  • WIP by station
  • Wait times and idle assets
  • Bottlenecks and lead time

Insights

Turn flow data into dollars leadership can act on.

  • Cost of waiting and waste
  • Before and after improvement log
  • Monthly reports, every formula shown

About Yokoten Systems

Make every proven win the new standard.

Every business has ideas for getting better. Few can prove which ones actually work, and fewer make those wins stick. Yokoten Systems gives you a clear view of how your work and products really flow, where time and money are lost, and what each improvement is worth. Once a change is proven, it becomes the standard across your business, shift after shift, year after year. We're starting on the manufacturing floor. The idea works anywhere.

Get in touch

See Yokoten IQ on a shop like yours.

Tell us a bit about your operation and we'll set up a walkthrough.