Brian's Lean Docs is the full catalog from Brian Sheard: ready-to-use Lean templates and DMAIC documents, statistical process control workbooks, and working software for OEE monitoring, manufacturing ERP, MES, and simple CAD. Written from 25 years in manufacturing and vacuum coating — not theory.
Filter by what you need — working documents for a Lean project, or live software for the floor. 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.
Live production monitoring for the floor: count vs. target and OEE on a screen everyone can see, in three display formats.
A manufacturing ERP sized for real shops — orders, inventory, and plant operations without enterprise bloat or enterprise pricing.
A working manufacturing execution system: a live production board, work orders that post stock, downtime Pareto, quality checks, materials alerts, and shift handoff reports.
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.
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.
Four working tools, each with a 1-week free trial — no per-seat math, no quote process. ERP Solutions, ForgeMES, and CAD Made Easy are each a flat $39.99/month; FloorSight is priced by display format at $35.99–$39.95/month. FloorSight watches production and OEE, ERP Solutions runs the business side, ForgeMES runs the floor, and CAD Made Easy handles the drawings.
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 tiers at the same $39.99/month, so a growing shop upgrades features, not 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.
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.
Yes — FloorSight, ERP Solutions, ForgeMES, and CAD Made Easy each come with a 1-week free trial before the monthly price starts.
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 has three display tiers: Touch $39.95/month, HD $35.99/month, and LED $39.95/month, each with a 1-week free trial.