Step 4 · 4 min read

Toolkit & Shadowing

Two tabs earn the iOS app its keep. Toolkit hosts the 34 tools and the Lean Six Sigma Calculator scratchpad; Shadowing is the iOS-first surface for capturing observations as you walk the process. Both work offline.

About 4 minutes

At a glance

What you'll use each one for.

Toolkit hub

Browse, open, and start tool runs. Every run is included in the reports and the executive summary until you switch it off.

Lean Six Sigma Calculator

Twelve-mode scratchpad — capability, DPMO, PCE, RTY, business days, ARL and more. Pinned at the top of Toolkit; nothing here is saved.

Shadowing

Live capture in the field, then promote findings into VSM, SIPOC, Fishbone, FMEA.

Toolkit on iOS

Phase A — open + create + delete.

9:41Toolkit🔍 Search toolsPROJECTDecrease line-3 scrap rate ▾⚒Six Sigma Toolkit34 tools ready · grid + search▦ Grid☰ List∑CalculatorsCapability · DPMO · PCE · RTY · ARL · 12 modes›DEFINE · 4 TOOLS◧Charter1 run ›◧CTQ Tree3 runs ›◧VOCStart a run ›◧KanoCOMINGMEASURE · 4 TOOLS ▾Process map · SIPOC · VSM · Cp/CpkOverviewProjectsToolkitShadowingSettings
Figure 1The Toolkit hub on iOS — search, hero with Grid/List toggle, Calculator, phase-grouped tools.

What works on iOS today

  • List every run of every tool in your project — see LIVE state and pinned runs.
  • Create a new run by tapping a tool tile and filling the first form.
  • Delete runs you no longer need.

Web-only during the pilot

  • Editing nested data inside a run — dragging items inside a CTQ Tree, tuning weights inside FMEA.
  • Bulk imports — e.g. attaching an Excel sheet of measurements to a Capability run.

Shadowing

Capture as you walk.

9:41ShadowingPROJECTDecrease line-3 scrap rate ▾◐Field observationCapture cycle times, waits, and actors as youwalk the process. Sessions promote into VSM,SIPOC, Fishbone, FMEA — no re-keying.RECENT SESSIONS · 3⌗Sealing station — morning shift24 observations · 38m · VA 62%2 flags›⌗Inbound material check18 observations · 27m · VA 48%1 flag›⌗Outbound packaging31 observations · 52m · VA 71%›+ New sessionOverviewProjectsToolkitShadowingSettings
Figure 2The Shadowing tab — project picker, field-observation hero, recent sessions, prominent New session.

The Shadowing tab is iOS-first. Open it on the shop floor, in a hospital corridor, or at the counter, and start logging timestamped observations as they happen.

What a session captures

  • Steps + durations — every process step with an auto-running timer.
  • Actor — who's performing the step (operator name or role).
  • Value classification — Value-added / Essential non-value-added / Non-value-added.
  • Waits / blocks — interruptions and queue time. Promote into a VSM.
  • VOC quotes — direct customer or operator quotes captured verbatim.
  • Photos + flags — annotated snaps; follow-up flags for deeper investigation.

Live capture

Running session — work timer + end-step button.

Tap + New session on the Shadowing hub and the live-capture sheet opens. The screen shows a running timer, fields for Step name, Actor, and Value classification (3-way picker), a Quick note field for any flag, and three big buttons:

  • End step + start next — closes the current step and starts the timer for the next one.
  • Wait / blocked — pauses the value timer and accumulates wait time separately.
  • End session — closes the session; jumps to the Observations and Promote tabs.

Promote at the end

The Promote tab on the session sheet asks where the findings should go. One tap promotes steps → VSM or Process map, quotes → VOC list, and any flagged photos → FMEA register. No re-keying.

Round trip

From the floor to the report.

  1. Open Shadowing on the line. Capture 30 minutes of observations.
  2. Finish + promote → VSM + 4 VOC entries land on the project.
  3. Open Toolkit → Process Map. The promoted steps are pre-populated.
  4. Switch to web at your desk to fine-tune the analysis — the run is already in the Full report unless you switch it off.
  5. Download the PDF and send it (covered in the last chapter).