Amplon is an AI-assisted Hoshin Kanri software with an interactive X matrix and integrated project and performance management.
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Hoshin Kanri, Policy deployment, Hoshin planning or Strategy deployment – you name it. All this can be done with Excel, but it is not the best practice.
With Amplon you turn your data into real-time information.
We’ve been using the Amplon X-matrix tool for our 500-person organization over the past two years. It has significantly enhanced clarity. Now, we have an easily accessible clear view for everyone of our long-term goals, annual objectives, and development topics both at the organizational level and within each activity.
While we’ve only scratched the surface of its functionality and potential, the tool’s intuitive interface, speed, and ease of use have been impressive. One of its standout features is the natural periodic check-ins it encourages, prompting our management team to engage in thorough discussions regularly.
Moreover, the Amplon team’s responsiveness and support have been outstanding. Overall, Amplon X-matrix has been an invaluable asset for our organization.
Ari Hyvärinen,
ABB Drives Oy
With an interactive X matrix, your strategic planning is fast and intuitive.
Clickable X matrix is easy to understand, and you make the strategy clear to everyone.
All the data in the X matrix is stored in the database and is used in progress and performance management.
The catchball process is supported with a visual alignment builder.
Cascading objectives is easy, and you can ensure a common direction.
You can follow how different departments and teams contribute to overall goals.
Manage your project portfolio and link projects to strategic objectives.
Connect your A3s with projects and enjoy the transparency.
Real-time dashboards and bowler charts enable quick and informed decisions.
You can consolidate the progress of your strategic initiatives to accomplish your strategy.
AI coach helps you 24/7 to improve the quality of your strategic plans.
Amplon is the first AI-assisted Hoshin Kanri software that allows you to integrate the best practices into your organization without an expensive consultant.
The interactive X matrix simplifies strategic planning and prioritization. The Hoshin planning matrix helps teams execute a focused and goal-oriented strategy year-round.
Best practice project charters and project management tools elevate team maturity. Integrated progress follow-ups keep your strategy up-to-date and transparent.
Align objectives effortlessly, making it 100% clear how each person's work contributes to overall goals. Easily share common initiatives across the organization.
Effective strategy execution requires clear communication, prioritization, and continuous monitoring. Key tips include setting measurable goals, ensuring leadership commitment, fostering cross-functional collaboration, and maintaining flexibility to adapt to changes. Implementing these practices can significantly enhance the success of your strategic initiatives.
Hoshin Kanri is a strategic planning method that aligns an organization’s long-term vision with its daily operations, ensuring continuous improvement and clear communication across all levels. By focusing on setting and achieving breakthrough objectives, Hoshin Kanri helps organizations stay on track toward their strategic goals.
Structural barriers like misaligned company culture and unclear decision rights can derail strategy implementation. Overcoming these challenges is essential for translating strategic goals into actionable outcomes and ensuring successful execution.
Hoshin Kanri software, like Amplon, revolutionizes strategic planning by using a digital X matrix to align organizational goals with vision and mission, ensuring transparency and collaboration. This approach offers real-time data updates and intuitive interfaces, making the strategic process more agile and efficient than traditional Excel tools.
In strategy work and communication, terms such as vision, aspiration, goal, objective, and target are often misunderstood. This blog is the glossary of key strategy terminology.
The “Ultimate Hoshin Kanri X Matrix Guide” provides an in-depth exploration of the X Matrix as a critical tool for strategic planning and execution. This guide details how the X Matrix aligns organizational objectives, improvement projects, and KPIs to ensure cohesive strategy deployment across all levels. With a focus on clarity and alignment, the X Matrix simplifies complex strategic processes into a single, visually engaging framework.
So, what is Hoshin Kanri?
Hoshin Kanri is one of the methods that is often associated with Lean thinking and Lean principles. Hoshin Kanri is a Japanese term meaning “direction management”. So, in other words, Hoshin Kanri is a strategic planning and deployment framework.
There are many different ways to make your strategic planning and manage the execution. The strategy implementation starts with selecting and designing your management system – the strategy deployment method. Hoshin Kanri method (sometimes called Policy deployment or strategy deployment) is one of them. To successfully implement your strategy, you need to choose the best strategy deployment method for you, and the most used are Hoshin Kanri, OKR, and the balanced scorecard. This table will guide you through selecting the suitable strategy deployment method. Hoshin Kanri is best suited for organizations with multiple departments or businesses that benefit from solid alignment toward common goals.
You can read more about strategy implementation and Lean-originated Hoshin Kanri from this blog collection.
Amplon software is designed to leverage the best aspects of the Hoshin Kanri strategy execution method. As a result, Amplon is essentially Hoshin Kanri software. However, what sets Amplon apart is its flexibility. While it fully supports the Hoshin Kanri processes, it also allows you to adapt them to your specific needs. Amplon empowers your teams to visually prioritize objectives and actions, ensuring everyone remains focused on achieving common goals.
What unites Toyota Way, Danaher Business System, and GE’s Flightdeck?
These companies have branded the Hoshin Kanri method as their management system.
