Amplon is Hoshin Kanri software for strategy execution

Amplon comes with a digital X matrix that helps you visualize your strategy and connect your project portfolio and KPIs together. Amplon is Hoshin Kanri (or Policy Deployment) software, a strategy deployment method used by many successful organizations like Toyota, CAT, HP, Bridgestone, Tesla, and Bank of America.

How is your hoshin kanri implementation? Do you need more than the Excel can provide?

Amplon is a cloud-based hoshin kanri software that overcomes the limitations of Excel.  With Amplon, you can share information among the employees. The information is no longer the privilege of management  –  strategy is what people do.

Amplon strategy execution software connecting strategy with actions and KPIs, providing a real-time overview for fact-based decision-making.

Hoshin Kanri software offers much more than Excel

Amplon interactive X matrix software providing a clear and easy-to-understand visualization of the X matrix

Some of our clients

Amplon's customer ABB Logo

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

Team using Amplon software and the digital X matrix, providing a comprehensive overview of the strategy for all members. Amplon is a Hoshin Kanri software.

Make the big picture of your strategy clear to everyone

Through unique visuals, Amplon provides effective strategic planning and straightforward prioritization at each organizational level.

"Amplon helped us to deploy our strategic plans effectively."

Align teams toward common goals

With Amplon, objectives are effectively cascaded down and coordinated easily across the units.

"We don't need to play around with Excel templates anymore. Amplon makes it quick and adds much more value to strategy implementation."

Team using Hoshin Kanri Amplon software to align actions and teams toward common goals, ensuring focused execution.
Project Management Office (PMO) using Amplon to manage project portfolios, linking strategic objectives to projects

Manage your project portfolio

You can manage your project portfolio and link strategic objectives to projects.

"With Amplon, it was easy to prioritize the most important objectives and projects in a changing business environment."

A transparent strategy brings proven results

Amplon enables a new level of transparency for employees.

"Your solution is light-year ahead of what international management consultants can offer."

Remote worker using Amplon's X-matrix software and enjoying full transparency.

Amplon is hoshin kanri software - fast strategic planning and efficient execution

You can read more here if you are not yet familiar with Hoshin Kanri.

Hoshin Kanri is a Lean-originated strategy deployment method that is used by many industry-leading companies.

Many companies that are using the Hoshin Kanri method are deploying it with Excel, which is not the optimal solution. Excel has many limitations: lack of transparency among employees, it does not support agility, and the consolidation of information takes a lot of resources – to name a few.

Why do customers appreciate Amplon software?

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Easy to use

Amplon’s intuitive user experience helps in quick strategy execution process deployment.

Hoshin kanri software increases transparency

Transparent

Get an overview of the project status in an easy-to-read dashboard enabling quick decisions.

Collaboration is easy with digital hoshin kanri software.

Collaborative

Simple way to align objectives across an organization. Effective coordination of common projects.

Amplon is cloud-based hoshin kanri software that ensures real-time data is available for fact-based decision-making.

Web-based

Our cloud-based application is accessible with any device, anywhere, at any time.

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Kimmo Kallioniemi, CEO Amplon

”When I was a business leader to multinational corporations, I struggled to implement strategies and got frustrated playing around with Excels. Decided to solve this problem, and Amplon, the hoshin kanri software, was born.”

“With Amplon, I want to ensure organizations will have a new level of transparency – Strategy is what people do.

Amplon stands for simplicity and easiness of use. I want you to focus on the content rather than the software tool.

We co-develop Amplon with our customers – last year, over 20 great ideas were implemented.”

Kimmo Kallioniemi, Founder and CEO Amplon

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