Peakboard: The key role in Lean 4.0
Read this blog post to find out how Peakboard is revolutionizing lean management, from the very beginning to the integration of digitization. Discover how you can optimize the flow of information and increase efficiency with Peakboard.
06.06.2024
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3 min read

- Lean 4.0 combines classic lean management with digital, real-time transparency.
- Making waste visible is the first step to removing it.
- With Peakboard you build lean applications yourself – without programming.
- Continuous improvement becomes data-based instead of gut-feeling-driven.
Why lean management?
Lean management has established itself as an indispensable methodology for companies that strive for efficiency and continuous improvement. This is where Lean 4.0 comes into play, which enables seamless integration of digital technologies and data into the lean approach.
The steps to Lean 4.0
- Lean — first steps: In the beginning, Lean is often seen as a toolbox for selective improvements.
- Value stream perspective: Development continues for a holistic view across the value chain.
- Employee perspective: Lean is not only understood as a method, but as a culture.
- Digital lean: Digitalization opens up new horizons. Digital solutions complement proven lean principles.
- Lean 4.0: The highest level of development — Lean 4.0. Here, product and information flows are seamlessly integrated.

How do you optimize your lean management with Peakboard?
With Peakboard, you create value for the future by improving data exchange in production and logistics and making processes more efficient. Peakboard enables real-time data to be visualized, which enables a transparent presentation of processes and KPIs. Weak points can be identified and remedied quickly. Companies can use the platform to digitally expand proven lean principles and thus increase their efficiency.
Build your own applications
Feel free to watch this Example of a lean management dashboard to get inspiration to optimize your production. With Peakboard, however, you don’t just create dashboards for your production halls. Regardless of whether in lean logistics, in the lean office, lean leadership, or in Shop Floor Management — Peakboard allows access to various data sources. This makes it easier to implement digital lean management and contributes to the optimization of processes – for example via an Andon board or visual operator control. And the best thing about it: Thanks to our user-friendly low-code features, you can create your applications quickly and easily — without any programming knowledge!
Frequently asked questions about Lean 4.0
What is Lean 4.0?
Lean 4.0 is the evolution of classic lean management with digital tools: real-time data and visualization make waste immediately visible.
How does Peakboard support lean management?
Peakboard connects machines and systems and shows lean metrics in real time – without programming, so teams build and adapt applications themselves.
Why is digitalization worthwhile in lean management?
Because continuous improvement needs reliable data. Digital transparency replaces gut feeling with facts and speeds up decisions.







