Dylan Hoback
Accu-Tube
My Praxie analytics software transformed our operations, enabling data-driven decisions and streamlining our manufacturing process.
You walked the floor. The notes are still in your pocket.
Replace notebooks and photos on your phone with AI that turns what you saw on the walk into assigned actions — routed, tracked and closed before the next walk.
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AI gemba walk managerfor plant and operations leaders
Customer Success Stories
Dylan Hoback
Accu-Tube
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Environmental Pest Management
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Scott Russell
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I would heartily recommend the Praxie team to any organization seeking to seriously undertake a lasting and successful innovation process.
Mike Bainbridge
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Jeff Piotrowicz
ChemLink
With Praxie we've created a way to report on complex projects that gives management full visibility. Executives have visibility to projects, assignments, and more at their fingertips.
Maureen Thompson
American Nurses Association
Our Praxie App makes it easy to track progress on strategic objectives across the organization and includes an executive-level dashboard with real-time reports to the board on key initiatives.
Tom Anderson
Springfield Armory
Praxie is used every day to track and analyze every aspect of production, quality, safety, and more. We improved quality by 10%.
Peggie Pelosi
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Almost overnight, Praxie created a customized solution for our 100 member organizations across Canada to drive strategy and innovation.
Kate Merton
Anthem
Praxie's innovation solution stood out from other options because it can be customized so quickly to fit our exact process requirements. Plus, it is incredibly easy to use and manage.
You see it every walk. It is there every walk.
Going to the gemba was the easy part. Turning what you saw into something that changes is the job.
“What came out of the walks this quarter?”
“Nobody told me that was an action.”
A notebook, forty photos, and the same observation three walks running.
You do not need to walk more. You need what you saw to become an action — before you walk again.
If you walk the floor
Is this your walk?
Most plant and operations leaders recognise at least four of these. If you recognise six, the rest of this page is written for you.
- Observations live in a notebook and go no further.
- The same issue is noted walk after walk.
- Photos pile up on a phone with no context.
- Actions are assigned verbally and forgotten.
- Nobody can show what walks have actually changed.
- Different leaders look for different things.
- Follow-up happens only if you remember to ask.
- “Did that get sorted?” is answered by looking again.
None of this is an observation problem. It is a closure problem.
Is this you?
Worked example — multi-area manufacturing siteWalk notes used to stop at the notebook.
Walks↓Minutesfrom observation to an assigned action
Several leaders, several areas, and observations captured on paper and phones.
Because each walk produced its own private record, repeat issues were invisible and follow-up depended entirely on whether the person who saw it remembered to chase it.
With AI-powered gemba walks observations become assigned, dated actions as they are captured, and recurring findings across areas and leaders surface as patterns rather than coincidence.
Monday, 7am
What you come back from the walk with
Today
A notebook and good intentions.
- Observations captured privately
- Repeat issues invisible
- Actions assigned verbally
- Follow-up only if you remember
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With Praxie
Actions already moving.
- Observations become dated actions
- Recurring findings surfaced as patterns
- Owners notified automatically
- Closure visible before the next walk
Key ROI Elements
50%
Faster Walk Documentation
Less time turning observations into usable records.
30%
Faster Issue Closure
Action owners and due dates drive accountability.
25%
More Actions Completed
Follow-through improves with reminders and visibility.
20%
Lower Operational Risk
Safety, quality, and process issues are surfaced sooner.
Better
Trend Visibility
Recurring waste and process gaps become easier to spot.
Stronger
Lean Culture
Managers and teams share one system for improvement.
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What did you notice on your last walk that never got fixed?
Now select a day and time below.
Why Walk Notes Stay in the Notebook
Paper Forms &
Spreadsheets
- Manual observation capture
- Photos and notes scattered
- Slow action follow-up
- Limited visibility across sites
- Hard to identify recurring issues
Generic Audit /
Checklist Apps
- Basic mobile checklists
- Good for simple compliance
- Limited operational context
- Weak improvement workflows
- Often disconnected from KPIs
Lean / CI
Point Tools
- Supports standard work
- Useful for kaizen tracking
- Can be siloed by function
- Limited AI summarization
- Manual reporting effort
Point
AI Tools
- Helpful for summarizing notes
- Can identify isolated patterns
- Requires tool stitching
- Less field-ready workflow
- Limited closed-loop control
★ BEST FIT
Praxie
AI-Powered Gemba
- Mobile Gemba Walk workspace
- AI summaries, risks & insights
- Photo, note, task & KPI context
- Automated action tracking
- Continuous improvement dashboards
Mobile observation capture
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Why Praxie
Stands Out
Stands Out
Turns every walk into structured improvement data
Uses AI to summarize findings and recommend actions
Connects observations, tasks, KPIs, and workflows
Deploys faster than heavy enterprise systems
Questions Plant Leaders Ask Us First
The objections we hear in the first 20 minutes — answered plainly.
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How does AI improve a Gemba walk without replacing human judgment?
Answer: AI supports leaders and frontline teams by organizing observations, surfacing patterns, and recommending follow-up actions. People still decide what matters, but the system makes it easier to see recurring issues, missed standards, safety risks, and improvement opportunities.
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Can this help standardize Gemba walks across different shifts, lines, or sites?
Answer: Yes. AI-powered Gemba walk management gives teams consistent checklists, prompts, scoring, photo capture, and follow-up workflows while still allowing each area to tailor questions to its process, equipment, and operating priorities.
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What happens to observations after the walk is completed?
Answer: Observations are automatically organized into actions, owners, due dates, risks, and improvement themes. The AI can summarize notes, identify similar issues from past walks, and help turn findings into corrective actions, Kaizen ideas, safety tasks, or escalation items.
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Will this reduce manual follow-up and lost action items?
Answer: Yes. Instead of relying on handwritten notes, spreadsheets, or memory, the system tracks open actions, sends reminders, highlights overdue items, and gives managers visibility into what was found, what changed, and what still needs attention.
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Is this better than paper checklists, spreadsheets, or basic audit tools?
Answer: Yes. Traditional tools capture information, but they rarely connect observations to trends, root causes, accountability, and continuous improvement. AI-powered Gemba walk management keeps the process live, searchable, actionable, and tied to performance outcomes.
Bottom line: AI-powered Gemba walk management helps teams capture better observations, close the loop faster, and turn daily walks into measurable continuous improvement.
What would you fix first, if the walk assigned it for you?
Send us the notes from your last gemba walk. We’ll show you what Praxie would do with them — your observations, your areas, your owners.
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