Lean Hot Links

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The following links will lead you to further information and resources for lean and world class manufacturing.  Contact us at info@hpmconsortium.com to submit additional links of benefit to Canadian manufacturers.

Learning Lean Enterprise Institute Led by Jim Womack, internationally known leader in Lean manufacturing.  The 'Community' section is particularly helpful with documents in the 'Lean Thinkers Corner' and 'Library & Archives'. MoreSteam University MoreSteam online university provides web-based Six Sigma training as a more flexible and affordable alternative to traditional classroom training methods. Lean Enterprise Research Centre Part of Cardiff Business School, the LERC is Europe's leading authority on Lean Thinking.  Co-founded by Professor Daniel. T. Jones, co-author of "Lean Thinking" with Jim Womack. Information Superfactory a must-visit potpourri of manufacturing resources and information Advanced Manufacturing A Canadian resource of Lean and Advanced Manufacturing initiatives. Boeing Whether you are large or small there will be nuggets aplenty on this site.  Just enter ‘Lean’ and hit ‘Search’. Lockheed Martin LM spends a lot of time helping their suppliers win be they small or large.  Look at the Lean data at your fingertips by entering ‘Lean’ and hitting ‘Search’ Manufacturing Sites.com Buyers source for manufacturing services, engineered and made to order tomponents using free sourcing and analysis tools.  Suppliers gain access to sales opportunities that match their expertise, equipment and capacity. The 9000 Store Resources for ISO participants. Praxiom Research Group ISO 9000:2000 translated into plain english. NW Lean An outstanding exchange forum for practitioners. Organizations & Associations Canadian Manufacturers & Exporters National association of Canadian manufacturers & exporters, with branches in each province.  Actively involved in developing consortium groups of companies across the country. Association for Manufacturing Excellence US-based association for manufacturers and service providers.   Run annual international conferences focused on lean and manufacturing excellence. Society of Manufacturing Engineers The monthly newsletter published by SME includes articles on a wide variety of Lean Concepts, with emphasis on training, implementation and company experiences. APICS Educational Society for Resource Management is dedicated to using education in business to improve the bottom line.  Site contains information, articles, books, buyers guide, conferences, training, etc.  Some locations for members only. National Center for Manufacturing Sciences US-based National Center for Manufacturing Sciences, authors of Achieving Enterprise Excellence benchmarking system. Shingo Prize Access to Shingo Prize homepage, guidelines, past recipients. Lean Enterprise Academy Comprehensive resource site for a range of “Memory Joggers” and much more Resources OCAPT Business Books Canada's leading source of Lean and business books. GOAL/QPC Comprehensive resource site for a range of “Memory Joggers” and much more Industry Week Start in some of the 'Best Plants' section, which provides data on the best practices (many of which are Lean) of the top manufacturers in North America.