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Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME)
AME is a not-for-profit organization founded in 1985. AME provides to its members an
educational opportunity to learn leading-edge techniques and a forum whereby members stay
abreast of new and developing management and operational techniques.
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Lean
Enterprise Institute (LEI)
LEI's global mission is to be the leading educators for society in maximizing value and
minimizing waste. To accomplish this goal, LEI develops and advances lean principles,
tools, and techniques designed to enable positive change. |
Lean Enterprise Research Centre
The Lean Enterprise Research Centre (LERC) was formed in 1994, bringing together the
benchmarking and lean production work of Daniel Jones (together with James Womack of MIT)
and the work on supplier development and materials management of Peter Hines. |
Lean On-Line
Glossary of Terms
This on-line resource provides a list of lean manufacturing related terms and definitions. |
Shingo Prize for Excellence in
Manufacturing
The Shingo Prize recognizes companies that excel in productivity and process improvement,
quality enhancement, and customer satisfaction. It is administrated by Utah State
University College of Business. |
The Lean University
The Lean University was founded to provide your company with personal coaching for the
implementation of lean manufacturing along with on-line e-classes covering the lean
concepts and tools (visual factory, error proofing, quick changeover, etc.) and
implementation aids. The knowledge and understanding of lean manufacturing provided at
Lean University will allow you to cut manufacturing lead time, improve throughput with
increased equipment availability and part quality, reduce operating costs, improve
production control and increase your responsiveness to customer needs. |
CORPALIGN
Australian Software developed to manage and trace Goal Alignment . This Software has been
adopted by a number of Global Multinationals. |
| VATIVE Vative have
an eye for innovation and develop Lean Processes, Products and Services that will provide
innovative solutions to help keep you ahead of your competitors.
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Bringing Out the Best in People - by Aubrey C. Daniels
5S for Operators: 5 Pillars
of the Visual Workplace -
by Hiroyuki Hirano
Lean Thinking: Banish Waste
and Create Wealth in Your Corporation - by J.Womack & D.Jones
Learning to See
- by Mike Rother and John Shook
The Machine That Changed the World J.Womack & D.Jones, and Daniel Roos
Poka-Yoke: Improving Product
Quality by Preventing Defects - by NKS/Factory Magazine
The Visual Factory: Building
Participation Through Shared Information - by Michel Grief
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