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Lean

• agile2000.com (To unlock productivity for the 21st century) 
• Airline Hydraulics [Mid-Atlantic regional supplier of lean work cells]
• Alliance Automation Systems (Builder of fully-automated and lean-flexible manufacturing systems for numerous industries all over the world)
• American Software (Flow-based manufacturing software)
• Anitech Consulting Services (Provides Lean Manufacturing and Lean/Flow Enterprise Training and Implementation)
• Argo Consulting - Lean [Lean Manufacturing & Lean Office Consulting]
• Basic Lean Inc. [Offers consulting services for lean conversions]
• Bullis Lean Manufacturing [Helps the manufacturing community in the implementation of lean system activities]
• Business Basics, LLC [Here you will find proactive solutions that "bullet-proof" your continuous improvements]
• The Center for Lean Business Management (CLBM) (The CLBM is a forum for dialogue and intellectual leadership in all facets lean production and a training and educational resource in support of lean business activities ) 
• CFL Lab Group (Conducts research in combustion science fire safety and lean manufacturing)
• Changeover.com (Dedicated to helping you minimize changeover time) 
• CIM Vision [A market leader in e-commerce supply chain execution solutions for manufacturing companies with market leading ERP systems]
• Consulting and Training Services [Organizational development and process improvement specialists catering to the unique needs of businesses employing fewer than 1500 associates. Areas of specialization include lean processes, hr issues,
  and leadership development]
• Continuous Improvement Consultancy [Successfully introducing the principles of kaizen, a method of continuous improvement, the foundation of just in time inventory management, to companies throughout the United States and Europe]
• Contract Manufacturing Advisor [Your source for contract manufacturing resources and information]
• Coyote Solutions [Provides a variety of services designed to reduce cost and increase revenue]
• Cre8tive Training Solutions (Provides employee training in team building, leadership skills, project management, lean manufacturing, and more)
• Delta Dynamics [Provides information about lean manufacturing specifically for job shops and order driven businesses, as well as tools and methods for reducing lead time and improving performance and profitabilit]
• Deltapoint: Management Consulting in Manufacturing and Service
• Dynamic Solutions [Consultants in Lean Manufacturing and Continuous Improvement]
• Ecotrac.com [Web-based powerful business management tool that maps and tracks, in detail, the Value Chains for a company's products]
• Electronic Kanban Systems [A suite of application that provides Demand Chain Executions systems for integrating Customers, Plants and Suppliers]
• EMS Consulting Group, Inc [Lean Manufacturing and Design, Six Sigma, and New Product Introduction consulting and training services]
• Envistion [A small independent consultancy which provides a top class management consultancy service for manufacturing industry, via a select network of experienced manufacturing consultants]
• Factory Logic [Software designed for lean manufacturing and supply chain execution]
• Factoryware [FactoryPulse hardware and software system enhances productivity and help with lean manufacturing initiatives. Focus on OEE and downtime reduction]
• Flow Alliance [An association of flow and lean manufacturing professionals, trainers, industrial engineers and application developers, delivering tools and services for Flow/Lean clients]
• Flow Center, The [A dedicated source of information, products, and services for Flow and Lean Manufacturing environments]
• FlowCycle, Inc [a Dallas-based consulting firm that utilizes its proprietary execution methodologies to guide businesses to achieve a Waste-Less Enterprise by first changing culture]
• Flow Manufacturing Report [Publication of flow-based manufacturing]
• FPC of Palm Beach [An independent company in a Nationwide Network of highly respected executive search firms in the United States specializing in Lean Manufacturing and 6 sigma]
• Futuristic Manufacturing Operations [Giving you insights to help your Operations Improvement programme]
• Gemba Research [Providing information and support to companies pursuing kaizen and lean manufacturing]
• Hart Innovative Solutions [Lean Innovations for business & manufacturing increase throughput - reduce inventory & operating expense]
• High Performance Manufacturing [Assisting Canadian manufacturers in finding the tools, people and resources they need to improve their manufacturing performance]
• IMET The International Manufacturing and Engineering Technology Congress
• Improve (Eliminate material retention from your manufacturing processes!) 
• International Society for Systems Improvement (Facilitating the dissemination of ideas and research results among those interested in the improvement of systems
• The Industrial Technology Institute (Now known as the Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center)
• Industrial Sourcebook (A wealth of information on industry)
• Invert-a-bolt [Need a lean manufacturing tooling components solution? Reduce setup time 1000%]
• JMA Consultants of America [Just in time quality management lean manufacturing consultants. Strategic manufacturing plans and supply chain inventory management solution using Kaizen principles and lean manufacturing consultant]
• John Costanza Institute of Technology (Flow-based training)
• John Grout's Mistake-Proofing Center [Resources for effective mistake-proofing]
• Kanban (In Spanish?) 
• Kanban control (How to control a lean manufacturing system) 
• Kanban Software [Kanban Calculator Software what assists manufacturers in implementing Kanban and Lean Manufacturing techniques.  Software download is available]
• KATA (Kata Corporation assists their clients by offering a wide variety of world-class manufacturing training courses)
• Kiran Consulting Group (The Analysis and Design of New Manufacturing Cells and A Kanban System ) 
• KLG Manufacturing Consulting [Provides consulting services in the areas of lean manufacturing, project management, maintenance, and others]
• Lean Advisors Inc [Lean Training and Implementation throughout North America. Onsite and Online training]
• Lean Aerospace Initiative (Has public and private areas)
• Lean Assembly Line Solutions [Modular assembly conveyors that support Lean Manufacturing]
• Lean Behaviors [Business Productivity Consultants]
• Lean Culture Consulting [As partners in your Lean journey, our consultants will bring your organization our knowledge of processes, facilitation and training]
• Lean Enterprise Institute (This used to be the only place to get "Learning to See", also Womack is the President)
• Lean Enterprise Training (20 years implementing the Lean Manufacturing Techniques) 
• Leanhelp.com [This site was created by the nonprofit Scanlon Leadership Network to help you find tools in your journey to "Lean"]
• Lean Learning Center [Dedicated to developing leaders fro lean transformation]
• Lean Links [The Best Lean Resources on the Internet --Well, maybe the second best --behind us! You visit, and you be the judge!]
• Lean Management Whiteboard Systems [Over 2300 printed magnetic, dry-erase steel whiteboard systems to organize, plan, schedule, track, scoreboard and manage Lean production]
• Lean Manufacturing (implements lean manufacturing solutions)
• Lean Manufacturing Consultants - Rockford Consulting Group [Offering state-of-the-art technologies and methods to companies world-wide]
• Lean Manufacturing for Job Shops [Provides information and educational materials on lean manufacturing for job shops and similar order-driven businesses]
• Lean Manufacturing Solutions Inc. [Offering LEAN Manufacturing expertise and techniques for improved productivity and quality to the North American manufacturing sector]
• Lean Manufacturing Training Material [training material to help trainers train their staff in principles of Lean Manufacturing]
• Lean Masters Consulting Group (Working with manufacturing companies to custom design lean manufacturing systems)
• Lean Plus [A leader in providing lean manufacturing services]
• Lean Productivity Solutions [Offer key services pertaining to the development of the Ultimate Lean Facility and Optimal Supply Chain]
• Lean Street [Lean Manufacturing Consultants providing the means to implement leading edge business strategies] 
• Lean Techniques (Creating World Class results for companies using rapid approaches that minimize expenses) 
• Lean University [Provides tutorials on lean manufacturing topics and offers free e-mail discussions for implementation assistance]
• Learning and Productivity [Lean resources for Australian and New Zealand manufacturers]
• Manufacturing Engineering, Inc. (Provides solutions to profitability, cycle time, and customer service through the implementation of Lean Manufacturing, systems, and process technology)
• Maya Productivity Plus [Lean Manufacturing Consultants]
• Manufacturing Management & Technology Institute (MMTI) (Provides publications, courses, and consulting to support lean production implementation)
• Material Handling Consultants [An industrial engineering oriented firm that specializes in the planning, design, and implementation of integrated systems]
• Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC) [Quality, Lean Manufacturing, Costing]
• National Center for Manufacturing Sciences
• National Technological University (NTU)
• Northwest Lean Manufacturing Network [A means through which knowledge and practices with respect to World Class/Lean Manufacturing can be shared for mutual benefit]
• Outperforming Kanban in Lean Manufacturing (Presents new manufacturing control policies that meet service requirements at lower inventories than kanban)
• Peak Manufacturing Consulting [Specializes in improving supply chain and manufacturing operations]
• Pelion Systems Inc [The leading provider of Lean Flow Manufacturing Supply Chain Execution software]
• Prelude Group Inc (Lean Manufacturing Training)
• Production System Design Laboratory (Research, design and implementation of lean manufacturing systems)
• Productivity Partners [Education and consulting firm specializing in Constraint Management] 
• Productivity Inc [Books, Publications, Software]
• Project Management the TOC Way (Project Management the TOC Way)
• PROMODEL (Kanban and JIT) 
• QCI International [A full-service consulting, training and publishing firm offering TQM products and services, including Lean operations]
• R. Michael Donovan & Co [an international management consulting and education firm that provides manufacturers with business performance improvement services on a focused, enterprise-wide, or entire supply chain basis]
• Rockford Consulting Group [Offering state-of-the-art technologies and services world-wide]
• Rutherford Associates Incorporated [Lean Manufacturing Implementation Consultants]
• Savage Sales Single Point/Press Type Welder (Used with a variety of low volume production parts that require quick changeover) 
• Simpler Consulting, Inc. (Offers consulting and training services that facilitate successful Lean Conversions, with a background in manufacturing operations)
• Six Sigma Qualtec (a premier provider of training and implementation services that drive Financially Measurable Results)
• Strategos Lean Manufacturing [Streamline your manufacturing processes with Information, Training & Consulting for Lean Manufacturers and other business operations]
• Superfactory (Building a virtual global manufacturing environment to drive excellence worldwide)
• Tecknow Education Services, Inc [Mistake-Proof Manufacturing/Metalforming]
• Tefen [Lean manufacturing consulting to minimize cost and maximize profit using proven lean methodologies such as kaizen and 6 sigma]
• Total Systems Development, Inc  [World's leading resource in guiding companies from mass manufacturing
  to lean manufacturing]
• TPM (Visit our Maintenance Functional Area for information on Total Productive Maintenance!)
• Vragel & Associates (Helps you get your company to next-level performance and profitability)
• White boards [Visible Systems for Lean Manufacturing: Kanban Job Ticket boards, Kaizen, Six Sigma, 5S, production scheduling, scoreboards and Takt Charts.]
• Zentec Limited [Coaching and Training in the practical application of Lean Manufacturing, Kaizen, Kanban, one Piece Flow...]

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Kaizen

• Business Basics, LLC [Business Basics educational products will help you optimize your ERP systems, MRP systems, lean manufacturing processes and supply chain management program]
• Gemba Research [Providing information and support to companies pursuing kaizen and lean manufacturing]
• Flow Alliance [An association of flow and lean manufacturing professionals, trainers, industrial engineers and application developers, delivering tools and services for Flow/Lean clients]
• Kaizen [Kaizen - Italian style] (thanks Andreas)
• The Learning Web Instant Answers (General Kaizen answers -- excellent for background information) 
• The Kaizen Institute (A global management consulting company recognized as the international leader in helping companies implement KAIZEN tools and strategies) 
• Kaizen Solutions (Consulting services in the form of Web development, marketing, advertising, and communications and technology consulting) 
• Kaizen O-Line (Turning Organizational Strategy into Operational Reality) 
• KPC Production System Engineering GmbH [An international management consultancy for process optimisation in the manufacturing industry on the basis of the Kaizen philosophy]
• Michigan Manufacturing Technology Center (MMTC) [Quality, Lean Manufacturing, Costing]
• PappaKaizen [Whatever You do, it can be improved through Kaizen]
• Schaffer Consulting (Breaking the "Change Barrier") 
• Successful Lean Manufacturing [Unravel the mysteries of lean manufacturing and discover how you can have Successful Lean Manufacturing!]

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Theory of Constraints
[See our TOC section for links]

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