Links to Useful Lean, Six Sigma, and Maintenance Repositories and Aids

We understand it can be expensive, in both time and dollars, to build a good reference library.  The following are some useful links that are intended to help you get started.  If you have others you feel would be of interest, thanks in advance for sending them.  Likewise, your cooperation in helping us identify broken and/or inactive links is greatly appreciated.  You can email us here.

Lean Manufacturing

Lean Manufacturing books, tapes, and videos available at Amazon.com

A CEO Explains "the Concept of Lean" ... Parker Hannifin Chief Donald Washkewicz credits factory-floor improvements for boosting efficiency and sparking a rebound

Search for the term "Lean Manufacturing" using the Google search engine

Lean Manufacturing articles at Plant Engineering Magazine

Search for the term  "Lean Manufacturing" using the Yahoo search engine

Lean Maintenance and

Maintenance Excellence

Search for the term "Maintenance Excellence" using the Google search engine

MT-ONLINE is the Internet companion to MAINTENANCE TECHNOLOGY, the magazine for plant equipment reliability, maintenance, and asset management.

"The Problem Solving Resource for Plant Engineers"

The Plant Maintenance Resource Center is a web resource for industrial Maintenance professionals. It includes links to maintenance consultants, CMMS and maintenance software, CMMS vendors, maintenance conferences and conference papers, articles on maintenance, and many other valuable resources.

Maintenance Excellence articles at Reliability Magazine

Solution Oriented Asset Reliability:  Knowledge Bases, Magazines, Newsletters, Tutorials, Conferences, Discussion Groups, Blogs, and XML Feeds

Search for the term "Maintenance Excellence" using the Yahoo search engine

Six Sigma

Total Productive Maintenance/Manufacturing

Employment Opportunities

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