online resources for continuous improvement topics


  www.ame.com Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME) an organization for the exchange of knowledge in Organizational Excellence through the implementation of techniques such as Lean Tools, Leadership, Lean Product Development, Lean Supply Chain and Lean Accounting. Paid Membership.

  www.asq.com American Society for Quality (ASQ) provides quality news, services, training, conferences, local chapters, Quality Progress magazine and Six Sigma Forum magazine.

  www.asq.com/sixsigma/ ASQs dedicated site to Six Sigma.

  www.change-management.com A change management resource site providing articles, books, tutorials, training, and benchmarking.

  www.isixisgma.com Frequently updated site featuring best practices, news, services, and tools in support of Six Sigma.

  www.isssp.org Site established by the International Society of Six Sigma Professionals to support specialists int he Six Sigma process.

  www.lean.org The Lean Enterprise Institute publishes books, workbooks, and case studies, run workshops and conferences, and conduct research that helps companies transform themselves into lean enterprises, based on the principles of the Toyota Business System. Free membership and a great library of case stories.

  www.pmi.org the Project Management Institute. Paid membership.

  www.qualitydigest.com Free print and online quality magazine by Paton Press.

  www.quality.nist.gov National Institute of Standards and Technology/Baldrige National Quality Program. Baldrige criteria and case stories of past winners.

  www.superfactory.com Site dedicated to electronically linking manufacturing excellence resources around the world. Check out their wide selection of Virtual Factory Tours to learn about manufacturing excellence or to satisfy your how-do-they-make-that curiosity.

online resources for statistics handbooks


  onlinestatbook.com.rvls.html Staistics case studies, tutorials, and simulations from Rice University.

  www.statsoft.com/textbook/stathome.html Online statistics handbook from Statsoft, the makers of Statistica.

  www.nist.gov/ilt/div898/handbook/index.htm Free online statistics handbook from a partnership of SEMATECH and NIST (National Institute of Standards and Technology - U.S. Commerce Department).