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America's Career InfoNet
America’s Career InfoNet (ACINet) is a resource for students, jobseekers, workforce professionals, and employers. It provides extensive support for career planning, finding a job, and/or growing a business.
Art of Lean
The Art of Lean provides resources and information on the Toyota Production System (TPS), including Toyota’s history and implementation of lean, articles, interviews, forms and documents useful for lean implementations and a quarterly newsletter.
Association of Manufacturing Excellence (AME)
The Association of Manufacturing Excellence Web site is a link to information about Lean Certification programs, conferences and events of interest to the AME community.
Career Voyages
Aimed at 4 groups– youth, career changers, adults and career advisors -the website contains information on what occupations are growing fastest, outlines career ladders, provides licensing requirements and career videos.
Competency Model Clearinghouse
This Web site showcases the Department of Labor Competency Model framework, with a focus on the newly developed Advanced Manufacturing Competency Model.
Dream It. Do It.
The National Association of Manufacturers’ Dream It. Do It. campaign helps young adults find careers that they can be passionate about in one of manufacturing's many exciting sectors, whether they’re interested in cars, computers, music, & art.
Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership
The Hollings Manufacturing Extension Partnership is a nationwide network of resources transforming manufacturers to compete globally, supporting greater supply chain integration, and providing access to technology for improved productivity.
How Everyday Things Are Made
Alliance for Innovative Manufacturing at Stanford University (AIM) has developed an introductory website for kids and adults showing how various items are made.
Industry Week
The online edition of Industry Week offers many free high-performance-related resources, including articles, white papers, forums, Webinars and video downloads on topics related to lean and high-performance manufacturing.
Lean Enterprise Institute
Sponsored by the non-profit Lean Enterprise Institute, the Web site provides a huge library of free content and access to informative Webinars and newsletters on topics of interest to seasoned lean practitioners as well as those new to lean.