Lean Organizations & Associations

Association for Manufacturing Excellence - AME is a non-profit organization dedicated to improving the performance of manufacturing organizations through education, training and the advancement of leading edge processes (including Lean).

» www.ame.org


Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership - The Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership is a non-profit organizational development firm and membership organization with the mission to help New England manufacturing companies to become more productive, profitable and competitive through company-wide Continuous Improvement or Lean Manufacturing education and shop-floor implementation.

» www.gbmp.org


RadioLean, Your Lean Implementation Information Station - RadioLean promotes operational excellence in all types and sizes of organizations by providing Lean content, education, resources, and networking opportunities for its listeners. Mike Wall, the host of RadioLean™ is a Lean Practitioner, Educator, and Advisor with nearly 30 years practical experience throughout the public and private sectors. Join Mike as he interviews some of the most well known and influential Lean Leaders, Practitioners, Authors, Educators, and Advisors in North America.

» www.radiolean.com/


Society of Manufacturing Engineers - Since it was formed in 1932, SME has worked to make engineers, companies, educators and others successful in their quest to advance the manufacturing industries. SME achieves these goals through education, training, and event sponsorship.

» www.sme.org


The Lean Enterprise Institute - The Lean Enterprise Institute (LEI) is a nonprofit education and research organization founded in 1997 to promote and advance the principles of lean thinking in every aspect of business and across a wide range of industries.

» www.lean.org


ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value - ThedaCare Center for Healthcare Value is working to create a healthcare marketplace that rewards providers for delivering value measured in terms of optimized quality and cost for patients. This group advocates of the use of Lean thinking to help transform today’s current healthcare industry to a marketplace committed to continuous improvement.

» www.createhealthcarevalue.com/



Lean Consulting Firms

Bescorp - Training and tranformation consulting services for companies in pursuit of Lean and Six Sigma process improvement.

» www.bescorp.us


Jean Cunningham Consulting - A pioneer in lean accounting,
Jean Cunningham Consulting provides seminars, kaizen events, and 1-on-1 leadership to fully integrate accounting and other business processes with lean manufacturing for maximized company-wide productivity.

» www.jeancunninghamconsulting.com


LeanPlus - LeanPlus provides coaching and mentoring through a hands-on approach in the implementation of Lean Practices in the workplace.

» www.leanplus.com


Moffitt Associates - Moffitt Associates are all former executives and drivers
of successful whole-business enterprise Lean conversions. Leveraging their real-world Lean and senior executive experience, Moffitt helps their clients develop a customer-driven process that has both bottom line and top line impact.

» www.MoffittLean.com


Simpler Consulting - Simpler consulting provides Lean conversion consulting and training rooted in the Toyota Production System (TPS) tradition.

» www.simpler.com


TBM Consulting Group - Using time-based management, TBM helps its clients remove obstacles to their business potential – and achieve new competitive advantages and consistent sales and earnings growth.

» www.tbmconsulting.com