Thank you Phil and to all the others who responsed to my inquiry. I visited all the links briefly, they all offer a great deal of information on lean manufacturing. One that appears specially useful for my purposes is www.nwlean.net. Joe Date sent: Tue, 27 Feb 2001 11:09:01 -0500 Send reply to: "TechNet E-Mail Forum." <[log in to unmask]>, Phil Nutting <[log in to unmask]> From: Phil Nutting <[log in to unmask]> Subject: Re: [TN] What are the 5S's? To: [log in to unmask] > Joe, > > Here are my bookmarks to lean Manufacturing sites. > > http://web.mit.edu/ctpid/www/lai.html > > http://www.mmt-inst.com/ > > http://www.sme.org/leandirections/resources.htm > > http://www.tbmconsulting.com/ > > http://www.nwlean.net/ > > Hope these help. > > Phil Nutting > Manufacturing Engineer > Kaiser Systems, Inc. > High Voltage Power Supplies That Work(tm) > 126 Sohier Road > Beverly, MA 01915 > ph: 978-922-9300 > fx: 978-922-8374 > [log in to unmask] > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Joe Barocio [mailto:[log in to unmask]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 27, 2001 8:00 AM > To: [log in to unmask] > Subject: [TN] What are the 5S's? > > > Can anyone offer the phonetic pronunciation for the five S's that are the > keys to lean manufacturing? > > Also, is there a forum similar to TechNet that focuses on lean > manufacturing? > > Thanks, > > Josue Barocio > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET > Technet NOMAIL > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 > ext.5315 > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > ----- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d > To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in > the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet > To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL > Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives > Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional > information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > --------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Technet Mail List provided as a free service by IPC using LISTSERV 1.8d To unsubscribe, send a message to [log in to unmask] with following text in the BODY (NOT the subject field): SIGNOFF Technet To temporarily halt delivery of Technet send the following message: SET Technet NOMAIL Search previous postings at: www.ipc.org > On-Line Resources & Databases > E-mail Archives Please visit IPC web site (http://www.ipc.org/html/forum.htm) for additional information, or contact Keach Sasamori at [log in to unmask] or 847-509-9700 ext.5315 ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------