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Target is the official publication of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME). Its purpose is to share manufacturing and organizational best practices in all types of manufacturing operations from job shops to high-volume repetitive factories. Target is written for operations professionals, primarily senior and mid-level manufacturing management, who are continuously reinventing products and services to meet tough competitive challenges.

Target covers a wide range of topics, offering "how-to" information on productivity improvements, leading-edge concepts, and lessons learned from people who've implemented them. It features articles and columns that are designed to help readers improve their global manufacturing competitiveness, whether they need to learn the fundamentals of implementing the latest manufacturing strategies or about innovative improvement concepts.

Target which is published four times per year, is distributed only to AME members. Target Online is AME’s new monthly digital publication and is emailed to both AME members and 20,000 non-member manufacturing executives. The Target archive offers the full text of most articles published in Target since 1985 and is open to all website visitors.

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Vol 27, No 4, Fourth Issue 2011

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Competitive Edge Through Lively Benchmarking/Sharing Lea Tonkin, editor in chief Looking for a competitive edge in harsh global markets? To start the new year with fresh data and helpful connections that can strengthen...
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: AME 2012 Leadership Program: New Generation Lea Tonkin, editor in chief Is your organization’s leadership prepared to meet future challenges in an innovative, energetic, and effective manner? Could greater...
ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Practical Value: Workshops to Offer “Lessons Learned” Lea Tonkin, editor in chief Blending innovation and experience provides a powerful educational “kick” for participants in the AME 2012...

Vol 27, No 2, Second Issue 2011

ONLINE EXCLUSIVE: Benchmarking: Learn to Excel Through Change By Ron Webb and Bill Baker Change is inevitable. A key strategy for organizations that embrace change and excel through it: benchmarking to identify and transfer best practices...

Vol 24, No 1, First Issue 2008

The Vigorous Learning Enterprise Robert W. "Doc" Hall With the publication of The Machine That Changed the World in 1990, lean became the accepted descriptor of the Toyota Production System(TPS). Earlier American practitioners...
    ith the publication of The readers and others point to two This connect-the-dots review draws on a number of prior Target articles to propose a framework for deepening and extending "lean thinking." This thinking...
    Target magazine as editor- First Issue 2008   at-large, ensuring its value as a publication of choice for lean leaders. As successful as we were in 2007, there is much work to do to both improve the organization and take advantage of...
Lea A.P. Tonkin A   ll-natural or sunshine-fresh, it's not. In Brief An increasing number of manufacturing enterprises realize the value to their stakeholders from committing to a "lean and clean" approach. This article...
Robert W. Hall A   mong dentists, the hot topic these Target Volume 24, Number 1 In Brief CAD/CAM for digital dentistry shows how it could become a more versatile tool for manufacturing. can even stain materials to match teeth, so...

Vol 24, No 2, Second Issue 2008

Editorial Board Bill Baker Speed to Excellence S.S. "Cheri" Cherukuri Cherukuri & Associates Sherrie Ford Power Partners, Inc. Chris J. Fosse Terex Corporation Michael Harding Michael Harding & Associates Anthony C. Laraia David...

Target is the official publication of the Association for Manufacturing Excellence (AME). Its purpose is to share manufacturing and organizational best practices in all types of manufacturing operations from job shops to high-volume repetitive factories. Subscribe to Target Online, AME’s free monthly digital magazine.

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