Today's fast-paced lifestyle can leave little time for attending classes to brush up on work-related skills. The World Wide Web offers a variety of outlets for upgrading skills, from online courses to training books, CD-ROMs and videos that can be ordered online. This month's Web site review looks at sites with information on how to get training using the Internet, CD-ROMs, videos and books. Taking classes just got easier.
http://www.mmt-inst.com/. This Web site is the Manufacturing Management and Technology Institute. On the home page, a visitor will find links to News, Courses, MMIT store, Bookstore, Who We Are, Services, Resources, Guest Book and Discussion. Moving the mouse over any of these links activates a pull-down menu. Click Courses. Visitors can then scroll down the page to read an Overview, Course Outlines, Schedule and Feedback. Overview gives a brief explanation of the course content. Courses focus on lean manufacturing. On the home page, click Resources for a guide to sources of hardware devices used in lean manufacturing, industry associations and Commercial sites related to lean production. Under Discussion, visitors can post or search articles or reply to an article.