Manufacturing Industry
Lean thinkers lauded in U.S. manufacturing industry.(SHINGO PRIZE)
Manufacturing Business Technology, June, 2005
North American manufacturers--15 in all--were awarded the 2005 Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing at the 17th annual conference and ceremonies in Grand Rapids, Mich., in April. This year's awards recipients in particular demonstrate that Lean production disciplines are broadly adaptive, and capable of reducing costs and improving efficiencies wherever management resolve is demonstrated.
The Shingo Prize is named for Japanese industrial engineer Shigeo Shingo, who cocreated many aspects of the manufacturing practices known as the Toyota Production System. The prize was established in 1988 to promote awareness of lean manufacturing concepts and recognize companies in the U.S., Canada, and Mexico that achieve world-class manufacturing status via...
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