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1988 - Utah State University recognized Dr. Shigeo Shingo, one of world’s leading experts in improving manufacturing processes (helped create, write about many aspects of revolutionary manufacturing practices comprising Toyota Production System) for his lifetime accomplishments with an Honorary Doctorate in Business; developed Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence to promote awareness of lean manufacturing concepts, recognize companies in United States, Canada, Mexico that achieve world-class manufacturing status; regarded as premier manufacturing award recognition program for North America; intended as "Nobel prize" in business, grounded in lean enterprise management leading to world-class and globally competitive business; criteria (practices, techniques that might achieve
world-class level of quality, cost, delivery, business results) organized into 5 sections: 1) Leadership Culture and Infrastructure; 2) Manufacturing Strategies and System Integration; 3) Non-Manufacturing Support Functions; 4) Quality, Cost and Delivery; 5) Customer Satisfaction and Profitability.
Award Recipients (1989 - 2007)
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