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 The
2010 Shingo Research Prize went to
Kaizen
Event Fieldbook,
Breaking Through to Flow,
and
Breaking Through to Flow. The Shingo Prize was established in
1988. The prize promotes awareness of lean manufacturing concepts and
recognizes companies that achieve world-class manufacturing status. It
is named for Dr. Shigeo Shingo, a leading expert in improving
manufacturing processes. |
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2010 Recipients - Books
Kaizen Event Fieldbook: Foundation, Framework, and Standard Work for Effective Events
Mark
R. Hamel
Society of Manufacturing
Engineers
Using a multi-phase approach, the
Kaizen
Event Fieldbook addresses strategy, pre-event planning, execution,
and follow-through for leaders, lean implementers, and anyone interested
in driving positive and sustainable change in today's business climate.
Author Mark Hamel ties together lean theory with cultural components to
show the "whys" and "hows" of effective kaizen event implementation.
Practical examples, figures and tables, and many real-life "Gemba Tales"
provide for an enriched learning experience. Also included is a chapter
on the deployment of a kaizen promotion office, a glossary, and two
appendices that offer blank forms and an overview of daily kaizen.
Breaking Through to Flow: Banish Firefighting and Produce to Customer Demand
Ian
Glenday
Lean Enterprise Academy
Breaking Through to Flow helps practitioners go beyond the fire-fighting associated with constant change. There is a lot more to lean than simply eliminating waste from current processes. This workbook introduces a new pathway that is helping many organizations overcome this hurdle and launch them on to the next phase of their lean journey – breaking through to flow. The workbook describes how it is possible to move step-by-step toward leveled production and later on to produce in-line with customer demand.
Breaking Through to Flow also introduces a tool and management system, called the Glenday Sieve, which enables organizations to quickly create a stable flow and replenishment pull system for the few products that account for a significant part of their output, while managing separately the tail of build-to-order products with low volume and unpredictable demand. This pathway will help people make a fundamental change in their thinking and working that is at the heart of lean – moving from batch to flow logic.
Follow the Learner: The Role
of a Leader in Creating a
Lean Culture
Sami
Bahri
Lean Enterprise Academy
In his book, Follow the Learner: The Role of a Leader in Creating a Lean Culture, Dr. Sami Bahri describes how he and the staff in his dental practice tackled each of these questions. The book describes how their organization, the Bahri Dental Group, transformed their work and their thinking from a traditional batch-and-queue approach to one focused directly on the needs of the patient, not on the needs of the practitioners. The purpose of Follow the Leader is to present a picture of how any organization can build a culture based on lean principles and tools.
Follow the Learner provides a glimpse into what it means to become a lean learning organization and a leadership model for continuously improving it. People at all levels of lean experience in any type of organization will be able to read this book and better understand the universal application of both lean methods and leadership practices.
The Lean Manager: A
Novel of Lean Transformation
Michael Ballé, Freddy Ballé
Lean Enterprise Academy
The book reveals how individuals can go beyond the short-term gains from tools, and realize a deeper, sustainable path of improvement. The Lean Manager, the sequel to the Ballets international bestselling business novel The Gold Mine, tells the compelling story of plant manager Andrew Ward as he goes through the challenging but rewarding journey to becoming a lean manager.
Where The Gold Mine shows you how to introduce a complete lean system, The Lean Manager demonstrates how to sustain it. Ward moves beyond fluency with tools to changing his behavior as a manager and leader. He shifts from giving orders and answers to asking the right questions so people identify and address problems.
Creating Lean Dealers
David Brunt and John Kiff
Lean Enterprise Academy
Creating Lean Dealers is a step-by-step guide to improving dealer operations, starting from service and repair. With detailed instructions, it illustrates how to create visual images to help remove the many barriers to the smooth flow of work in your dealership. This workbook is the result of almost ten years' research and practical experience with pioneering dealers of all sizes and franchises across Europe.
Creating Lean Dealers shows how lean can deliver a step-change improvement across your business in customer fulfillment, involvement and commitment of staff, and returns for shareholders - all without major investment in IT, staff numbers, plant, machinery, or buildings.
Previous Research Prize Recipients
- 2011 Award Recipients
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