Shingo on Shingo by Gerhard Plenert

Shingo on Shingo by Gerhard Plenert

Shigeo Shingo was the foremost Lean methods authority and documenter. His books were the first analyses of the Toyota Production System.The Shingo Prize, which is administered by the Shingo Institute, was established in 1988 and endorsed by Dr. Shingo.The Shingo Prize is a global program that acknowledges enterprises that excel in Lean culture, systems, and results. The model upon which the Shingo Prize is based, as well as its guiding principle and identification of related insights of enterprise excellence (namely that ideal results require ideal behavior, beliefs and systems drive behavior, and principles inform ideal behaviors) have evolved from Shingo's texts and anlyses of excellence.

After 30 years of industry experience—including a decade working for a Japanese company—Ken Snyder joined the faculty of the Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University in 2008. This marked the beginning of his involvement with the Shingo Institute, where he has served as Executive Director and Chairman of the Institute’s Executive Advisory Board since 2015.

Andrew Dillon was Shigeo Shingo's principal interpreter and translator from the early 1980s until Dr. Shingo's death in 1990. He subsequently worked on the shop floor with other key management improvement pioneers from Japan and, together with Productivity Press, produced classic English-language versions of works on the Toyota Production System and related topics. Andrew remains active as a teacher in the revolution that continues to move outward from Dr. Shingo’s work.