I am pleased to announce that The Lean Enterprise Academy is has just won three Shingo Awards in recognition of its pioneering work in implementing lean thinking.
At the Shingo Prize Awards Conference in Salt Lake City, USA on 20 May 2010 Daniel T Jones was inducted into the Shingo Academy. The Shingo Academy consists of individuals who have distinguished themselves through their lifetime commitment and achievements in the area of Lean/Operational Excellence. He has previously won four Shingo Prizes for his books on lean.
From Left to right: Robert Miller, Ritsuo Shingo, Professor Daniel Jones and Stephen Covey
Ian Glenday received the Research and Professional Publication Award for his book Breaking Through to Flow, which opens up a practical path to lean for the consumer goods and process industries. Dave Bruntand John Kiff also won the same Award for their book Creating Lean Dealers, which shows how lean can transform sales and service activities. Both of these books have inspired pioneering organisations to new levels of performance.
These Shingo Awards were presented by author Stephen Covey and former Toyota executive Ritsuo Shingo, the son of Shigeo Shingo one of the founders of the Toyota Production System, after whom the Prize was named. It is the premier award in the field of lean established in 1988 and organised by the Jon M Huntsman School of Business at the Utah State University.
This is a great endorsement of our continuing commitment to pioneering action research with leading organisations to demonstrate how lean can transform the performance of any activity in any sector and to publishing our practical findings so others can follow their examples.
Yours sincerely
Daniel T Jones
Chairman, Lean Enterprise Academy
PS. Our next summit "New Horizons for Lean Thinking" will be held on 2nd and 3rd November 2010 at the Chesford Grange Hotel in Kenilworth, Warwickshire. Full details of the programe will be annouced on our website shortly.
P.P.S.We can now advise that Breaking Through to Flow is back in stock and avaiable from our online bookstore. We have also reduced the prices of our workbooks Making Hospitals Work from £42.50 to £40.00 and also Creating Lean Dealers from £45.00 to £40.00 and have added a new title Building a Lean Fulfilment Streamby lean logistics veterans Robert Martichenko and Kevin von Grabe. Visit our bookstore for more information and to purchase.
P.P.S We are also please to announce that our Making Hospitals Work Workshop is now accredited by the Royal College of Nursing Accreditation Unit and also the Royal College of Physicians. Click here for more information or to book your place.