The Shingo Prize is regarded as the premier operational excellence recognition program for North America. As part of the Shingo Prize mission and model, the Prize highlights the value of using lean/world-class operational excellence practices to attain world-class status.

MISSION: The mission of The Shingo Prize is to build operational excellence in organizations through the promotion of enduring principles of lean, lean systems of management and the wise application of lean tools and techniques across the entire organizational enterprise.

VISION: Our vision is to be globally recognized as an engine of growth and economic development for organizations of all kinds, and a leader in the advancement of research and education related to operational excellence.

MODEL:

The Shingo Prize Model & Application Guidelines.pdf (4MB) (Revision 02/10/2009).

The Shingo Prize achievement criteria provide a framework for identifying and evaluating world-class operational competence and performance. The Shingo Prize achievement criteria generally do not prescribe one single best method, system, or route to attaining excellent-to-world-class status. Rather, each element of the criteria lists practices and techniques that might be incorporated to achieve a world-class level of quality, cost, delivery, and business results. Lean is clearly viewed as the best paradigm for achieving operational excellence.