Shingo Principles Podcast

In this episode of the Shingo Principles Podcast, we hear from Ken Snyder, Executive Director of the Shingo Institute as he shares insights from Shigeo Shingo. Dr. Shingo said, “Production is a network of process and operations,” and leaders need to separate operations from the process. In this case, it is necessary to have a proper understanding of the distinction between “process” and “operations.” 

Key topics covered in this podcast include how the benefits of focusing on process first before focusing on operations are:

• Much lower cost of capital
• Much higher productivity rates
• Much faster time to market
• Lower inventory carrying costs
• Lower labor costs and
• Lower training costs

To learn more about the Shingo Model and how it can help organizations improve their culture and achieve the results they desire, please visit: http://shingo.org.

In this episode of the Shingo Principles Podcast, we hear from Bill Boyd with Value Capture, a Shingo Licensed Affiliate, as he shares how seeking by learning unlocks potential. 

Key topics covered in this podcast include:

• Understanding the theoretical limit or what is possible within the limits of science, not culture, and how it is helpful in defining perfection.
• By seeking to learn something every day about the challenges you face, you are taking action to pursue perfection, and how
• A team's actions with experimentation and learning are great behavioral evidence of whether or not they are seeking perfection.

To learn more about the Shingo Model and how it can help organizations improve their culture and achieve the results they desire, please visit: http://shingo.org.

In this episode of the Shingo Principles Podcast, we hear from Bruce Hamilton with the Greater Boston Manufacturing Partnership, a Shingo Licensed Affiliate and Shingo Examiner as he shares insights on how seeking perfection creates an environment that guides individuals and organizations to higher levels of enterprise excellence. It accomplishes this in two ways. First, it forces focus on the ideal of perfection; what does it mean for the customer and for the providers? Second, it encourages reflecting on the means by which we seek the ideal. As the flywheel of continuous improvement, this fundamental principle not only sustains improvement, but can also accelerate it. The flywheel, however, is not a perpetual motion machine. At different stages in an organization’s transformation to enterprise excellence, the flywheel must be primed and nurtured against the natural resistance to change and competing priorities for time and resources. 

Key topics covered in this podcast include:  

• Offering a basic explanation of the perfection
• Breaking down the “search”
• Describing the natural resistance to the principle, Seek Perfection, at various stages in an organization’s journey to excellence.

To learn more about the Shingo Model and how it can help organizations improve their culture and achieve the results they desire, please visit: http://shingo.org.