Press Release
Autoliv China Receives a Shingo Silver Medallion
Monday, March 26, 2012
Shanghai, China– The Autoliv (China) Steering Wheel Co., Ltd has received a Shingo Silver Medallion.
Autoliv is the worldwide leader in automotive safety, a pioneer in both seatbelts and airbags, and technology leader with the widest product offering for automotive safety.
The Autoliv China facility mostly produces steering wheels for the Asian Automotive market but also services both Global OEMs (Original Equipment Manufacturer) and Chinese OEMs. They currently have 1034 employees with 924 being operators.
“Autoliv China Steering Wheel’s journey towards Operational Excellence and The Shingo Prize Challenge has been an extraordinary adventure. Indeed, our entire workforce from operators to managers really played the game as one team to be the first company in Asia to be awarded by The Shingo Prize. To be able to challenge also allowed us not only to improve our current status but definitively to make better our working mentality and method, therefore to make the company foundation much more sustainable through the Shingo culture focusing on system, tools and behaviors. Of course, this journey is just starting and I look forward to challenging again for The Shingo Prize in order to reach every factory’s target: Operational Excellence,” said Fabien Dumont, General Manager of ACW.
Autoliv China is to receive a Shingo Silver Medallion from The Shingo Prize for Operational Excellence, which is part of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University. The mission of The Shingo Prize is to create excellence in organizations through the application of universally accepted principles of operational excellence and to empower people and transform organizational culture.
Autoliv China will be awarded The Shingo Silver Medallion at the 24th annual Shingo Prize Awards Gala, during the Annual International Conference on April 30 - May 4, 2012. The awards gala is the conclusion to this four-day operational-excellence-centered event featuring a selection of workshops, plant tours, keynote speakers and breakout sessions that will provide ongoing knowledge, insights and experience for organizations on their transformation for operational excellence.
The Shingo Prize’s intent of assessing organizations is to evaluate the degrees to which organizations are aligned with the principles of operational excellence represented in the Shingo model, according to Robert Miller, the executive director of The Shingo Prize.
He said the Shingo Model is a way of thinking and transforming culture. It is represented in a diagram made up of two elements; the “house of principles” and the “diamond of transformation.”
“The model helps teach guiding principles, which are universal and timeless,” he said. “As practitioners and leaders come to understand these principles they become powerful organizational leaders.”
The transformation diamond diagram is a systematic approach to building a culture of operational excellence by aligning employee behaviors with correct principles, he said.
“The Shingo Prize is a recognition program that identifies organizations doing exceptional work in business improvement,” he said. “The intent is to motivate others to learn from them. The prize focuses on building excellence throughout the entire business enterprise. To achieve The Shingo Prize, organizations compete against the most rigorous standards in the world, rather than against each other.”
“The Shingo Prize is a recognition program that identifies organizations doing exceptional work in business improvement,” he said. “The intent is to motivate others to learn from them. The prize focuses on building excellence throughout the entire business enterprise. To achieve The Shingo Prize, organizations compete against the most rigorous standards in the world, rather than against each other.”
For more information or to register for the conference, visit the events section of the Shingo website.
and I look forward to challenging again for The Shingo Prize in order to reach every factory’s target: Operational Excellence,” said Fabien Dumont, General Manager of ACW.
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