Course Catalog

Shingo Educational Philosophy
The Shingo Prize recognizes that true lean transformation requires significant education and training. However, it is vital for organizations to become self sustaining not only in the tools and systems of lean, but also in the development of their own people. For this purpose, The Shingo Prize offers face-to-face training workshops intended to provide organizational leaders with the necessary understanding of The Shingo Prize Model and its principles, systems and tools. In addition, we are developing online courses to enable organizations to take control of the training for the entire organization, without having to develop all of the material. These online courses can even be customized to incorporate the existing culture of an organization to allow them to make the training their own.

Shingo Prize Foundation Series Workshop Online
Visual Workplace • Visual Thinking
 
Introduction to Lean - A Principle-Based Approach  
SHINGO 100 Shingo Transformational Model to Operational Excellence  
SHINGO Principles of Operational Excellence  
SHINGO Principle-Based Assessment  
SHINGO 102E Shingo Approach to Operational Excellence Exam  
SHINGO 201 Advanced Shingo Approach to Operational Excellence  
       
Shingo Prize How To Series    
How to: Write an Effective Achievement Report  

 

 

Visual Workplace • Visual Thinking
PRODUCT TYPE: ONLINE SELF-STUDY COURSE 
LENGTH: 2.5 HRS 
COST: $475
 

Created and delivered by Gwendolyn Galsworth, a leading visual expert and author of the award-winning book of the same name, Visual Workplace~Visual Thinking introduces you to basic Visual Workplace terms, concepts, principles, and frameworks. In the process, you will have a chance to consider nearly 250 actual visual solutions and learn about the various categories of visual function found in a comprehensive visual environment.

You also begin to determine your current visual strengths and challenges and build your insight into visuality as a powerful partner on your journey to enterprise excellence. If you already know that, then be prepared to have that knowledge deepened and extended.   

If you work in venues other than the ones shown in this course—whether hospital, bank, office, deep resource mine, government agency, retail store, or restaurant—this course will help you understand how and why workplace visuality fits into and supports operations in those settings as well.

COURSE OBJECTIVES:
This course is specifically designed to help you with the following:

  • Define Visual Workplace and Visual Thinking.
  • Understand how visual devices translate information into exact behavior.
  • Define how the two I-Driven questions—What do I need to know, and What do I need to share—help you find information deficits in the workplace.
  • Identify where visuality fits into The Shingo Model for Operational Excellence.
  • Begin to use the process of Visual Thinking to recognize and eliminate Motion (moving without working) in your company through visual devices.
  • Recognize and distinguish the Ten Doorways into the Visual Workplace and who in the organization is responsible for implementing each.
  • Understand and appreciate how visual workplace technologies create impressive bottom-line results, on and off the production floor
  • Recognize the categories of visual function so you can better diagnose your current level of visuality as well as your next steps.
  • Understand the five main reasons for implementing workplace visuality.
  • Recognize how workplace visuality creates, aligns, and sustains a spirited, engaged and empowered workforce, across all levels of the organization.

OUTLINE:
Module 1: Our Visual World
Module 2: Visual Basics
Module 3: The Logic of Visual Thinking
Module 4: Visual Order
Module 5: Visual Standards & Displays
Module 6: Visual Leadership
Module 7: Higher Level Visuality
Module 8: The Five Reasons for Workplace Visuality
Module 9: Empowerment & Unity

 

Introduction to Lean - A Principle-Based Approach
PRODUCT TYPE: ONLINE SELF-STUDY COURSE 
LENGTH: 4 HRS 
COST: $95
 

Course participants will gain a grounded understanding of the fundamental methodologies and tools used in Lean organizations. Unlike other Lean Introduction courses, this course is designed to demonstrate the strong interconnection that Lean tools have with Lean principles. This combination of know-how (tools and techniques) and know-why (Lean principles) brings a more complete understanding of how to apply them in a real-world setting.

 

SHINGO 100 – Shingo Transformational Model to Operational Excellence
PRODUCT TYPE: ONLINE SELF-STUDY COURSE 
LENGTH: 5 HRS 
COST: $495 $395
 
 
Multiple Course Discount
10 - 24 = 10% OFF
25 - 49 = 15% OFF
50+ = 20% OFF
 
* Corporate License
 
Virtual Tour/ Trial Version    Overview

This online course is designed to introduce the Shingo Prize Model and the underlying principles behind the Shingo Prize philosophy and approach. You will get an in-depth look at the levels of transformation and the various business processes that are presented in the model and an understanding of the transformational path ahead of your organization in pursuing a lean culture. You will also learn about various tools, activities, and systems that support a principle-driven lean culture. Through several interactive team simulations, you will learn about the assessment process and how to apply this methodology within your own organization.

OUTLINE:
Introduction
The Lean Journey
The Shingo Prize
Shingo Model Quiz
Model and Guidelines Introduction
Tools, Systems, Principles (TSP)
Tools, Systems, Principles Activity
Principles
Principles Quiz
Systems
Systems Quiz
Tools
Tools Quiz
Tools, Systems, Principles Activity (Cont.)
Guidelines and Model Correlation
Case Study 1.1 Leadership and Ethics
Case Study 1.2.2 Empowerment & Involvement
Consensus Building
Case Study 2.2.3 Operations
Scoring Tools, Systems, Principles
Business Results
Score and Levels of Recognition
Certificate of Completion
Course Evaluation

 

 

SHINGO Principles of Operational Excellence
PRODUCT TYPE: WORKSHOP
LENGTH: 1 DAY
COST: $800

This workshop is designed to introduce the Shingo Model and the underlying principles behind the Shingo Prize philosophy and approach. Participants will get an in-depth look at the levels of transformation and the various business processes that are presented in the model and an understanding of the transformational path ahead of your organization in pursuing a lean culture.

 

:SHINGO Principle-Based Assessment
PRODUCT TYPE: WORKSHOP
LENGTH: 2 DAYS
COST: $1400 - Public Participants
  $1000 - Host Site Participants

 
Workshop participants will gain an understanding of The Shingo Model and the underlying principles behind The Shingo Prize philosophy and approach. They will learn and gain experience in aligning your organizational principles and core values with your systems. There will be group activities that help develop skills in assessing alignment, and also how to address misalignments by imbedding your principles into your work and management systems.

In addition, participants will develop a comprehensive working knowledge of The Shingo Prize Guidelines which includes the criteria and methods for assessment of the progress an organization has made in its lean transformation. By completing this training, participants will learn how to use The Shingo Model and Guidelines to complete internal self-assessment that will clearly identify areas for focus and improvement in the entire organization.

Unique Learning Approach

Before the on-site workshop begins, all participants will complete an online learning module about The Shingo Model and its key elements. This module is highly interactive and engaging and will enable all participants to reach a common level of understanding.

The two day on-site workshop will combine additional learning modules with hands on activities that enhance learning. The main activity will be the actual detailed assessment of a portion of the company where the training is held. Participants will be grouped into assessment teams and will work through each step of the assessment process – preparation through initial desk assessment, visiting the workplace to observe and interview, team discussion and assessment, and finally creating a feedback report.Workshop participants will gain an understanding of The Shingo Model and the underlying principles behind The Shingo Prize philosophy and approach. They will learn and gain experience in aligning your organizational principles and core values with your systems. There will be group activities that help develop skills in assessing alignment, and also how to address misalignment by embedding your principles into your work and management systems.

 

SHINGO 102E – Shingo Approach to Operational Excellence Exam
PRODUCT TYPE: ONLINE EXAM 
LENGTH: 4-6 HRS 
COST: $195
 
 
Multiple Course Discount
10 - 24 = 10% OFF
25 - 49 = 15% OFF
50+ = 20% OFF
 
* Corporate License
 
Overview

This course is a capstone to the Shingo Approach to Operational Excellence course and a yearly calibration check for our Shingo Examiners. This course can also help calibrate individuals using the Shingo Prize Model as an internal framework to assess their lean journey. This course not only administers the exam but also shares the reasoning behind the Shingo Team’s score so that you understand each component of the Shingo Prize Guidelines. Those who pass will be able to print a certificate of completion—demonstrating their proficiency in applying the Shingo Prize Model and Guidelines.

 

 

SHINGO 201 – Advanced Shingo Approach to Operational Excellence
PRODUCT TYPE: ONLINE SELF-STUDY COURSE
LENGTH: 5 HRS
COST: $295
 
 

Advanced Shingo Approach to Operational Excellence is for active Shingo Prize Examiners only and has two primary objectives: to enhance the skill set of the Shingo Prize Examiners and to ensure a high level of consistency and calibration of the assessment methodology and scoring procedures. In this course you will review updates to The Shingo Prize Model and Guidelines, through an online guided self study. You will also have an opportunity to evaluate an achievement report, and to sit with an interactive assessment team and provide feedback to the company.

* Shingo Examiners please call Ms. Ha Chau at 435-797-3812 for discount code.

 

How to: Write an Effective Achievement Report
PRODUCT TYPE: ONLINE SELF-STUDY COURSE
LENGTH: 1 HR
COST: $160
 
 
Multiple Course Discount
10 - 24 = 10% OFF
25 - 49 = 15% OFF
50+ = 20% OFF
 
* Corporate License

The achievement report is the primary document that Shingo Prize examiners use to assess your organization. Creating an effective report framework and telling your story can sometimes be a challenge. This course will share some best practices and also common pitfalls in writing an Achievement Report.
Specifically, you will learn about:

  • The application process: Submitting the proper forms and preparing to write the achievement report

  • Managing the report project: Selecting the writing team, steering committee, and project manager

  • Writing the report: Formatting, organizing, and drafting the report

  • Common writing mistakes to avoid: Writing mistakes that could hurt your report

  • Graphics guidelines: Guidelines for using graphics effectively in your report

 

Workshop participants will gain an understanding of The Shingo Model and the underlying principles behind The Shingo Prize philosophy and approach. They will learn and gain experience in aligning your organizational principles and core values with your systems. There will be group activities that help develop skills in assessing alignment, and also how to address misalignments by imbedding your principles into your work and management systems.