(The Shingo Prize: Logan, UT) -- At the Principles of Operational Excellence and Assessment workshop, scheduled for May 11–12 at the Boart Longyear plant in Salt Lake City, 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 organizational principles and core values with their companies’ systems. There will be group activities that help develop skills in assessing alignment as well as teach how to address misalignments by embedding company principles into work and management systems.

In addition, participants will develop a comprehensive working knowledge of The Shingo Prize application guidelines, which include the criteria and methods for assessing the progress an organization has made in its lean transformation.

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