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The First Shingo Prize

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A Revolution in Manufacturing: The SMED System (Routledge, 1985)

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Last May marked the 35th anniversary of the Shingo Prize, an award bestowed each year to recognize organizations that demonstrate the principles and methods espoused by its namesake,

Labor Pains: How Executives Can Help Broker Workers’ Discontent

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Faiz Shakir is executive director of More Perfect Union. Credit: Andrew Harrer/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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You probably won’t find it in a book on business leadership, but Faiz Shakir has a dictum for executives of major corporations who really want to understand what their employees’ jobs are like: “Know the coffee.”

How to Develop a Risk-Based Approach to Supplier Management

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Photo by National Cancer Institute on Unsplash

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The goal of your MedTech company’s supplier management process should be to ensure a consistent supply of high-quality parts and components that conform to your specifications.

Lost in Thought: How Our Brains Limit Business Innovation

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"Maintenance" Credit: Bob May

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Today’s businesses must innovate and evolve to stay ahead of the competition. However, despite the best efforts of business leaders, many organizations struggle to produce new, innovative ideas to keep up with the changing landscape.

Improving the Supply Chain with Predictive Analytics

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In today’s highly competitive business environment, a trusted supply chain that functions seamlessly is essential. Even small errors can affect the entire supply chain, resulting in lost revenue, unsatisfied customers, and irreparable damage to your brand.

It’s Not You—It’s Your Goals

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Photo by Michał Parzuchowski on Unsplash
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Professional poker players know that continuing to play until they win—however they define that win—is often a losing strategy.

Improve Complaint Management for Life Sciences With an Automated QMS

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Effective complaint handling is fundamental to life-sciences quality management, with implications for operations, product design, risk management, and more.

Finding Self-Confidence When You’re Rattled by Bigwigs

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Have you ever had one of those career moments where you felt like you’d made it? A moment of proof that you’d finally earned a spot at the cool or important table?

Manufacturing Productivity: Working Harder, Smarter, and Showing Up

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It’s time for U.S. manufacturers to focus on productivity or they will lose their long-term advantage. Productivity is fundamentally about increasing output rather than decreasing costs and inputs while output remains static.

How to Align Business Goals With Vision-System Limitations

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Industrial machine-vision systems use high-resolution cameras, image-processing algorithms, and artificial intelligence to enhance quality control, automate inspections, and optimize production processes with precision and efficiency.

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