Issue 1- June 8, 2023

The "Shingo Prize" the Highest Standard for Organizational Excellence

Located in the gulf region, we witness daily how?economies across the region are undergoing transformational change.?A strategic diversification away from reliance on traditional industries is helping to reshape the business landscape, and forward-looking government and companies are sensing the potential possibilities open to them.?

Across the private and public sector, organizations are looking to drive efficiency and improve effectiveness, and position themselves to make the most of the great opportunities in the region. However?they might encounter more pressure and challenges, as they seek to?increase performance,?strengthen efficiency,?grow their businesses, and?provide better products and services?to their clients.?

Successfully achieving these objectives requires more than just well-drafted strategies, and a hard working workforce. To enhance their competitiveness, businesses are required to critically?assess their current ways of working,?their operational approach, and?their culture, to identify where the bold changes required can be made, how to achieve a successful transformation, and sustain the new gains over time, as they pave their way for new opportunities and markets.?

The issue we find in many companies is that they consider continuous improvement as the flavor of the month, and they work based on a trial and error basis, with frequent changes in continuous improvement strategy, direction and methodologies. For continuous improvement to materialize and become an institutional benefit, a continuous improvement process, well-designed and implemented, will make all the difference to help employees understand why and how to contribute, to be proactive, innovative and engaged in delivering higher quality, efficiency and productivity.??

"There are four purposes of improvement: easier, better, faster, cheaper. These four goals appear in the order of priority" _Shigeo Shingo?

One of the methodologies most commonly used to support and guide businesses on this journey towards an?Outstanding and Sustainable?Organizational Performance?is?Lean Management, pioneered by Japanese corporations to boost efficiency and performance, eliminate waste and optimize the use of resources.??

"Lean is a way of thinking, not a list of things to do"?_Shigeo Shingo?

The concept of Lean Management has been one of the world’s most prominent business methodologies for more than 100 years.??

The Shingo Model and its 10 guiding principles, act as the North Star guiding companies on how to improve with a focus on people and process and build a culture that enables them to?withstand unexpected turbulence in either the market in which they operate, or the wider economy.??

Furthermore, the?Shingo Model?and?Shingo Prize?considered as the?"Highest Standard for Organizational Excellence",?provide a solid framework to support culture transformation, complement Lean Management and enable the success of all initiatives as it will guarantee?alignment, engagement and diligence?during both?planning and execution.??

Companies who adopted the Shingo Model worldwide have demonstrated significant improvements in results in all areas, such as?quality, safety, cost and productivity, customer satisfaction, sales and revenues.??Companies such as?Abbott, Ipsen, Hologic,?Autoliv,?Boston Scientific, Barnes Aerospace,?among many others, have experienced its advantages and re-shaped their entire internal systems along the Shingo Model principles.?

?Depending on where your organization is on its lean journey, adopting the Shingo Model, will accelerate your transformation.??

?XcelliUm?is proud to be the first affiliate of the Shingo Institute in the Middle East and Africa.?XcelliUm?offers Shingo Model advisory and implementation services that are targeted to improve efficiency within companies throughout the region. We teach the Shingo Model's framework for organizational excellence through a series of workshops and consider these workshops to be essential learning for leaders and managers who are dedicated to building the principle-based culture, systems and tools, required to achieve sustainable, excellent performance and results.?

We believe that driving the right behavior and right culture is a result of a genuine effort to establish adequate systems in organizations. The Shingo Model?is a New Way of Thinking Continuous Improvement,?it reflects the concepts of Lean Management, which has a proven potential to benefit businesses in all sectors, especially manufacturing.??

We help organizations streamline their performance and achieve a better alignment between their people, systems and objectives to achieve their mission.

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