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, born in Saga City, Japan, was a Japanese industrial engineer who distinguished himself as one of the world’s leading experts on manufacturing practices and the Toyota Production System. Shingo is known far more in the West than in Japan, as a result of his meeting Norman Bodek, an American entrepreneur and founder of Productivity Inc in the USA. In 1981 Bodek had travelled to Japan to learn about the Toyota Production System, and came across books by Shingo, who as an external consultant had been teaching Industrial Engineering courses at Toyota since 1955. Shingo had written his Study of The Toyota Production System in Japanese and had it translated, very poorly, into English in 1980. Norman Bodek took as many copies of this book as he could to the USA and arranged to translate Shingo's other books into English, eventually having his original study re-translated. Bodek also brought Shingo to lecture in the USA and developed one of the first Western lean manufacturing consultancy practices with Shingo's support.

The myth prevails that Shingo invented the Toyota Production System but he did document the system and added two words to the Japanese and English languages...Poka-yoke (mistake-proofing, not 'fool-proofing', which Shingo rejected as a term) and single-minute exchange of dies (SMED). In 1988, Utah State University recognized Dr. Shingo for his lifetime accomplishments and created the Shingo Prize that recognizes world-class, lean organizations and operational excellence.

Shingo's influence extended into fields outside of manufacturing. For example, his concepts of SMED, mistake-proofing, and "zero quality control" (eliminating the need for inspection of results) have all been applied in the field of sales process engineering.

Shingo is the author of numerous books including: A Study of the Toyota Production System; Revolution in Manufacturing: The SMED System; Zero Quality Control: Source Inspection and the Poka-yoke System; The Sayings of Shigeo Shingo: Key Strategies for Plant Improvement; Non-Stock Production: The Shingo System for Continuous Improvement; and The Shingo Production Management System: Improving Process Functions.

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Total Books: 16
El Sistema de Produccin de Toyota Shingo Desde el Punto de Vista de la Ingenieria
Fundamental Principles of Lean Manufacturing
Fundamental Principles of Lean Manufacturing (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9781926537078
ISBN-10: 1926537076
Genre: Business & Money
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Kaizen and the Art of Creative Thinking  The Scientific Thinking Mechanism
NonStock Production The Shingo System of Continuous Improvement
Nonstock Production the Shingo System of Continuous Improvement [Most Detailed Examination of the Fundamentals of Jit] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780915299300
ISBN-10: 0915299305
Genres: Business & Money, Engineering & Transportation
  • Currently 3.5/5 Stars.
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O Sistema Toyota de Produo Do Ponto de Vista da Engenharia de Produo
O Sistema Toyota De Produo Do Ponto De VIsta Da Engenharia De Produo [Em Portuguese do Brasil] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788573071696
ISBN-10: 8573071699
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Produccion Sin Stocks El Sistema Shingo Para LA Mejora Continua
Produccion Sin Stocks El Sistema Shingo Para La Mejora Continua (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9788487022746
ISBN-10: 848702274X
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Quick Changeover for Operators The Smed System
Quick Changeover for Operators the Smed System [Shopfloor Series] (Paperback)
ISBN-13: 9781563271250
ISBN-10: 1563271257
Genres: Business & Money, Engineering & Transportation
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A Revolution in Manufacturing The Smed System
A Revolution in Manufacturing the Smed System (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780915299034
ISBN-10: 0915299038
Genre: Business & Money
  • Currently 4/5 Stars.
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The Sayings of Shigeo Shingo Key Strategies for Plant Improvement
The Sayings of Shigeo Shingo Key Strategies for Plant Improvement
The Sayings of Shigeo Shingo Key Strategies for Plant Improvement [Japanese Management] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780915299157
ISBN-10: 0915299151
Genres: Business & Money, Engineering & Transportation
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Seisan kanri no kakumei to kotei kino no kaizen Gententeki zentaiteki na tettei tsuikyu
Seisan Kanri No Kakumei to Kotei Kino No Kaizen Gententeki Zentaiteki Na Tettei Tsuikyu [Japanese Edition] (Other)
ISBN-13: 9784820706984
ISBN-10: 4820706985
Genre: Nonfiction
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The Shingo Production Management System Improving Process Functions
The Shingo Production Management System Improving Process Functions [Manufacturing & Production] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780915299522
ISBN-10: 0915299526
Genres: Business & Money, Engineering & Transportation
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A Study of the Toyota Production System from an Industrial Engineering Viewpoint
A Study of the Toyota Production System From an Industrial Engineering VIewpoint [Produce What Is Needed, When It's Needed] (Hardcover)
ISBN-13: 9780915299171
ISBN-10: 0915299178
Genre: Business & Money
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Tecnologias para el Cero Defectos Inspecciones en la Fuente y el Sistema PokaYoke
Una revolucion en la produccion el sistema SMED 3a Edicion
Zero Quality Control Source Inspection and the PokaYoke System