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Excellence Community

Post author By Alphadi Team
Post date 4. June 2025

Excellence Community

With International Recognition

Secure your Benefits

The community is aimed at experts in Lean Management, Six Sigma, Quality Management, and Sales Excellence, as well as leaders who seek to continuously develop their corporate culture.

Networking

Connect and discuss with other leaders in the Lean field.

Best Practice

Set benchmarks for tools and methods with other Lean champions.

Resources

Access tools, templates, whitepapers, self-assessments, and current professional articles for download.

Knowledge Refresh

Stay up-to-date with micro-learning and excellence workshops.

Recertification

Get recertified for free through webinars, workshops, or become an examiner.

Free Webinars

Take advantage of free webinars and earn valuable knowledge and credit points.

How to Join?

How do I join the community?

By passing the written exam, you receive an Excellence Certificate. This makes you part of the community and allows you to benefit from all the advantages.

What are the fees?

The fees for initial certification are €150 + VAT for the exam and €150 + VAT for the certificate. Recertification (every 3 years) costs €150 + VAT.

Can I cancel anytime?

You don’t need to cancel anything, as there is no membership involved. Only when your certificate expires after 3 years should you consider renewing it.
There are no obligations beyond that.

Which certificates do I receive

We currently offer the following initial certifications in the field of excellence:

Lean Six Sigma Green Belt
Lean Six Sigma Black Belt
Opex Manager
Sales Excellence Manager

Your road to intial certification

Any professionally qualified individual can become a member of the Excellence Community. We offer extensive preparation options. Depending on the level, you will receive an Excellence Certificate as a Lean Six Sigma Green Belt or Black Belt, or as an Operational Excellence Manager or Sales Excellence Manager.

Recertification without an exam

We’ve simplified the recertification process for you: Instead of taking a new exam every three years, you can refresh your knowledge through practical, partially free webinars or workshops and earn credit points.
This way, you stay up to date and continue to enjoy all the benefits of the Excellence Community.

Workshops

Gain 6 to 12 Credits

Take the opportunity to build on your strengths – personalized, practical, and recognized.

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Thinktank

Secure 4 Credits

Think along, join the discussion, help shape the future. The think tank thrives on your input.

Free Webinars

Get 2 Credits

Take part in our regularly scheduled webinars – compact, practical, and free of charge.

Excellence, for us, is hands-on.

Zimmer Switzerland Manufacturing GmbH was awarded the Shingo Bronze Medallion – the first company in Switzerland to receive this honor. A powerful statement of lived excellence.

Events - ENG News-Banner Shingo Workshop

Systems Design

Post author By Alphadi Team
Post date 8. May 2025

This two-day workshop integrates practical instruction with on-site experience at a host company. Building on the knowledge and experiences from the DISCOVER EXCELLENCE workshop, it focuses on the “Systems” diamond in the Shingo Model™. We begin by explaining why all work in an organization is the result of a system and how systems must be designed to achieve a specific goal. Otherwise, systems will develop on their own. Systems drive the behavior of people. Variations in behavior lead to variations in results. Organizational excellence requires well-designed systems to promote the ideal behaviors necessary to achieve sustainable results.

Content:

The three most important systems
The five key communication tools
Creating system maps
Using system standard work
Driving improvements

Tags 2025, Shingo

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Discover Excellence

Post author By Alphadi Team
Post date 7. May 2025

In this two-day workshop, the fundamentals of the Shingo Model™, the Shingo Leadership Principles, and the three perspectives on Enterprise Excellence™ are introduced. Through open discussions and active learning at the host company, insights are immediately applied from theory to practice. There is active knowledge exchange among all participants, highlighting how to unlock an organization’s hidden potential to achieve Enterprise Excellence™. The DISCOVER EXCELLENCE workshop is a prerequisite for participating in all other workshops.

Content:

Introduction to the Shingo Model™
The three perspectives on Organizational Excellence
How leadership principles promote ideal behavior
Achieving sustainable, long-term results
On-site learning at the company

Tags 2025, Shingo

ENG Excellence Veranstaltungen Events - ENG News-Banner

0-Inventory strategy

Post author By Alphadi Team
Post date 1. May 2025

Tags 2025, Workshops

ENG Excellence Veranstaltungen Events - ENG News-Banner

Workshop Project Selection

Post author By Alphadi Team
Post date 1. May 2025

Tags 2025, Workshops

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Zimmer Switzerland Manufacturing GmbH wins the Shingo Bronze Prize

Post author By Alphadi Team
Post date 4. March 2025

With great pleasure, we would like to congratulate

Zimmer Switzerland Manufacturing GmbH on being awarded the Shingo Bronze Prize 2024.

Zimmer is the first company in Switzerland and the second company in the entire German-speaking world to receive this prestigious award. We would like to congratulate Zimmer Switzerland Manufacturing GmbH on this exceptional achievement!

We are proud to have been able to

accompany and support Zimmer Biomet on this part of the Shingo journey.

Home of the Shingo Prize

The Nobel Prize in Manufacturing

The Shingo Institute is the home of the Shingo Prize. The Shingo Prize, is an internationally renowned award, also known as the “Nobel Prize for Manufacturing” (Business Week), which recognizes companies that demonstrate a culture of continuous improvement (CIP).

The Shingo Institute is a department of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University and is named after the Japanese industrial engineer and Toyota consultant Shigeo Shingo. Dr. Shingo distinguished himself as one of the world’s thought leaders in concepts, management systems and improvement techniques known as the Toyota Production System.