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.