"Shingo Prizes Presented to Lean Manufacturers"
Quality Progress
June 2004, p. 15
The Shingo Prize for Excellence in Manufacturing was awarded this year to the following manufacturers:
- ArvinMeritor Light Vehicle Systems Gladstone plant, Columbus, IN
- Delphi Corp., Delphi Electronics and Safety, Delnosa 5 and 6 Operations, Reynosa, Mexico
- Delphi Electronics & Safety, Kokomo Operations, Plants 7 and 9, Kokomo, IN
- Delphi Corp., Energy & Chassis Systems, Empresas Ca-le de Tiaxcala, Mexico
- Delphi Sisternas de Energia S.A. de C.V., Plant 57, Chihuahua, Mexico
- Delphi Corp., Packard Electric Systems, Plant 58, Meoqui, Mexico
- Delphi Packard, Plant 98, Centro Tecnico Herramental S.S. de C.V., Ramos Arizpe, Mexico
- Delphi Packard, Plant 51, Nuevo Casas Grandes, Mexico
- Maytag Corp.'s Jackson Dishwashing Products, Jackson, TN
- Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson Operations, Tucson, AZ
- TI Automotive, Cartersville, GA
The article states, "Three notable achievements of the 2004 recipients include seven of the 12 having product quality of fewer than 10 parts per million opportunities returned from the customer, seven of the 12 with inventory turns of more than 25 per year compared to a U.S. average of eight and an impressive average of 0.12% premium freight as a percentage of production costs covering 2003."
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