Shingo Accelerated Online Workshop Series – APR 2026
£6499
About this course
The Manufacturing Institute is proud of its heritage and long-standing partnership with The Shingo Institute. Since 2008, we have helped hundreds of individuals learn about the Shingo model through our workshops, delivered by experienced, fully qualified Shingo facilitators who have worked in the industry and received Shingo recognition. By completing these workshops, you become part of a globally recognised standard for operational excellence and part of a prestigious community of continuous improvement professionals.
Our online series eliminates the costs associated with travel and accommodation, removing geographical barriers, and giving you the flexibility to easily fit the Shingo Workshop series around your personal and professional commitments.
Training includes multimedia resources catering to different learning styles, ensuring participants can access the most current information and best practices. Connect with like-minded peers and professionals globally, fostering networking and collaboration through discussion, shared experiences, and group activities.
Who is the course for?
Shingo is perfect for business leaders and senior managers committed to next-level operational excellence. With active discussions and live streaming videos directly from a host organisation, this programme is a highly interactive peer-to-peer experience designed to make your learning meaningful and immediately applicable.
What Are The Company Benefits?
- Application of leading-edge thinking to transform business performance for practical application of the Shingo Model
- Structured tools to analyse business, create personal and group action plans, for immediate implementation
- Develop a culture that creates sustainable continuous improvement of company and core business processes
- Opportunity to see operational excellence in action at a world-class hosting site, peer-to-peer knowledge transfer
Workshop 1 - Discover Excellence
Discover how to release the latent potential in your organisation to achieve organisational excellence. Learn and understand The Shingo Model in relatable context. Discover the Three Insights of Organisational Excellence and explore how The Shingo Guiding Principles inform ideal behaviours that ultimately lead to sustainable results.
- Learn and understand the Shingo Model
- Discover the Three Insights of Organisational Excellence
- Explore how the Shingo Guiding Principles inform ideal behaviours that ultimately lead to sustainable results
- Understand the behavioural assessment process through an interactive case study and on-site Gemba
Workshop 2 - Systems Design
Systems Design begins by explaining that all work in an organisation is the outcome of a system. Systems drive the behaviour of people, and variation in behaviour leads to variation in results. Organisational excellence requires well-designed systems to drive ideal behaviours that are required to produce sustainable results.
- Discover three types of essential systems
- Explore five required communication tools for each system
- Learn how to create and use system maps
- Understand system standard work and how it drives improvement
Workshop 3 - Cultural Enablers
Explains that tools and systems alone do not operate a business. People do. Each person within an organisation has a set of values and beliefs that influences the way he or she behaves. Ultimately, the aggregate of people’s behaviours makes up organisational culture, and culture greatly influences results including purpose, respect for every individual, and the ability to lead with humility.
- Respect Every Individual
- Lead with Humility
- Values, mission, vision and purpose
Workshop 4 - Continuous Improvement
Learn how to clearly define value through the eyes of your customers. Deepen your understanding of the relationship between behaviours, systems, and principles, and how they drive results by embracing scientific thinking, focusing on process, assuring quality at the source, and improving flow and pull with behavioural benchmarks.
- Seek Perfection
- Embrace Scientific Thinking
- Focus on Process
- Assure Quality at the Source
- Improve Flow & Pull
Workshop 5 - Enterprise Alignment
To succeed, organisations must develop management systems that align work and behaviours with principles and direction in ways that are simple, comprehensive, actionable, and standardised. Creating value for customers is ultimately accomplished through the effective alignment of every value stream in an organisation by thinking systemically with constancy of purpose.
- Think Systemically
- Create Constancy of Purpose
- Create Value for the Customer
Workshop 6 - Build Excellence
Solidifies the knowledge and experience gained from previous workshops, demonstrating the integrated relationships to drive behaviour toward desired results. The workshop addresses the whole Shingo Model and aims to accelerate cultural transformation by applying its principles into a PDCA cycle through observed practical application, strengthening the execution of your strategy and purpose to achieve desired results.
- Strengthen the execution of your strategy
- Learn how to shift your culture
- Set organisational purpose to the next level
- Use Go & Observe
- Practical application of the Shingo Model
- Applying learnings into a PDCA cycle
- Accelerate your cultural transformation
Timetable Dates for this Course
APR 2026 | JULY 2026 | SEPT 2026 | NOV 2026 | JAN 2027 | MAR 2027 |
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DISCOVER | SYSTEMS | CULTURAL | CONTINUOUS | ENTERPRISE | BUILD |
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Date | Wed 29th | Tue 7th | Tue 22nd | Tue 10th | Tue 5th | Tue 23rd |
Dates may be subject to change. Terms and conditions of booking apply.
FAQ’s
What is the Shingo Accelerated Online Workshop Series?
The Shingo Accelerated Online Workshop Series is a structured learning programme designed to help individuals and organisations understand and apply the Shingo Model for operational excellence. It consists of six two-day workshops delivered online over 12 months.
What will I learn from the Shingo Workshops?
The workshops cover key areas such as behavioural principles, systems design, continuous improvement, cultural enablers, enterprise alignment, and building excellence. Participants will learn how to create sustainable results by aligning organisational culture with guiding principles.
Are there any prerequisites for attending the workshops?
Yes, before attending the Cultural Enablers, Continuous Improvement, Enterprise Alignment, or Build Excellence workshops, participants must first complete Discover Excellence and Systems Design. These foundational workshops provide essential learning required for the subsequent sessions.
Can I join the series if I have already completed one or more of the workshops?
Yes! If you have previously attended one or more Shingo workshops, you can still join the series. The total programme cost will be adjusted based on the workshops you have already completed. Contact The Manufacturing Institute for a personalised cost breakdown.
Is the Shingo Workshop Series available internationally?
Yes, the online format makes this workshop series accessible to participants worldwide. The sessions are delivered by experienced and fully qualified English-speaking Shingo facilitators with real-world industry experience, ensuring a high-quality learning experience for global participants.
How long does it take to complete the Shingo Workshop Series?
The series is structured to be completed within 12 months. Each of the six workshops lasts for two days, with a flexible schedule designed to fit around professional commitments.
Do I save money buying all workshops in one package?
Yes! Individually, workshops normally cost £1,295 +VAT, so attending all six individually would cost £7,770 +VAT.
This full series costs £6,499 +VAT, saving you £1,271.
What happens after I complete all six workshops?
Upon completion of all six workshops, you will become part of the Shingo Alumni, a globally recognised community of continuous improvement professionals dedicated to operational excellence.
What happens if I miss one of the workshop dates?
To become a Shingo alumni, you must attend all sessions. However, if you cannot attend one of the workshop dates, we will arrange for you to attend the next available workshop.