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Abbott Diabetes Care, Donegal, Ireland, Receives International Recognition for Operational Excellence
Summary: After trained examiners and accomplished business professionals performed a thorough assessment of its facility, Abbott, Donegal, Ireland, has been awarded the internationally recognized Shingo Silver Medallion from the Shingo Institute, a program in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University.
LOGAN, Utah – The Shingo Institute, a program in the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, has awarded Abbott Diabetes Care, Donegal, Ireland, with the Shingo Silver Medallion for operational excellence. Abbott is a global healthcare leader that helps people live more fully at all stages of life. The Abbott, Donegal, Ireland, site became part of Abbott’s diabetes care business in 2006 and has since produced the worldwide supply of Abbott’s FreeStyle Lite brand of blood glucose strips. Over the past 15 years, the site has experienced significant growth reaching more than 16 billion test strips. The site also introduced the manufacture of the life-enhancing FreeStyle Libre System sensor process in 2019.
“Receipt of the Shingo Silver Medallion signifies not only an organization’s mastery of tools and techniques, but also that it has developed mature systems for improving an organization's operations,” said Ken Snyder, executive director at the Shingo Institute.
The site identified the Shingo Model as a platform to guide its implementation of operational excellence strategy and has seen numerous improvements during its journey.
“It is an honor to receive the Shingo Silver Medallion,” said Sean O’Hara, site director at Abbott, Donegal, Ireland. “Our Shingo journey has given us the confidence to know we are on the right path to organizational excellence, and we plan to continue that journey with our greatest asset—our people.”
By “challenging” or applying for Shingo recognition, organizations invite a group of accomplished professionals and trained examiners to thoroughly review the organization’s culture and operations. The examiners evaluate the challengers based on a rigorous set of standards and the Shingo Institute awards the organizations according to their assessment results.
Abbott, Donegal, Ireland, will receive the award at the 34th Annual Shingo Conference Awards Gala in Orlando, Florida, on May 19, 2022. The conference will be a two-day hybrid conference featuring keynotes and interactive breakout sessions. Attendees will also have the option to add pre-conference workshops and company tours to their agenda. The annual conference is designed to provide ongoing knowledge, insights, and experience for organizations in their pursuit of operational excellence.
About the Shingo Institute
The Shingo Institute is home of the Shingo Prize, an award that recognizes organizations that demonstrate an exceptional culture that fosters continuous improvement. Part of the Jon M. Huntsman School of Business at Utah State University, the Shingo Institute is named after Japanese industrial engineer and Toyota adviser, Shigeo Shingo. Dr. Shingo distinguished himself as one of the world’s thought leaders in concepts, management systems, and improvement techniques that have become known as the Toyota Production System.
Drawing from Dr. Shingo’s teachings and years of experience working with organizations worldwide, the Shingo Institute developed the Shingo Model which is the basis for its several educational offerings, including workshops, study tours, and conferences. Workshops are available in multiple languages through the Institute’s Licensed Affiliates. For more information on workshops, affiliates, or to register to attend the Shingo Conference, please visit www.shingo.org.
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