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Montana State University professor, Durward Sobek wins Shingo prize for problem-solving and manufacturing research
Montana State University’s Durward Sobek http://www.coe.montana.edu/ie/faculty/sobek/default.htm has been awarded a 2009 Shingo Research and Professional Publication prize for his book "Understanding A3 Thinking," which deals with problem-solving within organizations, such as manufacturing companies.
Sobek, an associate professor of industrial engineering http://www.coe.montana.edu/mie/default.htm , co-wrote the book with Art Smalley, a former manager at Toyota and a member of the faculty at the Lean Enterprise Institute in Cambridge, Mass.
Sobek and Smalley’s book was one of six projects to be awarded a Shingo research prize, and it is the first Shingo prize awarded to a member of MSU’s faculty.
The award will be officially presented at a ceremony May 8 in Nashville, Tenn.
By Michael Becker, MSU News Service
Full Story: http://www.montana.edu/cpa/news/nwview.php?article=7016
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