TWI: Training Within Industry
Making Lean thinking the focus of every employee
Nearly every company that is on the Lean journey achieves remarkable successes - but the challenge lay in sustaining those successes on a daily basis. Training Within Industry is the might behind the Lean muscle and provides step-by-step training to supervisors, training exactly how to improve quality, productivity and employee morale.
"You will not become Lean by doing TWI, but you will not become Lean without doing TWI."
Jim Huntzinger, TWI Summit
TWI is a proven training program that provides the framework for employees to integrate Lean principles into their daily work processes. TWI is effective in leveraging the power of supervisors or leaders in conducting kaizen events on an on-going basis.
TWI consists of four programs:
Job Instruction (JI): teaches supervisors how to
quickly train employees to do a job correctly, safely
and conscientiously.
Job Methods (JM):
teaches supervisors how to produce a higher quality of
products in less time by
making the best use of people, machines
and materials available.
Job Relations (JR):
teaches supervisors how to build positive employee
relations, increase
cooperation and motivation, and quickly
resolve conflicts.
Job Safety (JS):
teaches supervisors to instruct preventative measures,
that, through practice, can
help reduce incidents and improve overall
work quality.
CONNSTEP is Connecticut's only certified TWI program provider.
Contact us to learn how TWI can sustain your Lean initiatives.
