The Missing Link to Lean Implementation

Training Within Industry

TWI may be the Missing Link for a successful Lean Implementation. Jim Huntzinger believes it was for him and explains why it was for Toyota also. It is a learn-by-doing approach that helps your team leaders create a high performance, cross functional team.

Training Within Industry with Jim Huntzinger

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TWI Summit: Training Within Industry is needed more now, in this down economy, than ever before. It was in a time of crisis that TWI proved its worth more than 60 years ago, and leading organizations are turning to TWI again. Why?

• Get more done with less machines and manpower
• Improve quality, reduce scrap by achieving standard work across workers and shifts
• Reduce safety incidents
• Decrease training time, especially for temporary workers
• Reduce labor hours
• Reduce grievances
• Transfer knowledge from a skilled, retiring workforce to an unskilled, green workforce

Jim Huntzinger authored the book, Lean Cost Management: Accounting for Lean by Establishing Flow, was a contributing author to Lean Accounting: Best Practices for Sustainable Integration, and has authored many articles including the ground-breaking article, Roots of Lean – Training Within Industry: The Origin of Kaizen.

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