Articles

Historical

Training Within Industry in the United States, C. R. Dooley, Report III: Vocational Training, International Labor Organization (Montreal, 1946).
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Training, Continuous Improvement, and Human Relations: The U.S TWI Programs and the Japanese Management Style, Alan G. Robinson and Dean M. Schroeder, California Management Review vol. 35, no. 2, 1993
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The Roots of Lean: Training Within Industry: The Origin of Kaizen, Jim Huntzinger, Target Magazine, Volume 18, Number 2, Second Quarter 2002
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The Toyota/TWI Connection

Training Recommendations for Implementing Lean, Marek Piatkowski,

Lean Enterprise Institute, www.lean.org

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The Roots of Lean: The Origin of Japanese Management and Kaizen, Jim Huntzinger
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Relations with Employees, Sustainability Report 2006, page 50, the Review of Educational Systems for Skilled Workers section, downloaded from the Social Aspects section on the Toyota web site
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Decoding the DNA of the Toyota Production System, Steven Spear and H. Kent Bowen, Harvard Business Review, 1999, Reprint 99509
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Summary Notes from Art Smalley Interview with Mr. Isao Kato, Topic: TWI Influences on TPS & Kaizen, Feb. 8, 2006 visit www.artoflean.com for additional information.
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Job Instruction and Standard Work

Why Standard Work is not Standard: Training Within Industry Provides an Answer, Jim Huntzinger, Target Magazine, Volume 22, Number 4, Fourth Quarter 2006
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Basic Stability is Basic to Lean Manufacturing Success, Art Smalley, www.artoflean.com
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