Healthcare

In the January Issue of TWI News Mark Graban said: “Training Within Industry is thought of most commonly as a method used in manufacturing and shop floor environments. It is less commonly known that by 1944 at the latest, the TWI materials had been adapted for use in Healthcare settings.”

The TWI Institute long ago recognized the coming renaissance of TWI in Healthcare as we observed the emergence of Lean in Healthcare. TWI in Lean healthcare is the lynchpin needed to hold the parts together. Without that lynchpin of continuous training, attention to process improvement can easily fall apart and the gains made will disappear. The time has come for Healthcare, and TWI to partner in meeting the challenges of today and the future. The commitment to Lean and TWI must be long term and across all levels of the organization. Changes in an organization’s culture do not come easily or quickly but long term changes, incrementally implemented, have led to the tremendous gains.

The TWI Institute has adapted the traditional “J” Programs to healthcare settings and they transfer seamlessly. We recommend the traditional sequence of Job Relations and Job Instruction followed, after some time, by Job Methods. Job Safety, of course, is always relevant and can be introduced at any time. Look in the TWI Program tabs for definitions of each “J” program.

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History of TWI in Healthcare

We Cannot Afford To Hurry (March 1943) - View PDF

If The Worker Hasn't Learned (July 1943) - View PDF

Wasted Hours (August 1943) - View PDF

TWI Can Help Solve Nurse Power Problems (May 1945) - View PDF

All Workers Have Feelings (May 1945) - View PDF

TWI Methods Of Teaching Auxiliary Nursing Personnel (June 1946) - View PDF

Resurgence of TWI in 2009

Going Lean in Healthcare - View PDF

Toyota Inspiration and Model - View PDF

Toyota-style Management Drives Virginia Mason - View PDF

VMMC's 2009 TWI Summit Presentation - View PDF