Solutions Through People
Lean Training and Programming
Overview
Many Lean journeys become detoured. Momentum stalls. Goals go unfulfilled. TWI Institute’s experience points to certain key causes:
- Lack of focus on customer value
- Heavy reliance on “tools” or too much focus on specific situations or areas
- Short-sighted vision for improvement
- Inadequate foundation for what amounts to an organizational shift
Lean isn’t just a fix or a way to reduce waste and cut costs. Lean describes how an organization operates. It’s an organizational mindset where thinking is unified and behaviors, such as PDCA (Plan, Do, Check, Act), are universal and repetitive.
Our strength, and your greatest value, is building the right foundation for your Lean experience. Our training programs – TWI, Kata and Standardized Work – generate results and value in the workplace by advancing the skills, contributions and self-respect among supervisors and workers. The work we do with you and your teams provides the ideal foundation or complement to current or planned Lean, continuous improvement, kaizen, operational excellence or talent development initiatives.
Programs for Lean
Job Relations (JR)
Job Methods (JM)
Job Safety (JS)
TWI Problem Solving (PS)
Essential Kata
Foundations and Simulation
Driving and Coaching Improvement
Standardized Work
Lean-related problems solved by our coaching and training programs.
Stalled Improvement Initiatives
Providing an improvement foundation; recognizing problems and root causes; achieving buy-in across the organizational spectrum
Lack of Engagement
Involving supervisors, teams and workers in ideation and solutions
Resistance to Collaboration
Creating alignment with your Lean vision; building productive relationships and teamwork between supervisors and workers
Skills Gaps
Identifying gaps; upskilling, reskilling and cross skilling
Instability
Developing the baselines for improvement: standards and Standardized Work
Physical and Personal Safety
Training workers and teams to be mindful, observant and responsive to risks and safety improvements.
Our Experience Offers You Insights to Improvement
The TWI Institute brings you insights and experience from markets and marketplaces worldwide. This track record helps global players – and locals who play globally – leverage the power of people to ignite ideas, solve problems and spur growth.