Introduction to Problem Solving
Imagine active problem solving ingrained in your frontline people. It’s not a stretch when you add TWI Institute’s Problem Solving (PS) coaching and training to your improvement planning.
PS adds systematic problem solving to the skills that TWI’s core programs deliver in Job Instruction (JI), Job Relations (JR), Job Methods (JM) and Job Safety (JS). Problem Solving trains your people how to act on problems rather than wait for someone else to solve them or complain about the situation.
Supervisors and workers learn to recognize the earmarks of any problem that will impact workflow, production and output, teamwork, safety, quality and customer satisfaction. They will be able to pinpoint problem areas and identify causes, be they direct, indirect, personal, physical or cultural. Our JI, JR, JM and JS programs provide the modeling that team members need for proposing solutions, correcting the problem and evaluating the results. And, because PS is structured and systematic, problem solving becomes integrated with their skills and virtually second nature.
Our End-to-End programming assures adoption and continuation of PS’s benefits. Your TWI Institute coach will meet with management, managers, trainers, supervisors and team leaders to observe your TWI PS implementation. Your coach will gauge progress, identify problems, suggest solutions and help realign goals.
What We Will Cover
Problem Solving, as is the case with all TWI Institute programs, is focused on supervisors, team leaders and the workers themselves. PS provides a proven and reliable system for elevating the kind of engagement and participation that advances ongoing or planned continuous improvement, kaizen, lean and operational excellence initiatives.
- Defining the nature and types of problems
- Understanding the relationship between problems and results
- Exploration of causes, direct and indirect, physical, personal and cultural
- Learning to use the Problem Solving 4-Step Model
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- Isolate and state the problem
- Prepare for the solution, collect evidence, assess impact
- Correct the problem: Improve skills, modify behaviors, improve methods
- Check and evaluate results
- Differentiating between short-term and long-term solutions and their effects
- Managing for change and mitigating disruption
Experience impressive improvement through TWI Problem Solving
Higher Productivity, Lower Costs
Solutions are focused on risk- and cost-related issues like eliminating waste, streamlining operations, reducing errors, improving safety
Higher Job Satisfaction
Realize more involvement, collaboration and self-satisfaction
Positive Working Environment
Higher levels of camaraderie, trust and loyalty; acceptance of change and challenges
Alignment of Purpose and Performance
Achieve the effects of synergy among individuals, teams and departments.