What is TWI or Training Within Industry?
During World War II, changes had to be made to meet all the needs and demands. Production was increasing and emergency groups were formed by the government which is how Training Within Industry was created. TWI called for a whole new purpose of the people and the way they were trained in industry. TWI's goal was to find out what they could do to make people more useful and productive. The staff and leaders soon came up with the three "J" programs which make up Training Within Industry's methods:
Job Relations Training (JR)
Job Instruction Training (JI)
Job Methods Training (JM)
People in an industry were trained by TWI and then would, in turn, train other people. This reduced training time and only required a minimum number of qualified trainers. TWI's service played an essential war in helping the war effort.
Training Within Industry is even used to help businesses today to teach employees valuable lessons without wasting time by breaking down jobs and helping people master their work. Many managers and supervisors struggle with quality, cost, and production problems such as:
Too much affliction on equipment and tools
Machines malfunctioning
Accidents within the business
Employees inattentive
The product quality isn't up to par
Deadlines aren't met
Problems such as these aren't ever expected, however they can't be ignored. It's important for employees and supervisors to take responsibility and be trained well enough to come up with solutions that will be effective. To learn more about the three J's and TWI, contact us and we'll tell you more.
