Can You Improve Your Business with TWI?

Can Your Business Improve with TWI?

Training Within Industry is a compelling system that uses hands-on techniques to teach vital skills to managers, supervisors, and team leaders from all different types of industries. Any kind of company you own or work for, anywhere a job is completed, TWI can help and here is why:

The tried-and-true proven training system is made up of three different programs. They are Job Relations, Job Instruction, and Job Methods. These programs are designed to teach supervisors how to build up and keep positive relations with their employees and how to train their workers to remember how to perform jobs correctly and safely. All of this while continuously improving in the workplace.

You may be wondering, “But how exactly will my business improve from this program?” Training Within Industry will not only train supervisors, but instruct them effectively in three different. These are very important areas that are essential to success in the workplace. Skills in Improving Methods, also known as Job Methods or JM, enforces the skills needed to look at jobs and make the best of the resources you have at hand. Skills in Leading or Job Relations (JM) teaches the skills you need to evaluate situations, take it upon yourself to solve and avoid problems. Thirdly, Skills in Instructing or Job Instruction (JI) gives you the skills needed to develop a well trained team and how to train them quickly.

Implementing TWI into your company ensures positive outcomes and various benefits. This reduces training time, standardizes training, increases productivity, and improves morale. Those key factors solve many different issues that easily and often could arise in the workplace without our help. TWI resolves the outcomes of previous poor training and makes up for mistakes that have been made and poor quality work. The training program also solves inconsistent handling of employee problems and gets supervisors up to speed quickly, eliminating a long learning curve for new supervisors.

No company is perfect, but at TWI we can help you get closer to perfect and beat your competition by a long shot when it comes to being a well trained and organized business. Without all the vital skills we can instill into your staff and workforce, your company is falling behind. In times like these, improving your business is a must and TWI helps you gain back everything your business is lacking. In other words, TWI Training Solutions WILL improve your business.

The Key to Success is in Your Hands

Fundamentals of the TWI Program Give You The Key to Success

The fundamentals of TWI Training Solutions hands you the key to developing and carrying out standardized work and to make changes and improvements. For decades, companies such as Toyota use TWI's services to reach their business goals as they learn how to:

• Match jobs and responsibilities with the right employees
• Set goals 
• Encourage communication skills
• Insure that basic skills are in place for employees to carry out jobs

Toyota refers to these as "The Four Rules". The company considers these rules as the "DNA" of their company's production. 

Training Within Industries' three main services are: Job Instruction, Job Relations, and Job Methods Improvement. These come from the "Five Needs Model for Good Supervisors" that was developed during World War II. This defined the main things that must be fulfilled before any boss or manager can accomplish their responsibilities and job successfully. The Five Needs are:

• Knowledge of Work
• Knowledge of Responsibilities
• Skill in Instructing
• Skill in Improving Methods
• Skill in Leading 

The first two needs deal with knowledge and the last three focus on skill. Gaining knowledge must be joined with gaining skill, which is only acquired through practice.

The Five Needs were experimented and tested in real industries during production while the war was happening. These guidelines have made teaching the three J's more effective and consistent. Be sure to contact us to learn more. 

What Are Our Clients Saying About TWI Training Solutions?

"The TWI method of training just makes sense. It’s as simple as that. How often do you train a person to do a job and know, without a doubt, they understand the steps to getting the job done, the key points that will make or break the job, and the reason why the job is done the way it is, the first time you walk away? 

In my experience it hasn’t happened very often, but then I learned the TWI method. When the TWI method of training is used, you walk away confident the job is going to be done right, knowing the individual you trained, completely understands it. '' - Sonia Parham

"TWI Training Solutions" is so common sense that it makes extreme sense. How often do we complicate things by forgetting the basic common sense stuff? This program and the things taught by certified instructors can - and should be used- in all areas of life, not only in business. It would save a lot of time, issues, money and problems from lack of communication." - Geoff B. 

The Importance of an Educated Worker

The Importance of A Skilled and Educated Employee

There is somewhat of an epidemic happening within the American workforce at this very moment. The dying breed: a highly skilled and properly trained employee of the manufacturing industry.* More and more employees in the United States manufacturing workforce are trained at a minimal level, leaving but a mere number of (close to) retiree-aged employees to fully understand and operate the equipment.

The issue of hiring and properly training educated individuals goes much deeper than a company or industry needing products to be made a certain way. If the number of skilled workers remains at a critically minimal level, it will hinder the U.S.’ ability to compete in a global economy. As the U.S. is somewhat of a hub for many, many different types of resources, importing/exporting of goods, etc., the issue will grow to a global scale.

The catastrophic dwindling of yesteryear’s ideal employee has become much more of a reality as time has passed. In 2010, 8,000 NAM ( National Association of Manufacturers) members conducted a survey in order to determine just how greatly the number of skilled workers has decreased. Partial reason (as to the lack of skill among workers) can be pinpointed to the 50% of current students dropping out of school. Studies have shown that only one-third of graduating students can perform at a senior high school education level, indicating the quality (or lack thereof) that the workforce will consist of in the coming decades.

Fortunately, there is still time to turn this issue around. There have been tools created in order to prevent a global panic. One of those tools is Training Within Industry. Organizations must change and think more creatively and be more innovative in regards to their morale, management and training programs. If companies choose to start from within and grow externally from there, then they will solve a lot of problems before they become problems. 

Educated workers are the key to America's success and the key to preventing a global problem. TWI Training Solutions insures that workers are armed with the tools and education they need to do their jobs properly, effectively and efficiently. This makes for a win-win situation for businesses and their employees. Learn more by contacting our team.

Training Within Industry Further Explained

What is TWI or Training Within Industry?
WWII. 

During World War II, production was increasing and emergency groups were formed by the government and this 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. It was formed by some of the best of the best people in order to jump start businesses and make them operate and grow in the most efficient and effective way. The programs three main components consist of these essential training areas:

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 the instruction time and only required a minimum number of qualified trainers. TWI's service played an essential war in helping the war effort. The historically successful program is still being 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 production, cost and quality problems such as:.

Too much affliction on equipment and tools
Machines malfunctioning
Accidents within the business
Employees inattentiveness and not paying attention
The product quality isn't up to par
Deadlines aren't being met

Problems such as these aren't ever expected; however, they can't be ignored. It's important for supervisors and employees to take responsibility and be trained well enough to come up with solutions that will be effective.

To learn much more about TWI Training Solutions, read our other blogs and pages of this site. Our team is here to answer any questions you may have. Contact us now. 

Three Essential Points That Make or Break Your Work Streams

There are three essential points in a company that makes sure the work streams perfectly. The crucial things are expense, top quality, and manufacturing. It is necessary to make a product of high quality, on schedule, and within the spending plan. Falling behind on any one of these points can make the difference between failure and success.

It's the manager (or managers') job to handle every specific detail each minute of the work day. Occasionally, mistakes are made and things fail but this does not always mean the supervisor is careless. Sometimes there are troubles, or points, that just do not work out. Nevertheless, it's important for managers to have the know-how and capabilities to be able to repair and expect problems. Many supervisors encounter issues such as:

Damaged equipment.

Product is of poor quality

Mishaps in the job place

Perfunctory workers who could care less

Training takes too long

Machines break down

Staff members do not comply with directions

Supervisors regularly deal with battles such as these. These difficulties are never intended. Regardless, they have to be handled. The ones responsible for dealing with them are the managers. TWI assists train supervisors and administrators to be able to do what it takes to fix these difficulties or to even stop them from occurring in the first place.

These points of trouble and problems are just a few of the many areas that the TWI Training Solutions teaches. Contact us for a free consultation to learn how we can improve your business and make it grow. 

Three Steps of Job Instruction

Breaking Job Instructions in Three Main Steps 

There are three essential things in a business that ensures the work flows smoothly.  Learning about these three steps keeps things simple and easy to teach and learn. The three things are cost, quality, and production. It's important to make a product of good quality, on time, and within the budget. Falling behind on any of these things could make the difference between failure and success. It's the manager or supervisors job to handle every single detail each minute of the work day. Sometimes things go wrong but this doesn't mean the supervisor is irresponsible. Sometimes there are problems or things just don't work out. However, it's essential for supervisors to have the knowledge and skills to be able to fix and anticipate problems. Most managers face problems such as:

Broken equipment

The product is low quality

Accidents in the work place

Uninterested employees

Training takes too long

Machinery breaks down

Employees don't follow instructions

Supervisors regularly face struggles such as these. These challenges are never planned. However, they must be dealt with. The one responsible for taking care of them are the supervisors. TWI helps train managers and supervisors to be able to do what's needed to fix these complications or to even prevent them from occurring in the first place. 

TWI Training Solutions is the Teachers of Teachers

TWI helps teach how to get ready to instruct. Yes, teachers must be instructed on how to teach. Those who train need instructions on how to train others so that they can easily learn and retain the necessary info in order to get the job done right.

To instruct a job, it's necessary to know four things:

Break down the job

Prepare everything

Making a training timetable

Get the workplace ready

To break down a job, make a list with detailed steps of the job and list the main points in each of those steps. It's important to go through the task in your mind so that you're sure that you are teaching other employees correctly. 

Preparing everything means you have all the right tools, equipment, materials, tools, and supplies needed to complete the job. Using the wrong tools, hodgepodge materials, or forget something, sets a low standard for the person (or people) completing the task. Also, you risk undermining the authority as a supervisor. 

Your job as a supervisor or manager is to teach and train others. You want them to learn how to perform their jobs and responsibilities correctly. From the start is the best way to learn how to get something completed. In order to do this, you as the instructor or teacher, must do the best job possible in order to train. With the help of TWI, the Teachers of Teachers, we can help you and your business prepare to instruct and to train in the most common sense effective way. Contact us now to learn how we can help you become a better leader, supervisor or manager. 

Fundamentals of the TWI Program

What are the fundamentals of the long-standing, successful TWI Program? What are the most important things that make TWI the key to developing and carrying out standardized work? Companies such as Toyota use TWI's services because the historically proven methods work yet why do they work? What are the fundamentals behind this successful training program and solutions?

Here are some fundamentals of the TWI Program that withstand the test of time and can be applied to all businesses in any industry:

• Decide which responsibilities and jobs belong to which employees
• Set goals 
• Encourage communication skills
• Make sure the basic skills are in place for employees to carry out jobs

These are the top four fundamentals that make businesses grow and succeed when implementing TWI Training Solutions. Toyota refers to this list as "The Four Rules" and consider them the "DNA" of the company's production. To this day, the famous auto makers still implement TWI. 

Training Within Industries' three main services: Job Instruction, Job Relations, and Job Methods Improvement come from the "Five Needs Model for Good Supervisors" that was developed during World War II. This defined the main things that must be fulfilled before any boss or manager can accomplish their responsibilities and job successfully. The Five Needs are:

• Knowledge of Work
• Knowledge of Responsibilities
• Skill in Instructing
• Skill in Improving Methods
• Skill in Leading 

The first two needs deal with knowledge and the last three focus on skill. Gaining knowledge must be joined with gaining skill, which is only acquired through practice. The Five Needs were experimented and tested in real industries during production while the war was happening. Because they were actually put in place during a very rough time, the "practicing" was actually real life DOING. The skills were put in place through action and have proven decade after decade and so by using the Training Within Industry methods, supervisors and managers can effectively and consistently teach the three J's. Be sure to contact us to learn more and to get your FREE consultation.

What is TWI?

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. 

Tried and True, TWI works.

Since World War II, TWI Proves That It Works

Training Within Industry has shown that it works in helping businesses grow and be more productive. TWI helps to simply and minimize processes that are complicated, costly and hard to understand. One example of success by implementing TWI is listed below:

In the early 1940s a company that was equipped with the proper tools needed to manufacture lenses would have to wait nearly five years as that is how much time it took for an average person to learn and master the art and sciences behind making lenses. However, by implementing Training Within Industries' methods, that lengthy number of years was reduced to around 4-6 months from start to finish.  As this company kept using the common sense methods which simplified and organized the way it trained its staff, the training time eventually decreased to six weeks. From five years to six weeks! That's definitely a huge improvement and shows that TWI works.

So how did this happen? There were no changes made in equipment, the companies, or even the employees. The workforce even remained the same. The only major change was the way the companies trained (or re-trained for that matter) their employees. Training Within industry and TWI Solutions can do for your business what it did for lens makers and countless other companies in nearly every industry. TWI had a monumental effect on changing the way organizations in the United States trained their employees. And it still does so today.

TWI took the 5 year time requirement and threw it out the window to set a new standard for productivity. 

Just like it has done for so many other businesses, the program can transform your business into what it should be. Through hands-on training and concentrated classroom instruction by Certified TWI Trainers and Instructors, your supervisors and managers will be equipped with all the tools needed. 

Your company's supervisors, managers, leaders, trainers and employees will acquire the ability of critical thinking. They will also develop a sense of accountability to raise the bar of previous job performance standards. They will want to do the best job for the company as they will have a sense of pride and individual accountability. When employees possess this, they care about the company and they want to work as a team in order to gain success. They see the whole picture of the business's goals and they feel appreciated and valued. 

This is only a small facet of the positive changes that implementing TWI will bring. These are cost effective and long lasting changes that will prove to be the best thing you've ever done to try improve your business.

Learn more about the TWI program by calling 479. 381. 5601 or completing the contact form. You may also email us at our contact page at http://twisolutions.com/getstarted.htm

TWI Training Methods

TWI Training methods

What makes TWI different from other training methods?

Maybe you're familiar with the term Training Within Industry and are starting to understand a little about what exactly TWI Solutions does but you still have questions as to what makes TWI better than other industry training programs.

You may know that TWI was developed during WWII with the help of the best from government, private industry, and academia but the ideas that went into  the program are profoundly simple and easy to understand and highly effective. The Training Within Industry program was created with a sense of urgency because of the constraints of WWII with the war being referred to in the TWI report as 'an emergency'.

The developers of TWI came up with four essential requirements to turn the three facets of TWI (existing knowledge, new ideas, and thorough testing) into workable programs.

The four essential requirements were as follows:

1. The programs must be simple

2. The programs must be prepared using a minimum amount of presentation time

3. The programs must be built on the principle of demonstration or "learning by doing"

4. The program should provide a "multiplier effect" so that a group of employees who have been trained can also, in turn, train other employees.

These ideas laid out the basic foundation for the TWI program and resulted in a basic yet condensed training program without the the use of extraneous text or training. Every aspect of the program was developed to train workers effectively and efficiently. 

These methods work for every industry, including yours! Blue collar or white collar, the program will result in improvements anywhere that someone does a job. This means that you can achieve the same cost efficiency and productivity by implementing TWI Solutions. If you're tired of falling behind or maybe just not getting ahead. 

TWI Solutions is here to help you not only fight but to win your business battle.

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What Your Business is Losing Out On Without TWI

If you think there is something missing from your current production by not having a proven training program and solutions, chances are that you are correct. Your business is losing much without implementing the world's leader in lean training solutions.

Training Within Industry methods and thinking focuses on the common problems that managers and supervisors face. A top common problem is the lack of critical thinking in the workplace. This is the kind of critical thinking that can make or break a business.

TWI Solutions delves deep into the heart of logical thinking (getting the facts and reducing emotions) through many different channels of instruction. In addition to efficiently timed class room style sessions TWI Solutions also believes in hands-on instructions and peer instruction. Regardless of your industry whether it's healthcare, construction, education, or manufacturing TWI Solutions will result in improvements anywhere anyone does a job.

If you want better leadership, improved safety, cost, and productivity TWI solutions is your answer. This "Grandfather of Lean Training" is your premier source for the tools and content you need.

For inquiries regarding TWI Solutions and all the benefits you stand to gain, please visit us at www.twisolutions.com

What is TWI Solutions?

TWI SOLUTIONS

TWI Training Within Industry is a no-frills, PROVEN training system that has been used for decades. It focuses on the most neglected and much needed areas in a business and works within current company procedures and budget. TWI only offers tried and true solutions to problems within the workplace.

Every business owners knows the shortcomings within their company. For many, it may be increasing productivity and keeping costs down. For others, it could be leadership or morale problems. The bottom line is that TWI Solutions has the answer to your problem.

The TWI SOLUTIONS program was developed with the help of the best of the best offered from government, private industry and academia. These are the brick and mortar methods that helped increase productivity and streamline efficiency during war times and have carried into the manufacture protocol of today's top brands.

This is not a quack cure-all or some fly-by-night motivational speaker program. This is the end- all, be-all manual and classroom instructions by certified TWI trainers to make your operation to function like a meticulously-crafted watch. 

If you're ready to improve and increase productivity and efficiency, contact TWI SOLUTIONS for a FREE consultation today. You can't afford NOT to learn more about improving your business with TWI's proven training solutions.

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