Toyota Kata & TWI J-ProgramsLessons learned so far and how do these connect?
Joakim Bjurström
Background in a family business Coach/consultant since 2007 business through people associate
2014
Lean Silver-certified Black Belt Six Sigma Cert. TWI Instructor JI Translated Toyota Kata to
Swedish with Lars Danielsson
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TPS was built on TWI J-programs Ohno was a certified TWI-trainer
Kata and TWI are both developed to change
the behavior and thinking of individuals!
Kata and TWI connection
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How Important is front line management?
“The sergeant is the Army.”- General Dwight D. Eisenhower, World War II
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Learn by Doing
The TWI approach is not about schools, classes or lessons –
TWI is about individual and/or group work on current day problems related to
Quality, Cost, Delivery, Morale & Safety
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Scientific thinking
”Learn by doing”
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Learn by Repetition
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Conclusion
So Kata helps us form a scientific approach to improvements
TWI J-programs helps us teach the results (new standards) with a repetitive method
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Questions I Struggle with!
Fast paced improvement versus Standardized work?
Do we need to adjust our methods depending on different cultures?
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