(Lean Frontiers: Fishers, IN) -- It was in a time of crisis that training within industry (TWI) proved its worth more than 60 years ago, and many companies are turning to TWI again. Find out why at the fifth annual TWI Summit set for May 17–18, 2011, with an optional presummit workshop on May 16, and optional post-summit training classes May 18–20. The summit will be held in Orlando, Florida, at Disney’s Boardwalk Inn.
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The TWI Summit kicks off with a treat as Norman Bodek returns to deliver the keynote address on May 17, 8 a.m.–9:30 a.m. Five years ago, Bodek delivered the first keynote presentation at the 2007 TWI Summit. He’s insightful, engaging, funny, and shares stories of his many times spent with Taiichi Ohno. Bodek is personally responsible for bringing the Toyota Production System to the West.
The following are the TWI Summit sessions. Visit www.twisummit.com/agenda and click on the session titles for descriptions and presenter information.
Sessions on Tuesday, May 17, 2011:
• Implementing TWI: Managing a Skills-Based Culture
• TWI Job Relations and Beyond
• Problem-solving with TWI for Executives
• IBM’s use of TWI for Rapid Product Development: Speeding Time to Market
• Case Studies: Effective and Efficient Training and Communication
• Getting Management on Board: TWI as a Management Foundation
• Connecting TWI to Lean Tools: Integrating for Impact
• Advancing TWI: Applying new Problem-Solving Tools
• TWI Job Safety (Forgotten But Not Lost)
• The Value of Starting Small in a Large Company
• Achieving Reliability with Job Instruction: A Case Study from Health Care
Sessions on Wednesday May 18:
• Introducing TWI to the World of Nonprofits, Part 1
• TWI and the Change Process Within Organizations
• Using TWI to Attain Global Knowledge Sharing and Standard Work at LEGO
• Introducing TWI to the World of Nonprofits, Part 2
• The Power of Coaching in Your TWI Adoption
• Developing a Global Training Organization the LEGO Way
• Roadblocks and a Roadmap: How to Get Results
• TWI—The Catalyst for Sustainable Change
• Training Within Industry—Transferring Knowledge and Efficiency to a New Generation of Shipbuilders
There will be networking lunches both days of the summit. Sign up to have lunch with specific presenters, thought leaders, and association leadership.
The optional presummit workshop, TWI 101: Overview of TWI and the “J” Programs, is set for Mon., May 16, 2011, from 8 a.m. to noon.
The optional post-summit training begins Wednesday afternoon at 4 p.m. The training programs are: Job Instruction, Job Relations, and Job Safety. Each program is a 10-hour class conducted in five two-hour sessions over the course of two and a half days with some work being required between each session.
Register online or visit www.twisummit.com for more information.
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