The Lean Thinker

MARCH 23, 2023

Background TWI stands for Training Within Industry, a program developed during WWII by the U.S. The Commission deployed a series of training programs to teach industrial supervisors: Job Instruction, teaching the skill of breaking down a job and teaching it to others. The challenge, of course, is that nobody owns this material.

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The Lean Thinker

APRIL 6, 2021

Since then these four steps have been picked up and incorporated into the training materials of many consultants, used to write the Wikipedia article on jidoka (which I most assuredly did not author), and even found their way into some academic papers. Every Toyota-trained leader I have ever dealt with is very consistent.

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Logistics Bureau

DECEMBER 28, 2024

Those who think trucks, trains, ships and planes define the 3PL market may be in for a surprise. As a general definition, a 3PL helps a company to get its offering, conceived in place A, into the hands of its customers in place B. All you need is your credit card (and a driving licence, of course.)

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