Training Within Industry
Training Within Industry
Training Within Industry
(TWI)
What is the importance of a well-planned TWI program?
Simply put, a TWI initiative is one of the fastest, most effective means of improving:
productivity, quality, and profitability
TWI typically results in:
Less scrap and rework
Fewer accidents
Less tool and equipment damage
Improved productivity
Reduced training time
Increased production
Increased job satisfaction
Improved quality
Increased profits
By implementing a focused training strategy, you can ensure that your employees have the
necessary information, knowledge, and skill sets to meet competitive challenges of todays
business world
TWI Institute Program Modules (5):
Job Instruction (JI):
Quickly training employees to do a job correctly, safely, and conscientiously
Job Relations (JR):
Building positive employee relations, increasing cooperation and motivation, and
effectively resolving conflict
Job Methods (JM):
Improving the way jobs are done for continual improvement
Job Safety (JS):
Creating a safe workplace
Problem Solving (PS):
Providing supervisors and other leaders with higher level problem solving skills
What is the Return on Investment for TWI?
Virtually all companies that have implemented TWI in the last 10 years have experienced
impressive results including:
Decrease in errors, as a result of improved training
Reduced change-over times due to improved methods
Improvement in employee morale and engagement by giving employees a method for
putting their improvement ideas to practice
Case Study: TWI founders monitored 600 companies, and gathered data to evaluate their
performance. The data demonstrates how TWI contributed to winning the war of production:
86% of the companies increased their production by at least 25%
100% of the companies reduced training time by 25% or more
88% of the companies reduced labor-hours by over 25%
55% of the companies reduced scrap by at least 25%
100% of the companies reduced grievances by more than 25%
How much does TWI typically cost? What is the payback?
Case Study: AIT Labs
Implemented TWI in 2009 in order to improve technical training and employee relations
Their TWI program has helped to reduce: errors in the lab, and a decrease in sample
failures
Results:
The most severe level of data entry error was reduced by 40%
Individual sample failures decreased by 68% with a savings of more than $38,000
Training time reduced from 6 months to 2 months
At least five employees struggling with their performance are now in good
standing as a result of TWI
For an initial investment of $35,000, AIT Labs has seen a return on $260,000 since
2009.