Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Nov 24, 2009, 9:45 am
Mark Warren at Tesla2.com and I have been chatting about early Henry Ford works. Mark brought up the name Walter Flanders and this got me to do some more digging. Apparently W. Flanders was one of the...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Nov 20, 2009, 2:04 pm
Does anybody know if this is real or a hoax?! Hadley CRU hacker releases emails revealing Global Warming Fraud. Update: I'm thinking it's real...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Nov 19, 2009, 10:26 am
JBS Example for today is "How to Compress 'a lot' of Digital Photos in under 60 seconds"...but first, what problem does this solve? 1) During a lean assessment, there are hundreds of photos t...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Nov 18, 2009, 9:42 am
Following is a quote from a leading trade show update, providing readers with the mood/state of industry felt by the attendees: "Better productivity, lean manufacturing, and cost-effective staffing a...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Nov 15, 2009, 12:39 pm
Perhaps you have already seen it. But Jim Peck from the forum, JobShopLean linked the TWI blog up with the Steven Spear article titled, Innovation and Workforce Engagement in a High Velocity World, in...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Nov 15, 2009, 5:41 am
A friend of the TWI Blog, John Milan, sent this for your enjoyment: "I was quite amused by studying a matchbook at a recent family birthday party. I know that simple minds are easily amused, but I wa...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Nov 9, 2009, 11:14 am
Today is the debut of what may be the first live radio show that is built on the topic of Lean. At the 2008 NE Shingo Prize, Karl Wadensten's delivered a passionate message to a captivated audien...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Nov 4, 2009, 4:48 am
- "Education is what survives when what has been learned has been forgotten." B. F. Skinner That quote helps explain one reason why tens of thousands of books have been written on the topic of leader...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Nov 2, 2009, 9:04 pm
The title link will take you to the full article... Leansters always say to NEVER lay off people as a result of improvements. The article predictably dances around this dogma - you may be wanting a n...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Nov 2, 2009, 5:25 am
I love this photo. This was seen in the genba and can serve as a 5S Learning Lab. It helps us imagine many benefits of practicing lean if we only embrace problems. How would 5S make this area ready f...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Oct 23, 2009, 4:52 pm
I've been learning a lot this month. The past several weeks have been a whirlwind of leading managers and their people in the skill of genba observation in 10 different North American manufacturin...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Sep 24, 2009, 8:04 pm
In response to this post back in May, Dan said... "Hey Bryan: Congratulations on being a dad and glad you're recovering from your hospital "adventure." When you get a chance, could you please e...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Sep 21, 2009, 1:56 pm
Last week, I was in a location that implemented a Job Instruction program in the laboratory. We were actually there for an assessment, but often, the conversation came back to Job Instruction. Why? Be...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Sep 10, 2009, 8:49 am
My oldest son is taking Algebra I this year. He had a good question yesterday: "Dad, why does the book only ask us to use 3.14 instead of pi?" I replied with a quizzical look, thinking to myself, "are...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Sep 1, 2009, 7:19 am
Interesting poll over at LinkedIN. A Toyota Manager posted this simple question: What is MOST important? Product Development Process Development People Development Results Focused There are not too...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Aug 17, 2009, 6:58 am
Joe Ely at Learning About Lean shares my favorite lean post so far this year....take a look. Essentially Joe is upset that his root cause analysis told him the truth, that he was avoiding the difficu...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Aug 14, 2009, 4:00 am
JetBlue has an ALL-YOU-CAN-FLY promotion right now. For $599 (taxes and fees INCLUDED) you can fly to any of their 50 U.S. cities as many times as you can handle for a one month period. Geez! That is ...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Aug 13, 2009, 12:06 pm
As a trainer, it serves as a reminder for the key points to a job. I don’t forget to train people in things that are tricky, safe or build quality into the job. As long as I use it my trainees are a...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Aug 5, 2009, 12:02 pm
Well, o.k., technically, the JI manual won't save your life. But a person may try to save your life someday! Are they ready? Today, TWI guest blogger, Sean Jordan shares his experience of how we c...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Aug 4, 2009, 1:30 pm
It is possible that the TWI Job Methods program had some influence in the concepts used in Kaizen Teian (creative suggestion) idea systems in Japan, most notably the questioning method. Despite the su...
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Bryan L. posted an article on Training Within Industry - Aug 3, 2009, 2:34 pm
Post title takes you to a GREAT post by Cornell Colbert. Not only do I like his name, (it just sounds good) I especially like Mr. Colbert's take on the dichotomies woven within Lean thinking.
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