AN ONLINE COURSE BY LEAN FRONTIERS
TWI: An Essential Ingredient in Standardization.
A Lean Frontiers Online Workshop with Oscar Roche & Patrick Graupp
“I liked working through the first three Step-up’s to get a better understanding of what they are about. The visual exercise/discussion
with the workpiece was particularly helpful.”
– Daniel Barker, Workshop Participant
Event Details
Date & Time
- Part 1: February 2, 2021, 2:00PM-4:00PM EST
- Part 2: February 3, 2021, 2:00PM-4:00PM EST
Facilitators
Workshop Fee
- $500
In 2018 and 2019 groups from the TWI Institute spent time in Japan with Mr Isao Kato. Mr. Kato has entrusted the TWI Institute and its partners with the exclusive rights to extend his program so that, in his words, “…it is accessible to people outside of Japan.”
In this 2 x 2 Hours workshop you will learn of and experience:
- The 5 “step up” model for standardization.
- The “why” and the “what” of the TWI skills of Job Relations, Job Instruction, Job Methods and Job Safety.
- Step up 1 , “Without Work Standards there will be no standardized work” (Mr Kato).
- TWI skills being “pulled in” in step up 2 and throughout.
Like many lean concepts we believe “standardized work” has been in some ways watered down and in other ways over complicated.
Through this workshop you’ll see a practical logical approach which will enlighten and help you understand how “standardization” came to be in Toyota from 1950 onward. The principles applied stand true today.
Additional Opportunity
Oscar, through the TWI Institute, is offering 6 personal follow-up coaching sessions for those interested in guidance and mentoring during the application of Step Up 1. If you are interested in this option, you can select your interest when registering. Oscar will follow-up with additional information on this unique opportunity.
“I appreciate your insight to help us stabilize our processes. My expertise is focused on operations. The initial Step Up 1 work on product and equipment has really helped me focus on what is important to the operators.”
Chris Gaechter,
Continuous Improvement Manager,
Continental Structural Plastics
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TWI: An Essential Ingredient in Standardization. - ABOUT THE FACILITATOR
Patrick Graupp & Oscar Roche
Patrick Graupp
Patrick began his training career at the SANYO Electric Corporate Training Center in Japan after graduating with Highest Honors from Drexel University in 1980. There he learned to deliver TWI from his mentor Kazuhiko Shibuya. Mr. Shibuya was trained by Kenji Ogawa who was trained by the four TWI Inc. trainers sent from the US to help Japan rebuild industry in 1951. Patrick earned an MBA from Boston University while heading Sanyo’s global training effort. Patrick partnered with Bob Wrona in 2001 to conduct TWI pilot projects in Syracuse, NY that became the foundation for the TWI Institute which has since trained a rapidly expanding global network of over 1100 certified trainers who are now delivering TWI training in the manufacturing, health care, construction, energy, and service industries in the US and around the globe.
Oscar Roche
2 things that drive Oscar’s endeavors in building capability. 1) people must have trust in his intent; 2) nothing is more effective and liberating than saying “I’m not sure” then learning by doing.
As a Director of the Australian, New Zealand and South East Asian TWI Institute Global Partnership Oscar is mindful of these 2 things daily. He frequently quotes a manager he’s met who said “the more I know the more I realize I don’t know”. He feels that as long as he maintains that mindset he can be of service to others.
