LEAN MANAGEMENT TOOLS SUPPORTING THE TWI PROGRAM

1 KUCZYŃSKA CHALADA - Marzena
Co-authors:
1 FURMAN Joanna
Institution:
1 Silesian University of Technology, Faculty of Materials Engineering and Metallurgy, Katowice, Poland, EU, joanna.furman@polsl.pl, marzena.kuczynska-chalada@polsl.pl
Conference:
CLC 2018 - Carpathian Logistics Congress, Wellness Hotel Step, Prague, Czech Republic, EU, December 3 - 5, 2018
Proceedings:
Proceedings CLC 2018 - Carpathian Logistics Congress
Pages:
598-602
ISBN:
978-80-87294-88-8
ISSN:
2694-9318
Published:
18th April 2019
Proceedings of the conference were published in Web of Science.
Metrics:
507 views / 205 downloads
Abstract

The TWI (Training Within Industry) program is considered the foundation of Lean Management. It is a program to develop the skills of superiors in the field of instructing employees and improving working methods which translates into an improvement in the organization of logistics processes. The improvement of working methods aims at increasing the production capacity with the same human resources, materials and machines, while at the same time producing more good products in terms of quality in a shorter period of time. The aim of the article is to develop documentation in accordance with the TWI method for operators in a selected production company. Presented is the method of preparing documentation using the Kaizen workshop.

Keywords: TWI (Training Within Industry), production logistics, Lean Management, Kaizen

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