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Links to Central New York TDO

TDO TWI Homepage

TDO TWI Brochure --- 400KB

TDO TWI Video --- 18.5MB Streaming Video (.wmv file)

Links to Round Pond Consulting

Round Pond Consulting Homepage

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Links to Art of Lean

Art of Lean Homepage

Art of Lean JI Section

Art of Lean JR Section

Art of Lean JM Section

Books on TWI

Learn by Doing: The Story of Training Within Industry by Walter Dietz (Whole Text)

Training Within Industry: The Foundation of Lean by Donald A. Dinero

The TWI Workbook: Essential Skills for Supervisors by Patrick Graupp and Robert J. Wrona

The Toyota Way Fieldbook by Jeff Liker and David Meier (Chapter 11, Pg 247 on Job Instruction Training)

Corporate Creativity: How Innovation and Improvement Actually Happen by Alan Robinson and Sam Stern (TWI History, Google Link)

Modern Approaches to Manufacturing Improvement by Shigeo Shingo (TWI in Japan, Google Link)

Gemba Kaizen: A Commonsense, Low-Cost Approach to Management by Masaaki Imai (TWI in Japan, Google Link-Need gmail Account)

Articles About TWI

Training Within Industry in the United States by Channing R. Dooley (TWI Director) in 1946 --- 1.7MB

Why Standard Work is Not Standard: Training Within Industry Provides An Answer by Jim Huntzinger
What and Why TWI? by Jim Huntzinger, Partick Graupp, and Bob Wrona
Roots of Lean, Training Within Industry: The Origin of Kaizen (Target Magazine Version) by Jim Huntzinger --- 11.1MB

Roots of Lean, Training Within Industry: The Origin of Kaizen (Full Version) by Jim Huntzinger

Book Forward About The "Rediscovery" of TWI by John Shook (for Don Dinero's book above)

TWI - The Missing Link to Lean and Kaizen by Robert Wrona

TWI Influence on TPS and Kaizen: An Interview with Mr. Isao Kato by Art Smalley

Training Within Industry: A countermeasure to Some Hard Realities of Implementing Lean Manufacturing by Richard Abercrombie

Training, Continuous Improvement, and Human Relations: The U.S. TWI Programs... by Alan Robinson and Dean Schroeder

Training Within Industry (TWI) Leadership Skills by Jim Myers

TWI on Wikipedia

The Foundational Impact of the Training Within Industry Project on the Human Resources Development Profession by Wendy E.A. Ruona (Subscription Required, But Check for Free Trial)

Articles That Discuss or Mention TWI

Creating Basic Stability Article by Art Smalley

Creating Basic Stability eLearning Package by Art Smalley

Skills Training Approaches For Fast and Sustainable Equipment Reliability by Robert M. Williamson

Original TWI Brochures

Original TWI Promotional Package called "A Challenge". Special Thanks to Jeffrey Morrow, PhD from NetSensus (link) --- 1.7MB

Original TWI Brochure Taken from Bulletin Series --- 460KB

Original Pamphlet for the Industry's Award to Pay Tribute to the TWI Service in Febuary 1944 --- 300KB

Other TWI Information

TWI Cards from Lean Enterprise Institute site (registration required)

The Roots of TWI: Research materials that influenced the TWI programs

Books by Charles R. Allen

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Burlington, VT
Serving the Northern Vermont and New York Manufacturing Communities

Last page update: December 26, 2006 by Jeff

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