TWI Job Instruction is a structured process for breaking a job or task into teachable elements, and a 4 step process for teaching that job to someone. I am not going to try to explain everything about breaking down a job here, this post is primarily for people who use job breakdowns and job instruction [...]
I stumbled across this PDF file on The Hanover Group’s web site: “Job Instruction Training (JIT): Controlling Your Workers’ Compensation Costs Through a Better Work Environment.” The page essentially summarizes the contents of the TWI Job Instruction pocket card. There is a reference at the bottom saying to “Access our policyholder education safety series online [...]
This is a (belated) response to a post from Patsi Sells on The Whiteboard. She asked about safety and kaizen. When first implementing some of the tools and mechanics of the TPS (especially in a manufacturing environment), many of the initial efforts seem to run afoul of the industrial safety professionals. My experience suggests a [...]
I re-read my “What Nukes?” post and realized I was really rambling. I want to reiterate a key point more clearly because I think it is important. In the “Bad Apple” theory there is an implied assumption that the cause of an accident or other problem was one person who, at that moment in time, [...]
Warning to Reader: This piece has a lot of free-association flow to it! Oops. A few weeks ago a story emerged in the press that a B-52 had flown from North Dakota to Louisiana with half-a-dozen nuclear armed missiles under its wing. The aircrew thought they were transporting disarmed missiles. This is a rather major [...]
One of my kaizen-specialists-in-training just came to me asking for help. The Team Members he is working with are not seeing the need to understand sources of work variation. I hear that a lot, both in companies I have worked in and in the online forums. Everyone seems to think it is a problem in [...]
When we talk about safety, most people consider the context of accidents and injuries. But if we are to achieve a true continuous improvement environment, where everyone fully participates, we have to consider more. A good way to sum it up is with three elements that all start with ‘P.’ 1) Physical Safety This is [...]
