1st Edition

The 7 Kata Toyota Kata, TWI, and Lean Training

191 Pages 36 B/W Illustrations

by Productivity Press

192 Pages

by Productivity Press

191 Pages

by Productivity Press

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The biggest competitive advantage an organization can achieve comes from the synergies created by employees skilled in enhancing organizational dynamics. The Seven Kata: Toyota Kata, TWI, and Lean Training supplies time-tested tools and advice to help readers adapt to changing conditions and outcompete their rivals. It explains why a mix of the skill sets that Training Within Industry (TWI)... Read more

Weapons for the Economic Warrior
Skills, Not Tools
Toyota’s Connective Tissue
Skills of the Warrior
Training Within Industry’s Japanese Connection
Lean’s Formula: Syncretism and Ritual
Getting Started
A Word of Warning to Top Management

The Improvement Kata: Kaizen
Means to an End—Kata and Kaizen
Value Stream Analysis
Improvement Kata Method
Coaching the Improvement Kata
The Five Questions
Yokoten
Conclusions

The Nested Job Instruction Kata: Learn to Teach
Training to Instruct
     On-the-Job Training Development
     Power of One-on-One
     Quintessential Standard—Demonstrated
Nested Kata
     Important Step (IS) Kata
     Key Point (KP) Kata
     The Kata for How to Get Ready to Instruct
From Training Course to Kata
Conclusions

The Coaching Kata: Teaching to Learn
Introduction
Preceptor Development
Coaching Philosophy
Coaching
Coaching and Improvement Kata Card Revision
Developing a Kata Culture Using a Training Timetable
The JR Connection
Coaching the Problem-Solving Kata
Conclusion

The Problem-Solving Kata: Seek to Understand Kata
Unconsciously Neglecting Problems
PS Kata
PS Kata Family
Training Within Industry Problem-Solving Training
Six Sigma in Context
Conclusions

The Job Relations Kata: The Cultural Fortifier
Collaboration and Conciliation
Practicing the JR Kata
Need for Coaching
     Coaching the JR Kata
Practicing the JR Kata
     Step 1
     Step 2
     Step 3
     Step 4
     Reflection
Foundations for Good Relations
JR Kata and A3 Thinking
Conclusion

Job Safety Kata: The Duplex Kata
JS Improvement Kata
     JS Improvement Kata: Step 1
     JS Improvement Kata: Observations
JS Problem-Solving Kata
     JS Problem-Solving Kata: Step 2
     JS Problem-Solving Kata: Step 3
     JS Problem-Solving Kata: Step 4
JI Kata Connection
A New 5-Why?
Conclusions

The Job Methods Kata: Kipling’s Kata
Introduction
Relationship of the Improvement and JM Kata
Coaching
Proposals and the Nascent Teian Program
JM Kata
     JM Analysis
     Nemawashi and A3 Thinking
     Continuous Improvement
Conclusion

Submit to the Kata
First Things First
Adaptive Learning
Conclusion
Biographies
References

Appendix: A Lean Training Within Industry (TWI) Timeline