Role Of The Twi Champion

- 105,000 sq ft Facility- 200 Employees- $29 million in Sales- 33 Injection Molding Presses (20 ton to 720 ton)- 24/7 Production

About Donnelly Custom Manufacturing Company:

Role of the TWI Champion• Load ‘em up (the shells)• Light ‘em up (the fuses)• Get out of the way• Oooh and Ahhh

1 – Load ‘Em Up• Define your objectives and link to your key business

needs / critical success factors– JR: leadership training for shop floor associates; address

“fairness” and turnover– JI: train better and faster for new associates and setups; improve

quality– JM: engage associates; improve value-add per employee, safety,

quality

• Involve Managers– Observe training– Develop training plan

• Develop measurements• Build into performance appraisals

2 – Light the Fuses• Start the training

– Go for density

• Coach Managers / Supervisors how to encourage (and not discourage)– Carry and refer to the card– Look for ways to use it– Don’t accept when it should be used

and isn’t– If too late, describe how it could have

helped

• Post visual measures• Broadcast early successes

3 – Get out of the Way• Let your Supervisors own

it, but strongly support– Training plan– Visuals– Core concepts– Track who’s contributing

3 – Get out of the Way (Cont’d)• Let TWI adapt to your

environment– Supervisory training– JI breakdowns as a training

tool– JI training delivery versus

breakdown dev’t– JM breakdowns

4 – Oooh and Ahhh

• Encourage ongoing training and learning– Read books & articles– Blogs, webcasts– Peer councils– Seminars and conferences– TWI Summit

• Celebrate• Brag about your team!!!

Role of the TWI Champion

Load ‘em up

Light ‘em up

Get out of the way

Oooh and Ahhh