Training Within Industry (TWI) - The Missing Link

More than ever, the landscape is rapidly changing. Tenured employees are exiting the full-time workforce and organizations are tasked with not only recruiting, but effectively training and retaining highly skilled talent. In many cases, the incoming workforce has not had previous experience in manufacturing and the learning curve is steep. Many times, manufacturing companies leverage OJT (on-the-job training) approaches to transferring knowledge. These hands-on demonstrations of work, although imperative to skill transfer, typically overlook some of the most foundational principles of learning. So what's missing? In this video, SCMEP's VP of Training Programs, Adrienne Temple, interviews her colleague, Susan Whitehead, a Process Improvement Coach and certified TWI Instructor.