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This paper delivers an analysis that compares the level of competency required at each Lean Six Sigma belt level.  It describes over 150 competencies and the level of cognition expected for each Lean Six Sigma Belt.  Competency areas include enterprise deployment, organizational training, team management, design for Six Sigma, and the necessary skills to exercise the Lean and Six Sigma Improvement methodologies.

Have you ever wondered about the skill differences between a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) White Belt, Green Belt, Black Belt, and Master Black Belt?  We have.

We just completed the [LinkedIn] webinar with Virtual Process.  We talked about how to leverage the Training Within Industry (TWI) Job Instruction and Job Relations methods along with the Virtual Process tool to reinforce Standard Work.

I recently had the opportunity to deliver a webinar for the ASQ Lean Enterprise Division (May 2013).  We talked about how to leverage the Training Within Industry (TWI) methods for reinforcing Standard Work.

SUMMARY

Training Within Industry's Job Instruction provides a method for assuring that Standard Work processes are operationalized into the everyday employee work interactions.  Supervisor's are taught how to teach their area's jobs so that the workers can efficiently and predictably execute the work while practicing 5S work habits.

Course Description
The Training Within Industry (TWI) service was created by the United States Department of War, running from 1940 to 1945 within the War Manpower Commission [1].  Its main purpose was to provide consulting services to industries that were critical to the ramp up of the war machine for World War II to assure there were enough trained and skilled personnel necessary to meet the demands of the war.   At the end of its 5 year service record, the TWI program has instructed over 1.6 million workers in 16,500 US plants.

SUMMARY

• America was the global manufacturing leader.
• Process & Productivity were paramount.
• Social technologies are defocusing.
• We need to apply process thinking to information and innovation.

Necessity is the mother of Invention. – Anonymous.

Problem

I have always struggled with note-taking.  Since college, I've been using the paper method for taking notes and have a 'method' for identifying different types of notes, e.g. actions, questions, ideas, etc.  But the thing that has always alluded me is 'how to capture the actions in notes' and make sure I do them and not forget.

Problem

In 1987, at the University of Nebraska, my engineering career had its beginning.  As a celebration of that moment (and after I had gotten a job - which is important), I bought my first new car, a 1987 Chevrolet Camaro Sport Coupe.  Perhaps because I just graduated from engineering school, I kept a mileage log, carefully recording every mile each time I filled up with gas.  And then I got married, had two kids.  Guess what happened to the Camaro when the first child came into our lives?  Life got busy, and the mileage log was left behin

There are many factors in deciding an organization’s success or failure.  Many are outside of their control, e.g. significant economic changes or catastrophic weather events.  However, many factors are certainly within an organizations’ control, e.g. selecting and operationalizing a successful strategy, hiring and developing the right people, and defining and executing their work efficiently and effectively.  In fact, the better the organization operates, the less the external factors affect it.