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Chapter 7
Training Production Associates
to Produce the Final Product
Questions to Consider
◾ What infrastructure is needed to have an effective training plan for new
products?
◾ What is a training matrix, and how is it important to winning new business?
◾ How do you develop newly hired employees if they need to be hired to
produce the product?
Introduction
Throughout this book, we have spent a lot of time on the standardized work
piece of the system. Standardized work has proven to be an attribute to a Lean
enterprise system that promotes productivity, planning, and quality. In this
chapter, we discuss how to train production associates to be ...