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Lowell O. Mellen (1897-1993) was a business consultant in Cleveland, Ohio, who pioneered the training techniques of Training
Within Industry (TWI) as a representative of the War Manpower Commission in the Northern District of Ohio during World War
II. After the war, he was recruited by General Douglas MacArthur to train supervisors and workers in Japan in the techniques
of Training Within Industry in order to quickly stabilize the Japanese economy by making its industrial base more efficient.
Mellen's company, Training Within Industry, Inc., trained over one million supervisors and workers in Japan. Mellen's training
programs in job instruction, job methods, job relations, problem solving, and job safety are credited as the foundation for
industrial programs that stress continuous improvement and lean management. The collection consists of 121 black and white
photographs and one 16mm black and white motion picture film.
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