JIM is aimed at developing Japanese standard shopfloor leaders by training workers on Japanese manufacturing like 5S, kaizen and jidoka, among others, apart from core domain skills like welding, machining, and assembly.

Indian subsidiaries of Japanese companies train people in their own institutes or enrol a partner for imparting the training. Accreditation for JIM is provided to the Japanese parent company by the Ministry of Economy, Trade and Industry (METI), Japan. On December 1, 2017, METI accredited HCM (Hitachi Construction Machinery) to run the JIM programme in India. This is the 5th such JIM in India after Toyota, Maruti Suzuki, Yamaha and Daikin.
The certificate handover ceremony for the first and second batches of the Tata Hitachi Japan-India Institute for Manufacturing (JIM) was held at Tata Hitachi’s plant at Dharwad. A total of 54 trainees from both the batches were awarded certificates. The three-year programme for the first batch commenced in 2017 and concluded in 2020. However, the ceremony, which was held up due to the pandemic, was held along with the second batch.
The trainees underwent both classroom and practical training at Tata-Hitachi’s Skill Training Centre and On-the-Job training (OJT) at its shopfloor on welding, machining, assembly, and painting. The trainees were coached on various aspects of Japanese manufacturing. The foundation of this process was a Train-the-Trainer programme conducted at Dharwad by the Association for Overseas Technical Cooperation and Sustainable Partnerships (AOTS), Japan. Multi-Disciplinary Training Academy (MPTA) is on board as training partner for the programme.

