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Richard Kunst
- Sep 5
- 3 min
TAKE-OFF & LANDINGS focus on your start and stop of shifts
If the process can run at rate right from the start of shift we will know the following;
The process was left “wet”
Richard Kunst
- Aug 28
- 4 min
The 4 Advisors YOU NEED Who Could Save You From Yourself
As a Leader, the buck stops with you. Every day, you make countless decisions about your company
Richard Kunst
- Jul 16
- 20 min
How to Find and Recruit the BEST HOURLY EMPLOYEES
If you make the effort to find and recruit the best hourly employees, you will add value to the organization now and in the future
Richard Kunst
- Jul 2
- 3 min
Check your Guages
“Low visibility” for many leaders and disorientation can easily occur as you find yourself constantly adapting to changing conditions.
Richard Kunst
- Jun 30
- 3 min
“VISION” of VISUAL workplace
For those not yet committed to a visual factory – stupid floors you just walk on, but smart floors are filled with information.
Richard Kunst
- Jun 15
- 2 min
One More Time --- The Things That Kill “Going Lean Successfully”
No clear understanding of all intra-relationships
Richard Kunst
- Jun 9
- 3 min
Updating Your Value Stream Maps !!
You have made a huge plunge to develop Value Stream Maps for key products. So, it is even more important to take time for a review.
Richard Kunst
- May 19
- 2 min
Behavioral Design
Behavioral design is not about using psychology to manipulate people. It’s about using psychology to help people achieve their goals.
Richard Kunst
- May 1
- 5 min
The Role of Innovation in Achieving a Competitive Advantage
There is a statistically significant relationship between the elements of innovation and competitive advantage in businesses.
Richard Kunst
- Mar 24
- 3 min
Foundation PROCESS EXCELLENCE Thoughts
When doing a transformation in an existing organization a leader has had a mind blowing experience after visiting a well organized plant.
Richard Kunst
- Mar 17
- 2 min
The Dreaded Shift Exchange
Best time on the floor is 30 minutes before shift end and first 30 minutes at start, when you typically hear nothing.
Richard Kunst
- Mar 10
- 4 min
Food Loss and Waste should not become Animal Feed so embrace FSSC 22000 Version 6.0
wandering through the grocery store? Do you pause, stare and wonder will they ever sell all of this produce before it spoils?
Richard Kunst
- Mar 3
- 3 min
Let's define Employee Empowerment
Why Baseball? The game has all of the attributes needed to define Employee Empowerment.
Richard Kunst
- Feb 25
- 2 min
Designing the "Rubber Factory"
The Rubber Factory allows you to reallocate resources with a structured methodology
Richard Kunst
- Jan 21
- 3 min
INITIATIVE is a rare trait
seeing an opportunity to leverage without taking initiative becomes a lost opportunity.
Richard Kunst
- Jan 13
- 3 min
I need those Social Nuances
People crave for in person social interactions,
Richard Kunst
- Nov 27, 2023
- 2 min
GIVE WHAT THEY NEED
So, she decided to speak to people getting food at a food bank and here are some things she learned from those in need:
Richard Kunst
- Nov 26, 2023
- 2 min
Survived the Brink of the Pandemic destruction only to be Thrust into the Turbulence of Inflation.
SURVIVING BUT NOT THRIVING approach to business AND in mindset growth.
Richard Kunst
- Nov 12, 2023
- 4 min
MYTHS and Opportunities of STANDARD WORK
“Standard Work is a detailed definition of the current best practices for performing a process.”
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