CHAKU CHAKU
he term "chaku chaku" may sound funny to most employees, but it's a serious base line discipline that supports Automation.
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Richard Kunst
- Sep 12
- 2 min
What Orchestras Teach Us About Business
Orchestras teach us a lot about business. In an orchestra, each musician plays a distinct instrument, contributing to the whole.
Richard Kunst
- Sep 3
- 3 min
My Aisles Cultural Adjustment Continues
my daily walk in the plant was like navigating an obstacle course ...
Richard Kunst
- Aug 20
- 4 min
A Chair Changed Culture
When I arrived the meeting room looked like a bomb had just exploded in it. Initially, I played the role of MOM, but that was not my job.
Richard Kunst
- Aug 6
- 5 min
How to Solve 5 Problems in Operations
A survey found 96% of respondents expected the addition of automation to increase . Yet, employees remain a central pillar of operations.
Richard Kunst
- Jul 30
- 2 min
2 Factors to Enhance Business Throughput
To enhance throughput in your business, we need to consider two factors:
* Speed
* Process time
Richard Kunst
- Jul 30
- 2 min
Want to step into the future? Work your Capacity and Staff Planning
Meeting a plan is a thing of beauty and should not be accomplished by accident.
Richard Kunst
- Jul 23
- 3 min
YOKOTEN + ChatGPT perhaps a marriage made in heaven
Yokoten as a concept is incredibly powerful and effective, implementing it as a core concept is very difficult
Richard Kunst
- Jul 8
- 6 min
4 Supply Chain Lessons from Ford Motor Company
As the company continues to innovate, many businesses can learn a few supply chain lessons from Ford.
Richard Kunst
- Jun 28
- 5 min
Switch your PDCA sequence for faster results
I strongly suggest that you change the Deming cycle to
Check, Act, Plan, Do (CAPD)
Richard Kunst
- Jun 24
- 3 min
Sometimes the most important lesson is to play nice
Etiquette, At least, that’s what it was called in my generation.
Richard Kunst
- May 31
- 4 min
Innovation + Speed = Responsiveness … For Success
Many Product or Process launched using the Hand Grenade methodology.
Richard Kunst
- May 22
- 4 min
How do you treat your orders?
“poor planning on your part does not justify heroics on my part unless I can make it part of my business model”
Richard Kunst
- May 14
- 4 min
Why Do LEAN in meager times? Capacity Staffing Plan and your PFEP
Without Lean they are allowing their work-force to become lazy and processes to become broke.
Richard Kunst
- May 7
- 4 min
The Water Spider is ...
The Water Spider is an honored and critical role in making continuous flow and a smoothly functioning Lean system a reality.
Richard Kunst
- May 7
- 4 min
Developing Accountability
How does a Leader come into a company as large as Ford - with its , multiple product lines, and international operations -stay aligned?
Richard Kunst
- Apr 30
- 4 min
5S Builds your Brand
5S+1 is typically the first tool adopted by organizations as part of their Lean journey, primarily because of the visual impact it creates
Richard Kunst
- Apr 30
- 2 min
The Warehouse is in Jeopardy
Let us replace Inventory with Additive Manufacturing.
Richard Kunst
- Apr 16
- 4 min
20 Habits of High Achievers
High achievers seem to always get so much done in so little time. How do they do it?
Richard Kunst
- Apr 16
- 1 min
KANBAN Tips
Migrating to using a kanban system?
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