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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 10, 20244 min read


Let's define Employee Empowerment
Why Baseball? The game has all of the attributes needed to define Employee Empowerment.

Richard Kunst
Mar 3, 20243 min read


Designing the "Rubber Factory"
The Rubber Factory allows you to reallocate resources with a structured methodology

Richard Kunst
Feb 25, 20242 min read


Confused about SHRINK and THEFT
Goods through the cashier and total came to $587.00, a second opinion through a self-checkout only equaled $87.00

Richard Kunst
Feb 4, 20249 min read


COLLABORATION – part of your Vision
Collaboration is an allergy that exists in nearly every organization.
I cannot explain why … but it exists internally and externally …

Richard Kunst
Jan 28, 20244 min read


INITIATIVE is a rare trait
seeing an opportunity to leverage without taking initiative becomes a lost opportunity.

Richard Kunst
Jan 21, 20243 min read


I need those Social Nuances
People crave for in person social interactions,

Richard Kunst
Jan 13, 20243 min read


OMG? Let's get competitive!
The sole and only role of Walmart is to act as your household purchasing agent.

Richard Kunst
Jan 7, 20243 min read


SIT ON YOUR HANDS !!!
f you had sat on your hands and then instructed the dealer rep to conduct the procedure that you did he would have learned.

Richard Kunst
Dec 7, 20233 min read


WAREHOUSE WALK the value is the pick not the walk.
Walking is the biggest cost driver when it comes to warehouse operations and a big detriment to picking efficiency.

Richard Kunst
Nov 14, 20233 min read


CULTURE exists everywhere
as soon as two people collaborate a culture is created.

Richard Kunst
Oct 29, 20234 min read


Get LASER Focused on ATTENDANCE
I quickly became overwhelmed about how fixated and anal the Senior Management Team was about Team Member Attendance.

Richard Kunst
Oct 1, 20234 min read


My Pivotal Moment ... and how I ran my plant with only 1 hour per day.
This is not enough Time !!!
Lead ... Follow ... or Get out of the Way !
Let me show you how.

Richard Kunst
Sep 5, 20232 min read


The Voice of Culture how I facilitated a cultural adjustment
Douglas the manager of a high-end appliance maker decided to advise me that all we produced was crap.

Richard Kunst
Aug 13, 20234 min read


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 30, 20232 min read


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
Jul 8, 20236 min read


Clean to Inspect
the touch of the human hand while cleaning is the world’s most sensitive instrument

Richard Kunst
Jun 11, 20232 min read


Innovation + Speed = Responsiveness … For Success
Many Product or Process launched using the Hand Grenade methodology.

Richard Kunst
May 31, 20234 min read


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, 20234 min read


The Warehouse is in Jeopardy
Let us replace Inventory with Additive Manufacturing.

Richard Kunst
Apr 30, 20232 min read
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