Do you have a PERFECT PROCESS ?
As a leader you need to take time to “pause” to be “ON” your business rather than being “IN” your business.
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Richard Kunst
- Apr 3, 2022
- 3 min
VISITORS ARE OUR BEST AUDITORS ... IF YOU DARE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE
feed-back and insights from first day impressions of new employees and visitors can be so valuable.
Richard Kunst
- Mar 27, 2022
- 7 min
How the Ukraine conflict and supply chain chaos could play out in food prices
the consumer price index for food-at-home recently saw its biggest 12-month increase in more than 40 years,
Richard Kunst
- Mar 11, 2022
- 6 min
Vendors vs. Suppliers: Are You Buying Hot Dogs, or Building Relationships?
How to leverage the "hidden factory" as part of your winning team.
Richard Kunst
- Mar 6, 2022
- 3 min
Lean Philosophy and Culture
Our Philosophy of keeping an object in constant motion while adding value the customer is willing to pay for also became part of our culture
Richard Kunst
- Mar 6, 2022
- 2 min
Take Responsibility for Fixing Things
Blaming comes easy. Complaining is a cakewalk. But the culture needs encouragers,
Richard Kunst
- Feb 27, 2022
- 2 min
Vision ... It is not just for the big guys!
“ 50% of the waste in your organization is there because you live with it every day which makes it become invisible…
Richard Kunst
- Feb 20, 2022
- 3 min
7 Wastes of Design
many times the wastes found are a result of poor designs. I’m sure that this poor design is not intentional though.
Richard Kunst
- Feb 20, 2022
- 4 min
Office LEAN
Consider that 60 to 80 percent of all cost related with meeting a customer demand is an administrative or non-production-related function.
Richard Kunst
- Feb 12, 2022
- 3 min
5S for SUCCESS just like you should dress for SUCCESS
Many of us know the power of Visual Management. It provides individuals and organizations the ability to Provide instant feed-back to...
Richard Kunst
- Feb 12, 2022
- 3 min
KAIZEN is not Random
Kaizen often placed under the banner of Lean it truly is the migration from Batch to JIT to Jidoka.
Richard Kunst
- Jan 30, 2022
- 3 min
Get a Bajillion Dollar ROI with this simple Lean Tool(s)
Ha !! got your attention. No I am not going to target you as being cheap but rather looking for value.
So what is this remarkable tool?
Richard Kunst
- Jan 15, 2022
- 3 min
How the pandemic has shifted the way we think about work
with COVID-19, sparking a growing pushback against arcane management philosophies. It has shifted the calculus for many professionals
Richard Kunst
- Jan 15, 2022
- 2 min
Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify ... then ... AUTOMATE
Ultimately you either pay a sinful amount to attract and retain labour or you take a closer look at your processes to identify opportunities
Richard Kunst
- Jan 9, 2022
- 3 min
5 Tips to Reduce your Material Handling Cost.
Material Handling is a necessary evil and very seldom engineered
Richard Kunst
- Dec 19, 2021
- 5 min
5 New Year's Resolutions for your Business
there are still many opportunities to prepare your businesses for a banner year. Here are five ...
Richard Kunst
- Dec 12, 2021
- 2 min
The Right Process Will Produce the Right Results
The 14 Principles of Process Design, in 4 categories – each beginning with “P” – hence many have referred to this as the “4 – P” approach.
Richard Kunst
- Dec 12, 2021
- 2 min
Why are you surprised with the Great Resignation?
He could not understand why he was facing this challenge since they were compensating with above average hourly wage. I was not confused
Richard Kunst
- Dec 5, 2021
- 4 min
Common Misconceptions About Lean
Taiichi Ohno's book “Toyota Production System: Beyond Large-Scale Production” would be better translated as "Aiming for Non-Scale Management
Richard Kunst
- Nov 25, 2021
- 4 min
CENTER OF TRUTH
“CENTER OF TRUTH” a location where you can research to see if a “Disturbance to Flow” has previously been experienced and corrected
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