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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


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


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


Adaptability ….. The Non-Negotiable Competency
Adaptability is a blend of flexibility and versatility.

Richard Kunst
Nov 12, 20232 min read


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

Richard Kunst
Oct 29, 20234 min read


How to Improve Operational Efficiency Under Pressure
The morning became my sanctuary for addressing the immediate challenges that disrupted the smooth flow of our operations.

Richard Kunst
Oct 22, 20233 min read


Shift Start ... Starts Employee Attitude
“How goes my Monday will define how goes my Week!”

Richard Kunst
Oct 17, 20233 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


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 12, 20232 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


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 20, 20234 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


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
Aug 6, 20235 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


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 23, 20233 min read


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 28, 20235 min read


Sometimes the most important lesson is to play nice
Etiquette, At least, that’s what it was called in my generation.

Richard Kunst
Jun 24, 20233 min read
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