Richard KunstJun 193 minGreat Ideas for Making Idea-Prone Companies After participating in a EVSM Workshop is people have never taken the time to observe the daily waste generated in their processes.
Richard KunstJun 194 minProcess Improvement is Idling while Process Survival is DominantThe main consequence is that Process owners adapted processes towards survival not necessarily with a focus on sustainable improvement
Richard KunstJun 121 minHabits of Successful Teams & simple Meeting Etiquette's Teams migrate through Forming, Storming, Norming and finally performing but they need more.
Richard KunstJun 123 min17 EMAIL ETIQUETTE TIPS Some things that we are losing through emerging new technology are NOT good, namely etiquette.
Richard KunstJun 52 minChangeover Costs? Do you really understand the impact?You have to know your costs. It is the only way you will be able to justify a changeover reduction program.
Richard KunstJun 55 minFacility Layout Factories were designed a long time ago to take advantage both of gravity.
Richard KunstMay 294 minDo Lean !!! Why ?????Lean is not a cost reduction exercise. Lean is about increasing velocity within your process
Richard KunstMay 293 minHow to KILL Employee TrustAs companies must be fast, adaptable, agile, and courageous to compete, one of the most important elements is the ability to trust. Trust...
Richard KunstMay 222 minLean Manufacturing or Lean Enterprise?Does Lean apply only to manufacturing or is it applicable to other parts of our business?
Richard KunstMay 224 minAssembly line put the world on wheelsThe basic method of building cars hasn't changed much over the last 93 years:
Richard KunstMay 153 minI LOVE Throughput Accounting !Cost accounting drives us to local optimization but this paradigm is the largest obstacle to productivity improvement.
Richard KunstMay 84 minMeasure the pulse of your journey Conduct an Audit.A year may seem like a long time but it is also a very short time
Richard KunstApr 174 minSlow Down … Go FasterMost folks feel that if they and their organizations are not working at a fever pace nothing is being accomplished.
Richard KunstApr 175 minDo 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.
Richard KunstApr 102 minThe truth of an A3 ... reallyThere is a lot of Hysteria within the Lean Community about A3 thinking well I am here to shatter the myth.
Richard KunstApr 103 minInefficiency — Not Just The Labor Shortage — Is Breaking your output."People leave Leaders not Companies". I loved the title of one recent article titled "We are not Family anymore" ... how true.
Richard KunstApr 33 minVISITORS 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 KunstApr 33 minIF you have time to LEAN you have time to CLEAN !Clean to INSPECT .. and you do have the time.
Richard KunstMar 273 minReminder 1,063… The Water Level and The Rocks… Remember the Story?the old timer who sued the drug company because the new sinus spray caused his arm pits to smell - in reality, the drug enabled him to smell
Richard KunstMar 204 minCreating a Survival Work CultureWhen a company “goes lean,” the tradition of managerial control is easily transferred to process improvement.