Thoughts to improve Supplier Performance
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Richard Kunst
- Nov 4
- 4 min
LEAN is a Four (4) Letter word …
move from PDCA of process to CAPD … Check. Act, Plan, Do which allows you to act tactile and then plan strategic.
Richard Kunst
- Oct 22
- 4 min
INVENTORY Replenishment
Vehicles are easy to build while still being complex … and at the base it is all about how you manage component replenishment.
Richard Kunst
- Sep 21
- 2 min
What is your Priority?
one of your most critical responsibilities as a leader is to determine what the top priorities are for both the company and yourself.
Richard Kunst
- Sep 6
- 3 min
Spare My Child as I cautiously embrace Industry 4.0
Observe Process and question "Would I want my child to perform this function or even worse make it into a career?"
Richard Kunst
- Jul 24
- 3 min
Ctrl, Alt, Delete ???
Ctrl, Alt Delete may be your answer to cure "Adjustitus" you have incurred during the past several years.
Richard Kunst
- Jul 3
- 3 min
How to Communicate ... Orator, Visual or Touch?
Perceived effective communications does not always work. Which is why you need to share communication through at least 2 channels.
Richard Kunst
- Apr 10
- 3 min
Inefficiency — 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 Kunst
- Sep 19, 2021
- 2 min
Accountability throughout your workplace
One of the key initial rules in deploying Lean Methodologies is to assign a specific owner to a process, task or assignment ...
Richard Kunst
- Jul 17, 2021
- 4 min
The “Forever” Rule An attribute of Product Realization
Really … it is common sense and you do not need 6 Sigma to figure this one out.
Richard Kunst
- Jun 19, 2021
- 4 min
Does Process define the Culture? Or Does Culture define the Process?
Richard-San, why are you taking such a simple concept, which is a natural human attribute based and developing a complex training model?...
Richard Kunst
- May 9, 2021
- 1 min
Add DEPTH of experience
Where to source materials?
Templates, Work Instructions and Brand Image?
Potential Failure Points?
Richard Kunst
- Apr 25, 2021
- 4 min
Lean is as Simple as … Tuck in your Chair!
“Tuck in their Chair” it makes the area look neat and organized but it communicates respect for others, signals that you are done
Richard Kunst
- Apr 25, 2021
- 4 min
Total Productive Maintenance (and more)
This one simple form contains so many treasures of changing and sustaining change in your organization. On the surface it looks like a...
Richard Kunst
- Apr 11, 2021
- 5 min
Velocity - the Genesis of LEAN
Better, Faster = Cheaper or more appropriate higher customer value and improved margin.
Richard Kunst
- Apr 4, 2021
- 2 min
The Beauty of a Well Executed Plan
Meeting a plan is a thing of beauty and should not be accomplished by accident.
Richard Kunst
- Apr 4, 2021
- 4 min
Tick-tock, Tick-tock … Checklists are not insulting.
Tick-tock, Tick-tock … Checklists are not insulting.
Richard Kunst
- Mar 27, 2021
- 3 min
MAKE PROCESS VISIBLE and predictable
Timed Delivery Routes maintain employees focused at their work stations while the materials are being conveyed through the process
Richard Kunst
- Mar 27, 2021
- 2 min
How much Empowerment have you granted within your organization?
The best definition of empowerment is “Freedom within Limits”.
Richard Kunst
- Mar 21, 2021
- 2 min
KAMISHIBAI CARDS
Kamishibai or also know as “T” cards is a simple check card system which is used for systematically reviewing critical items within the work