BUSINESS EXCELLENCE requires doing Renovations
So what to do? … Like most you begin to review process(es) to identify and implement business improvements.
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Richard Kunst
- Jul 24, 2022
- 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 17, 2022
- 3 min
6 criteria for picking a new supplier, Cost isn’t the only thing to consider
Suppliers typically cursed, abused and given a lot of grief, while in reality they can be a great resource of value, and innovation.
Richard Kunst
- Jul 3, 2022
- 5 min
Storm Clouds
We have paused, denied, diverted, deviated, destructed, pivoted, innovated and of course prayed for normal to return.
Richard Kunst
- Jun 26, 2022
- 2 min
A Carrot, an Egg, and a cup of Coffee... You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again
she was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.
Richard Kunst
- Jun 19, 2022
- 3 min
Great 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 Kunst
- Jun 19, 2022
- 4 min
Process Improvement is Idling while Process Survival is Dominant
The main consequence is that Process owners adapted processes towards survival not necessarily with a focus on sustainable improvement
Richard Kunst
- Jun 5, 2022
- 5 min
Facility Layout
Factories were designed a long time ago to take advantage both of gravity.
Richard Kunst
- May 29, 2022
- 4 min
Do Lean !!! Why ?????
Lean is not a cost reduction exercise.
Lean is about increasing velocity within your process
Richard Kunst
- May 15, 2022
- 3 min
I LOVE Throughput Accounting !
Cost accounting drives us to local optimization but this paradigm is the largest obstacle to productivity improvement.
Richard Kunst
- Apr 17, 2022
- 4 min
Slow Down … Go Faster
Most folks feel that if they and their organizations are not working at a fever pace nothing is being accomplished.
Richard Kunst
- Apr 17, 2022
- 5 min
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.
Richard Kunst
- Apr 3, 2022
- 3 min
IF you have time to LEAN you have time to CLEAN !
Clean to INSPECT .. and you do have the time.
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
- Feb 27, 2022
- 3 min
Rabbits, Turtles and Foxes The Characters in a Lean Transformation.
It is our job as Lean leaders to recognize and handle each accordingly.
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
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 23, 2022
- 3 min
Covid, The Opportunity and Threat of Disruptive Technologies
During tough times is when innovation breeds and new leaders emerge . Primarily, as organizations hunker in attempt to ride out the storm.
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
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