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Vendors vs. Suppliers: Are You Buying Hot Dogs, or Building Relationships?

Richard Kunst

Mar 11, 20226 min read

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, 20223 min read

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, 20222 min read

Take Responsibility for Fixing Things

Blaming comes easy. Complaining is a cakewalk. But the culture needs encouragers,

Vision ... It is not just for the big guys!

Richard Kunst

Feb 27, 20222 min read

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, 20223 min read

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, 20224 min read

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.

5S for SUCCESS just like you should dress for SUCCESS

Richard Kunst

Feb 12, 20223 min read

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, 20223 min read

KAIZEN is not Random

Kaizen often placed under the banner of Lean it truly is the migration from Batch to JIT to Jidoka.

Get a Bajillion Dollar ROI with this simple Lean Tool(s)

Richard Kunst

Jan 30, 20223 min read

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?

How the pandemic has shifted the way we think about work

Richard Kunst

Jan 15, 20223 min read

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

Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify, Simplify ... then ... AUTOMATE

Richard Kunst

Jan 15, 20222 min read

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

5 Tips to Reduce your Material Handling Cost.

Richard Kunst

Jan 9, 20223 min read

5 Tips to Reduce your Material Handling Cost.

Material Handling is a necessary evil and very seldom engineered

5 New Year's Resolutions for your Business

Richard Kunst

Dec 19, 20215 min read

5 New Year's Resolutions for your Business

there are still many opportunities to prepare your businesses for a banner year. Here are five ...

The Right Process Will Produce the Right Results

Richard Kunst

Dec 12, 20212 min read

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.

Why are you surprised with the Great Resignation?

Richard Kunst

Dec 12, 20212 min read

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, 20214 min read

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, 20214 min read

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

Just In Time, Just in Case and Just Plain Wrong

Richard Kunst

Nov 21, 20214 min read

Just In Time, Just in Case and Just Plain Wrong

Lack of knowledge and why do commentators keep suggesting that JIT can’t work in a chaotic world?

Quit complaining about losing staff ... do something about it.

Richard Kunst

Nov 11, 20213 min read

Quit complaining about losing staff ... do something about it.

ou have heard the term "Dress for Success" but how is your business dressed to attract and retain employees?

STRATEGIC PLANNING | BUDGET thoughts starters ... (part 1)

Richard Kunst

Oct 31, 20213 min read

STRATEGIC PLANNING | BUDGET thoughts starters ... (part 1)

methodologies and the typical benefits that can be achieved

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