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YIELD combined with counting inventory is perhaps even more powerful

Jul 10, 20223 min read

YIELD combined with counting inventory is perhaps even more powerful

Measuring and monitoring “Yield” within your facility can reveal interesting information about how well you utilize your materials and cash.

Richard Kunst

Jul 10, 20225 min read

Laying Out the Factory

Now that lean has been affecting production processes for decades, how far has factory layout/design come? In my experience, not very far!

Great Ideas for Making Idea-Prone Companies

Richard Kunst

Jun 19, 20223 min read

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 5, 20225 min read

Facility Layout

Factories were designed a long time ago to take advantage both of gravity.

Richard Kunst

May 29, 20224 min read

Do Lean !!! Why ?????

Lean is not a cost reduction exercise. Lean is about increasing velocity within your process

Richard Kunst

May 29, 20223 min read

How to KILL Employee Trust

As companies must be fast, adaptable, agile, and courageous to compete, one of the most important elements is the ability to trust. Trust...

Richard Kunst

May 22, 20222 min read

Lean Manufacturing or Lean Enterprise?

Does Lean apply only to manufacturing or is it applicable to other parts of our business?

Richard Kunst

May 22, 20224 min read

Assembly line put the world on wheels

The basic method of building cars hasn't changed much over the last 93 years:

Measure the pulse of your journey Conduct an Audit.

Richard Kunst

May 8, 20224 min read

Measure 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 Kunst

Apr 17, 20224 min read

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, 20225 min read

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.

Inefficiency — Not Just The Labor Shortage — Is Breaking your output.

Richard Kunst

Apr 10, 20223 min read

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.

VISITORS ARE OUR BEST AUDITORS ... IF YOU DARE TO TAKE ADVANTAGE

Richard Kunst

Apr 3, 20223 min read

VISITORS 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.

Reminder 1,063… The Water Level and The Rocks… Remember the Story?

Richard Kunst

Mar 27, 20223 min read

Reminder 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 Kunst

Mar 20, 20224 min read

Creating a Survival Work Culture

When a company “goes lean,” the tradition of managerial control is easily transferred to process improvement.

RFID in the workplace: Next-level inventory automation

Richard Kunst

Mar 20, 20224 min read

RFID in the workplace: Next-level inventory automation

Until recently, RFID was more about potential than a practical reality because high costs got in the way of adopting this technology.

Richard Kunst

Mar 13, 20225 min read

Getting Lean “Right”

to ensure success, there are many factors to consider before embarking on your lean journey.

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.

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, 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.

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