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.
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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!
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:
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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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