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Richard Kunst

Sep 5, 20214 min read

ENHANCE or Create a LEAN Culture

For Lean Culture, Consider a rock-and-roll band. To excel at making good music the band must have ...

IT'S BUDGET TIME !!! Planning and insuring execution

Richard Kunst

Sep 5, 20213 min read

IT'S BUDGET TIME !!! Planning and insuring execution

Annual Strategic Budget Thought Starters

Richard Kunst

Aug 15, 20215 min read

Lean Indicators

The less wasteful a company is, the more profitable - assuming, of course, decent product

METRICS ARE NECESSARY | but where and what may be reflective of what you want.

Richard Kunst

Aug 15, 20214 min read

METRICS ARE NECESSARY | but where and what may be reflective of what you want.

Metrics also serve as a powerful way to demonstrate improvement success to people who might otherwise roll their eyes.

Know your Business Aura | Strategic Factors Impacting Change

Richard Kunst

Jul 31, 20214 min read

Know your Business Aura | Strategic Factors Impacting Change

Yes your organization does have an Aura. Know it to manage a successful evolution.

Is your process is like a plate of Spaghetti ??

Richard Kunst

Jul 31, 20214 min read

Is your process is like a plate of Spaghetti ??

Cadence being the gait that needs to be observed with your information and communication flow and the repeatability of tasks.

Hey !!! Are you running a Cab or Bus service for conveyance?

Richard Kunst

Jul 25, 20214 min read

Hey !!! Are you running a Cab or Bus service for conveyance?

It is the physical path that a Material Handler follows from a central parts location to various consuming locations.

Lean does not start with 5S, here is why.

Richard Kunst

Jul 25, 20214 min read

Lean does not start with 5S, here is why.

unless it directly contributes the primary guiding principal (Velocity) it becomes a waste of time, investment and ultimately money.

The “Forever” Rule An attribute of Product Realization

Richard Kunst

Jul 17, 20214 min read

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.

Why One-Piece-Flow Will Not Work: 10 Solid Reasons

Richard Kunst

Jul 17, 20213 min read

Why One-Piece-Flow Will Not Work: 10 Solid Reasons

Turn these ten reasons why one-piece-flow will not work by 45 degrees, and you get the Ten Reasons for Poor Cash Flow.

Richard Kunst

Jun 28, 20214 min read

Did you really pivot?

COVID-19 has spawned its own vocabulary. “Physical distancing","super spreaders" and “elbow bump” have all come to mean very specific...

Richard Kunst

Jun 28, 20214 min read

Standing in the Circle: Ohno’s Method

Ohno would quickly ask additional probing questions educating the engineer that perhaps they had “looked” but not “observed”

Richard Kunst

Jun 27, 20216 min read

You are going to REORGANIZE again !!

Workplace reorganization that transpired during Covid to protect people will now be expected as part of a Customer’s Value evaluation.

Richard Kunst

Jun 27, 20212 min read

Ten Tips for Top Managers

Does Process define the Culture? Or Does Culture define the Process?

Richard Kunst

Jun 19, 20214 min read

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?...

Stealth Disruptive Technology Slammed me into Stupidity again this week…

Richard Kunst

Jun 13, 20214 min read

Stealth Disruptive Technology Slammed me into Stupidity again this week…

The more I attempt to learn and embrace today’s technology the stupider I seem to become.

Nope!!! You do not need Organizational First Aid

Richard Kunst

Jun 8, 20212 min read

Nope!!! You do not need Organizational First Aid

Nope !!! You do not need Organizational First Aid. Really and actually you do, but you just have not yet realized it yet.

Richard Kunst

Jun 6, 20213 min read

Flow it Right? or Flow it Left?

Cell Material Flow? Right or Left?? It’s all about perspective… hang on, I’ll explain. There is a science to production systems layouts....

Richard Kunst

Jun 6, 20213 min read

Cellular Process Design

Cells and Cellular Processing are at the heart of Lean. They appear simple but are far from simple.

Richard Kunst

May 21, 20211 min read

Remove the Pain

Outside Eyes can give you insight and help to Remove the Pain of a process change.

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