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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.
Richard Kunst
Jul 10, 20214 min read
Knowing your Human Talent to create a Lean Culture
It has been said that the factory of the future will only require 2 occupants, 1 Human and 1 Dog.
Richard Kunst
Jul 10, 20214 min read
Skill Acquisition and Definition: The Dreyfus Model
It is all about Culture Speed of methodology absorption.
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 21, 20217 min read
A cry for help from a reformed music snob
Today’s pop music isn’t being made for people like me and therefore, I am not qualified to judge it.
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?...
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, 20215 min read
Kill Batch Production - Instead Promote Single-Piece Flow
The perfect process consists of a single object transitioning through a series of operations while constantly accumulating value
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 23, 20214 min read
Leadership is a statistical Algorithm.
There are a plethora of Leadership books in print, and more are invading the marketplace constantly. Ultimately Leadership remains a...
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.
Richard Kunst
May 16, 20213 min read
Conflict Clouds
A common conflict in business is doing whatever it takes to satisfy the customer (damn the costs) or maximize profitability (damn service)
Richard Kunst
May 9, 20211 min read
Add DEPTH of experience
Where to source materials?
Templates, Work Instructions and Brand Image?
Potential Failure Points?
Richard Kunst
May 2, 20211 min read
Is it really a concern?
A problem to solve?
A decision to Make?
A plan to protect?
An opportunity to leverage?
Richard Kunst
Apr 25, 20214 min read
Total Productive Maintenance (and more)
This one simple form contains so many treasures of changing and sustaining change in your organization. On the surface it looks like a...
Richard Kunst
Apr 11, 20215 min read
Velocity - the Genesis of LEAN
Better, Faster = Cheaper or more appropriate higher customer value and improved margin.
Richard Kunst
Apr 11, 20218 min read
Change is Constant ... But adoption is tough to swallow
Life is defined on the day you are born and ends on the day you die. The time in between can be defined as “Value Add”.
Richard Kunst
Mar 21, 20212 min read
BAM !! Organizational First Aid Concept Delivers
This is why we launched Organizational First Aid !
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