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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 15, 20223 min read

I LOVE Throughput Accounting !

Cost accounting drives us to local optimization but this paradigm is the largest obstacle to productivity improvement.

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.

Richard Kunst

Apr 10, 20222 min read

The truth of an A3 ... really

There is a lot of Hysteria within the Lean Community about A3 thinking well I am here to shatter the myth.

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.

IF you have time to LEAN you have time to CLEAN !

Richard Kunst

Apr 3, 20223 min read

IF you have time to LEAN you have time to CLEAN !

Clean to INSPECT .. and you do have the time.

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.

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,

Rabbits, Turtles and Foxes The Characters in a Lean Transformation.

Richard Kunst

Feb 27, 20223 min read

Rabbits, Turtles and Foxes The Characters in a Lean Transformation.

It is our job as Lean leaders to recognize and handle each accordingly.

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.

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