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Mar 12, 20234 min read

Seek Cadence within Process

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

Richard Kunst

Feb 26, 20234 min read

Blame my MOM please !!!

I really need to blame my MOM for providing me with that LEAN DNA marker.

Richard Kunst

Feb 26, 20235 min read

Are We Ready for Reindustrialization?

Decades of outsourcing have created shortages in a wide range of industries that make North America vulnerable to rogue countries like China

Richard Kunst

Feb 19, 20233 min read

You Don't need AMAZING PEOPLE

a Lean Environment is where ... Amazing Robust Processes can be staffed with Mediocre People !!!

Richard Kunst

Feb 5, 20235 min read

Gemba Shuffle

Is the game is truly leveraging your gift of time and your talent management members?

Richard Kunst

Jan 8, 20233 min read

BRANDING

you and most of your competitors’ products are capable of delivering the same outcomes at approximately the same cost ... what's your Brand?

Thoughts to improve Supplier Performance

Richard Kunst

Nov 27, 20223 min read

Thoughts to improve Supplier Performance

Suppliers not only contribute to product innovation, they also help manufacturers achieve more effective production processes.

Richard Kunst

Nov 4, 20224 min read

LEAN is a Four (4) Letter word …

move from PDCA of process to CAPD … Check. Act, Plan, Do which allows you to act tactile and then plan strategic.

Richard Kunst

Oct 22, 20224 min read

INVENTORY Replenishment

Vehicles are easy to build while still being complex … and at the base it is all about how you manage component replenishment.

Richard Kunst

Sep 21, 20222 min read

What is your Priority?

one of your most critical responsibilities as a leader is to determine what the top priorities are for both the company and yourself.

Spare My Child as I cautiously embrace Industry 4.0

Richard Kunst

Sep 6, 20223 min read

Spare My Child as I cautiously embrace Industry 4.0

Observe Process and question "Would I want my child to perform this function or even worse make it into a career?"

Richard Kunst

Jul 24, 20223 min read

Ctrl, Alt, Delete ???

Ctrl, Alt Delete may be your answer to cure "Adjustitus" you have incurred during the past several years.

How to Communicate ... Orator, Visual or Touch?

Richard Kunst

Jul 3, 20223 min read

How to Communicate ... Orator, Visual or Touch?

Perceived effective communications does not always work. Which is why you need to share communication through at least 2 channels.

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.

Accountability throughout your workplace

Richard Kunst

Sep 19, 20212 min read

Accountability throughout your workplace

One of the key initial rules in deploying Lean Methodologies is to assign a specific owner to a process, task or assignment ...

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.

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?...

Richard Kunst

May 9, 20211 min read

Add DEPTH of experience

Where to source materials? Templates, Work Instructions and Brand Image? Potential Failure Points?

Lean is as Simple as … Tuck in your Chair!

Richard Kunst

Apr 25, 20214 min read

Lean is as Simple as … Tuck in your Chair!

“Tuck in their Chair” it makes the area look neat and organized but it communicates respect for others, signals that you are done

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...

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