Process Improvement is Idling while Process Survival is Dominant
The main consequence is that Process owners adapted processes towards survival not necessarily with a focus on sustainable improvement
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Richard Kunst
Jun 12, 20221 min read
Habits of Successful Teams & simple Meeting Etiquette's
Teams migrate through Forming, Storming, Norming and finally performing but they need more.
Richard Kunst
Jun 12, 20223 min read
17 EMAIL ETIQUETTE TIPS
Some things that we are losing through emerging new technology are NOT good, namely etiquette.
Richard Kunst
Jun 5, 20222 min read
Changeover Costs? Do you really understand the impact?
You have to know your costs. It is the only way you will be able to justify a changeover reduction program.
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 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.
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
May 1, 20224 min read
In His First Week Back as Starbucks CEO, Howard Schultz Made a Brilliant Move. It Just May Save ...
with great sensitivity, understand from you, how can we do better," said Schultz.
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.
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
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.
Richard Kunst
Mar 27, 20227 min read
How the Ukraine conflict and supply chain chaos could play out in food prices
the consumer price index for food-at-home recently saw its biggest 12-month increase in more than 40 years,
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.
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