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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,
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.
Richard Kunst
Feb 20, 20224 min read
Office LEAN
Consider that 60 to 80 percent of all cost related with meeting a customer demand is an administrative or non-production-related function.
Richard Kunst
Feb 12, 20223 min read
KAIZEN is not Random
Kaizen often placed under the banner of Lean it truly is the migration from Batch to JIT to Jidoka.
Richard Kunst
Feb 6, 20224 min read
STOP trying to be a TOYOTA
I challenge all of you to look at your organization as if it were a McDonald’s franchise. Not menu but at process.
Richard Kunst
Feb 6, 20224 min read
Structured problem-solving is a process, starting before you start.
In order for any Problem Solving methodology to work you need to have a strong Problem Statement.
Richard Kunst
Jan 30, 20223 min read
Get a Bajillion Dollar ROI with this simple Lean Tool(s)
Ha !! got your attention. No I am not going to target you as being cheap but rather looking for value.
So what is this remarkable tool?
Richard Kunst
Jan 23, 20223 min read
Covid, The Opportunity and Threat of Disruptive Technologies
During tough times is when innovation breeds and new leaders emerge . Primarily, as organizations hunker in attempt to ride out the storm.
Richard Kunst
Jan 23, 20226 min read
Your Tomorrow Technology is alive today on a Farm Near you!
lot of discussion about autonomous vehicles and Industry 4.0 but based on what i have seen both are very active within the Dairy Farms
Richard Kunst
Jan 15, 20223 min read
How the pandemic has shifted the way we think about work
with COVID-19, sparking a growing pushback against arcane management philosophies. It has shifted the calculus for many professionals
Richard Kunst
Jan 9, 20223 min read
5 Tips to Reduce your Material Handling Cost.
Material Handling is a necessary evil and very seldom engineered
Richard Kunst
Dec 19, 20211 min read
Merry Christmas & Happy 2024 !!
This is the time of year not to be Lean … Just maybe, someday our world will be as peaceful
Richard Kunst
Dec 19, 20215 min read
5 New Year's Resolutions for your Business
there are still many opportunities to prepare your businesses for a banner year. Here are five ...
Richard Kunst
Dec 12, 20212 min read
The Right Process Will Produce the Right Results
The 14 Principles of Process Design, in 4 categories – each beginning with “P” – hence many have referred to this as the “4 – P” approach.
Richard Kunst
Dec 12, 20212 min read
Why are you surprised with the Great Resignation?
He could not understand why he was facing this challenge since they were compensating with above average hourly wage. I was not confused
Richard Kunst
Dec 5, 20214 min read
TOTAL PRODUCTIVE MAINTENANCE
Our TPM workstations remain pure where have incorporated layered audits, where the operator is truly recognized as a customer.
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