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Which SIDE of YOUR BRAIN do you use?LEFT OR RIGHT BRAIN DOMINANCE

Richard Kunst

Aug 28, 20222 min read

Which SIDE of YOUR BRAIN do you use?LEFT OR RIGHT BRAIN DOMINANCE

Right-brained people are often misfits

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE requires doing Renovations

Richard Kunst

Aug 14, 20223 min read

BUSINESS EXCELLENCE requires doing Renovations

So what to do? … Like most you begin to review process(es) to identify and implement business improvements.

Richard Kunst

Aug 6, 20224 min read

5S+1 ... The enabler

Adopting 5S+1 can be expensive ... Not only in the cost of materials but also in the diverted labour costs within your organization.

Richard Kunst

Aug 1, 20223 min read

A Shifting Landscape

We can’t add growth because we can’t get equipment, can’t get people, and we’ve lost productivity.

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.

Aptitude, Attitude, Employers are also craving employee Soft Skills

Richard Kunst

Jul 17, 20224 min read

Aptitude, Attitude, Employers are also craving employee Soft Skills

here are the top soft skills employers are currently looking for. and then Bring there Soft Skills to the Surface.

YIELD combined with counting inventory is perhaps even more powerful

Richard Kunst

Jul 10, 20223 min read

YIELD combined with counting inventory is perhaps even more powerful

Measuring and monitoring “Yield” within your facility can reveal interesting information about how well you utilize your materials and cash.

Richard Kunst

Jul 10, 20225 min read

Laying Out the Factory

Now that lean has been affecting production processes for decades, how far has factory layout/design come? In my experience, not very far!

Richard Kunst

Jul 3, 20225 min read

Storm Clouds

We have paused, denied, diverted, deviated, destructed, pivoted, innovated and of course prayed for normal to return.

A Carrot, an Egg, and a cup of Coffee... You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again

Richard Kunst

Jun 26, 20222 min read

A Carrot, an Egg, and a cup of Coffee... You will never look at a cup of coffee the same way again

she was tired of fighting and struggling. It seemed as one problem was solved, a new one arose.

Great Ideas for Making Idea-Prone Companies

Richard Kunst

Jun 19, 20223 min read

Great Ideas for Making Idea-Prone Companies

After participating in a EVSM Workshop is people have never taken the time to observe the daily waste generated in their processes.

Process Improvement is Idling while Process Survival is Dominant

Richard Kunst

Jun 19, 20224 min read

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

Habits of Successful Teams & simple Meeting Etiquette's

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

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 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.

I need cash !, and more of it ! … NOW !!!

Richard Kunst

May 15, 20224 min read

I need cash !, and more of it ! … NOW !!!

Maybe not so always eloquently stated but the theme is a constant mantra in all organizations.

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

May 1, 20227 min read

BLAH, BLAH, BLAH, BLAH Communication

You post a Memo and Assume it will be read ... NOT!!

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