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Richard Kunst

Aug 28, 20221 min read

Calculating you KANBAN Level

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

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.

6 criteria for picking a new supplier, Cost isn’t the only thing to consider

Richard Kunst

Jul 17, 20223 min read

6 criteria for picking a new supplier, Cost isn’t the only thing to consider

Suppliers typically cursed, abused and given a lot of grief, while in reality they can be a great resource of value, and innovation.

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

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 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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Get a Bajillion Dollar ROI with this simple Lean Tool(s)

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?

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