METRICS ARE NECESSARY | but where and what may be reflective of what you want.
Metrics also serve as a powerful way to demonstrate improvement success to people who might otherwise roll their eyes.
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Richard Kunst
Jul 31, 20214 min read
Know your Business Aura | Strategic Factors Impacting Change
Yes your organization does have an Aura. Know it to manage a successful evolution.
Richard Kunst
Jun 28, 20214 min read
Standing in the Circle: Ohno’s Method
Ohno would quickly ask additional probing questions educating the engineer that perhaps they had “looked” but not “observed”
Richard Kunst
Jun 27, 20216 min read
You are going to REORGANIZE again !!
Workplace reorganization that transpired during Covid to protect people will now be expected as part of a Customer’s Value evaluation.
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
Jun 8, 20212 min read
Nope!!! You do not need Organizational First Aid
Nope !!! You do not need Organizational First Aid. Really and actually you do, but you just have not yet realized it yet.
Richard Kunst
Jun 6, 20215 min read
Kill Batch Production - Instead Promote Single-Piece Flow
The perfect process consists of a single object transitioning through a series of operations while constantly accumulating value
Richard Kunst
Jun 6, 20213 min read
Flow it Right? or Flow it Left?
Cell Material Flow? Right or Left?? It’s all about perspective… hang on, I’ll explain. There is a science to production systems layouts....
Richard Kunst
Jun 6, 20213 min read
Cellular Process Design
Cells and Cellular Processing are at the heart of Lean. They appear simple but are far from simple.
Richard Kunst
May 30, 20215 min read
Ready to Form, Storm, Norm and Perform?
We can see the light at the end of the tunnel of a post-Covid world … so we need to get ready for yet another society shift..
Richard Kunst
May 23, 20214 min read
Leadership is a statistical Algorithm.
There are a plethora of Leadership books in print, and more are invading the marketplace constantly. Ultimately Leadership remains a...
Richard Kunst
May 16, 20213 min read
Conflict Clouds
A common conflict in business is doing whatever it takes to satisfy the customer (damn the costs) or maximize profitability (damn service)
Richard Kunst
May 9, 20215 min read
Lean should NOT be based on Respect for People.
It is about responsibility. Responsibility requires a huge commitment while respect is an attribute earned by being responsible. As...
Richard Kunst
May 9, 20211 min read
Add DEPTH of experience
Where to source materials?
Templates, Work Instructions and Brand Image?
Potential Failure Points?
Richard Kunst
May 2, 20215 min read
Covid has truly created the Global Village, where Velocity is the new currency.
Enhance your ROI constantly. We truly live in a global community where your next customer and competitor is merely a mouse-click away
Richard Kunst
May 2, 20211 min read
Is it really a concern?
A problem to solve?
A decision to Make?
A plan to protect?
An opportunity to leverage?
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...
Richard Kunst
Apr 11, 20215 min read
Velocity - the Genesis of LEAN
Better, Faster = Cheaper or more appropriate higher customer value and improved margin.
Richard Kunst
Apr 4, 20212 min read
The Beauty of a Well Executed Plan
Meeting a plan is a thing of beauty and should not be accomplished by accident.
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