Advance Women in Manufacturing 2024 virtual event recently took place, shedding light on the significant contributions and challenges faced by women in the Canadian manufacturing sector.
At MRO and Food and Beverage Engineering and Maintenance magazines' recent Max Uptime V2 virtual event, MRO presented a variety of informative sessions.
Kunst Solutions launches organization first aid March 10, 2021 Maryam Farag
Kunst Solutions Corp. has launched organizational first aid; a solution that allows access to live virtual support from lean practitioner industry experts in short sessions.
“After years of working on long consulting engagements with leaders of multinational organizations, we realized that a large group of decision-makers out there needs expert organizational support, but didn’t have access to it.”
. said Richard Kunst, President, Kunst Solutions.
A 40-minute session costs $184, where leaders can receive consulting advice on resolving concerns, identifying options, solving specific problems, validating a path, or coaching and mentorship.
“The great need for a cost-effective solution that helps leaders is why we created organizational first aid,” said Mariela Castaño-Kunst, COO, Kunst Solutions. “Lean methodologies have proven so successful for our large clients
Pause and Observe February 23, 2021 by Richard Kunst
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This simple tool delivers powerful results using just pen and paper.
If you really want to continuously improve, first learn how to pause and observe. Of course it’s more natural to observe then jump to a solution, but there’s a risk of missing out on a much larger opportunity.
There are several methodologies that help us pause and observe and even allow us to gather significant data that leads to the creation of a much-improved future state. A very simple but useful tool is the spaghetti diagram. All you need is a sheet of paper, a pen and a time to observe.
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Many people default to 5S as a method for workplace organization, which is really a primary result but not necessarily the driver of the methodology.
Ultimately 5S organizes your workplace for a quick way to “clean to inspect” but the benefits trickle into other methodologies as a catalyst for improvement.
At local machine shop in Japan, team members were on top of a machining centre wiping down the top guards, which were not visible from the floor.
The manager explained: “The most sensitive and agile instrument still on the planet today is the human hand. If I can create a work pattern where a human hand touches every inch and aspect of a machine at least once per week, the likelihood of early detection of an issue is exponentially increased.”