How to Work With Kunst Solutions to Improve Your Business Operations

If you are considering hiring business operations or are simply interested in learning more about what we do, this is for you.

Our consulting service is for companies making a minimum of $5M per year and are looking to:

1. increase profit margins;
2. solve operational issues; or,
3. increase the company valuation.

Over the last 17 years, Mariela Castano and I have worked with over 221 clients, saving them $100M in total. We have a saying that “where there’s a process, we have a solution.” But we work primarily in the following industries.

These industries are:

1. Administration and business support
2. Food, pharmaceutical, and healthcare
3. Retail service
4. Professional, trade, and technical services,
5. Industrial
6. Supply chain
7. Manufacturing

Our service not only gives you access to our knowledge and experience in figuring out bottlenecks, inefficiencies, and opportunities, but it also provides you with our assistance in implementing, refining, or replacing the methods and processes required.?

That means two things:

1. Our consulting engagements can happen either on-site or virtually.?
2. The duration and timeline on the project varies based on needs.

Here’s how it works:

1) We conduct a complimentary consultation to assess your organization’s needs and potential obstacles.?

This first step is required for Mariela and myself to assess the “big picture” of your business and make sure our consulting service is right for you.

During this consultation, we dive into your organization's structure, problems, and objectives. We look at what you’ve tried and what you’ve achieved. From there, we develop a growth thesis that will inform the rest of the process.?

We also discuss operational complexity and the way your organization handles change. This helps us understand potential obstacles that may come up along the way and helps us prepare to overcome them.

2) Thorough Research and Thesis Confirmation

Once we’re officially onboard as consultants, our next step is to confirm the growth thesis we’ve created. That means we conduct in-depth research into your organization’s methods, processes, and culture.

This step is important because the consultation call is not enough to draw conclusions about your business. We need to verify that our assessment and we need to find out what the best implementation process is.

Each organization is different, and we believe in the Theory of Constraints. Therefore, we need to make sure we make changes to processes and methods in a way that suits your business.?

3) We develop a thorough and comprehensive plan to increase your profit margin and reduce operational complexity.

Now that we’ve confirmed the growth thesis, we develop a comprehensive plan that details how we’re going to make the required changes, which metrics need to be measured, and what the timeline is for each step.

This plan becomes the operating operating system for the rest of our consulting engagement. It details what needs to be done, how it should be done, when why, and by whom.

With this plan, you would be able to implement our strategies. But our consulting service doesn’t end there. We also help you with the implementation of the plan.

4) We help you implement the new processes and methods into your business in the smoothest, leanest way possible.

Implementation determines success, so we help you implement the changes to your organization’s processes and methods. We’ve seen many organizations fail on their own, so we like to walk the extra mile.

What does that look like? Staff training. Implementation monitoring. Chart and plan drawing. On-site advising. We help you implement our plan in multiple ways, ensuring your organization gets every step right.

We’ve noticed that organizational structure and company culture play a large part in implementation success. For that reason, we make sure to be fully aligned with your organization.

Over the years, we have perfected the art and the science of processes. We have also developed deep expertise in a number of popular operation methodologies. As such, we help clients implement:

— Lean Methodologies

— Lean Six Sigma

— SMED Methodology

— Enterprise Value Stream

— Huddle Board Methodologies

— Dash Board Methodology

— Kaban Methodology?

The best-fit organizations to work with us are those whose leaders are humble and open-minded to change.

They also value constructive feedback and continual improvement to improve the business for everyone— staff, managers, leaders, and shareholders.

They’re also clear that they want their organization to be profitable and a positive place to work. In other words, they prioritize sustainable growth and operational efficiency. They see their business holistically and are happy to make changes to improve the state of the organization.

The investment to work with us works varies on the scope of the project and the timeline of the work. We typically work at a day rate, but we have various retainer options available, which again depend on the scope and duration of the project.

The investment is quite small compared to the long-term savings and revenue increases that come from working with us. Our past clients have seen results including:

— a 10x increase in the company’s trading shares

— a 20% decrease in Process Lead Time

— a 28% increase in overall company performance

— a 300% increase in throughput without additional staff

— a 50% drop in casual absenteeism

… and much more!

Usually, organizations work with us over several months to go through an entire process revamp. However, some clients already possess internal resources and only need to hire us to share our expertise and make a plan.

For that reason, we also offer shorter-term engagements.?

The next step if you are interested in our consulting service (or have any questions about it) is to send me a private message or to book a complimentary consultation directly.