Kallista Consulting

09/03/2026

As automation drives down the need for labour, is the comparative advantage argument shifting?

For the last thirty years, the story about manufacturing has been fairly simple. Factories moved offshore because labour was cheaper.

03/09/2025

After 20 years of supporting organisations to speed up production, improve quality and reduce cost, we've learnt a thing or two about driving real productivity gains. Now we're launching into an AI driven world, mastering new tools and techniqued that are supercharging our ability to help out clients to become more productive. Don't get left behind!

29/08/2025

How to reap the benefits of AI through effective Integration

Here’s What They Should Be Doing The promise of artificial intelligence in business is enormous. Every headline seems to announce another breakthrough.

01/07/2025

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04/06/2025

The real reasons organisations struggle with productivity

(Tip - it's not AI or automation related) The Real Productivity Gap Isn’t What You Think Barely a day goes by without productivity being discussed in the media. A recent Business Council of Australia report found that “productivity growth (currently at just 0.

14/03/2025

Why inspection cannot improve quality unless accompanied by process improvement.

A tale about quality The following conversation occurred recently while working with a manufacturing client. I had observed that they were performing inspection and significant testing of the entire batch of a particular part supplied by a 3rd party organisation.

26/02/2024

Today's office. 5S Visual Management training for GE Renewable at Bango Wind Farm, Boorowa, NSW.

04/08/2023

Welcome to Kim Baker who has started work in our Beechworth office as a Creative Design Artist. Kim will be working on translating our training courses onto digital platforms, where people can work through each course at their own pace.

16/07/2023

All set up for training at the University of Western Sydney

11/07/2023

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Four consultants with diverse talents are teaming up to deliver a new approach to assessing client needs and tailoring solutions. Reto Fuhrer, Brendan…

03/08/2022

Part of a series of articles on waste that I am publishing on Linkedin

Part 3 of Value Creation & Waste; A Lean Practitioner's Perspective Inventory is one of the two wastes that I call ‘killer wastes’. Inventory waste is a killer because it exists in all types of organisations and is incredibly destructive to capacity.