Lean in agriculture, create more value with less work on the farm, by Vibeke Fladkjaer Nielsen and Susanne Pejstrup
Type
Label
Lean in agriculture, create more value with less work on the farm, by Vibeke Fladkjaer Nielsen and Susanne Pejstrup
Language
eng
Bibliography note
Includes bibliographical references and index
Illustrations
illustrations
Index
index present
Literary Form
non fiction
Main title
Lean in agriculture
Nature of contents
dictionariesbibliography
Oclc number
11059513918
Responsibility statement
by Vibeke Fladkjaer Nielsen and Susanne Pejstrup
Sub title
create more value with less work on the farm
Summary
Responding to a recent surge in interest, this is the first book to comprehensively address how Lean thinking and tools can be implemented in agriculture. This handbook breaks down barriers, clearly showing how techniques originally developed for use in factories work just as well on farms. Expert Lean farming consultants Susanne Pejstrup and Vibeke Fladkjaer Nielsen present these methods in a clear, easy-to-read style, accessible to farmers the world over. Case studies from multiple farm types - including crops, pigs and dairy cattle - demonstrate how respect for people, continuous improvement and visual management techniques can improve resilience and profitability on the farm. Richly illustrated, Lean in Agriculture appeals not only to farmers, but to farm workers, food processing companies, veterinarians, consultants and other stakeholders in the agribusiness sector
Table Of Contents
1: What is Lean?; 1.1 What is Lean?; 1.1.1 The Lean History; 1.1.2 Lean: Less of Everything -- 2: This is How Lean Can be Used in Agriculture; 2.1 This is How Lean Can be Used in Agriculture; 2.1.1 An Additional Gear; 2.1.2 What is "Value for the Customer" at Your Farm?; 2.1.3 An Eye-opener for Waste in Production; 2.1.4 More Money to Make with Lean; 2.1.5 Lean Provides Motivation and Commitment -- 3: The Five Lean Principles; 3.1 Identify Value; 3.2 Map the Value Stream; 3.3 Create Flow; 3.4 Establish Pull; 3.5 Continuous Improvement -- 4: The Eight Wastes of Lean; 4.1 The Eight Wastes of Lean; 4.1.1 Learn to See; 4.1.2 Examples of Waste -- 5: Involve Your Employees; 5.1 Involve Your Employees; 5.1.1 Traditional, Modern Management and Lean Management; 5.1.2 Motivation Requires Trust and Respect; 5.1.3 Appreciative Leadership; 5.1.4 Change Management; 5.1.5 Communication and Questioning Technique; 5.1.6 Use of Questions in Lean Work; 5.1.7 Talking Stick; 5.1.8 Catchball; 5.1.9 Communication with Sticky Notes; 5.1.10 Five Whys -- 6: That is How You Work with Goals; 6.1 That is How You Work with Goals; 6.1.1 The Burning Platform; 6.1.2 What Is a Burning Platform?; 6.2 What Is a Good Goal?; 6.2.1 Involve Your Employees; 6.3 Breaking Down of Goals; 6.3.1 Performance Goals and Effort Goals; 6.4 Goal Management; 6.4.1 Visible Goal Management; 6.4.2 Action Plans; 6.4.3 Examples of Content in Action Plans; 6.4.4 Visible Action Plans -- 7: Tools; 7.1 Tools; 7.1.1 WeekPlanner; 7.1.2 Board Meeting at the Improvement Board: Kaizen; 7.1.3 PDCA; 7.1.4 Value Stream Mapping; 7.1.5 Standardization; 7.1.6 5S; 7.1.7 KANBAN; 7.1.8 TPM; 7.1.9 SMED -- 8: How to Implement Lean at Your Farm; 8.1 How to Implement Lean at Your Farm; 8.1.1 The Current State of Your Farm; 8.1.2 Leanstart With Simple Tools; 8.1.3 Expect a Trough; 8.1.4 Plan for the Implementation of Lean -- 9: Examples of Lean; 9.1 Results with Lean; 9.1.1 The Production Strategy is Lean; 9.1.2 Impressive Decrease in Costs at Esbjerg Dairy; 9.1.3 Lean: Just Common Sense