Lean Farming® has a 10th birthday today. When I started the company in 2010, I set the goal that I wanted to work internationally and with the best in the world within their field. It has succeeded and the company now has customers and partners in 25 countries around the world. It has been a…
Start to write down what you want to archive with the Lean project When you start a Lean implementation on your farm you must start with you vision for the project. What do you want to achieve? The vision don´t need to be measurable. You can think of it as a direction. But it must…
Bill O`Keeffe from Saturn Farms has taken 5S as their theme for this quarter. Bill told about this on our last meeting in the International Lean Farming Discussion Group. They call the theme: “Bang And The Dirt Is Gone” . That is not that easy though! He has in his update summarize the first experiences. And…
Lean culture – is it hot air? It is not so easy to see what we mean by a Lean culture. Therefore, I will give an example: A young employee is driven into a gate. The masonry is destroyed and the trailer has been skewed. It is quite annoying – for all parties. The poor…
The traditional leadership does not last
Lean Farming has developed a 5-point program for staff leadership in agriculture companies. I call the program “A net of structure”. There is a jungle of good advice and solutions, so it helps a lot to put it into some boxes. The five boxes in “A network of structure” covers the subject using checklists, forms…
It is gold to see waste! A young guy is driving into a gate. The wall is destroyed and the wagon has been broken. It’s pretty annoying – for all parties. The poor young man was fed up – and embarrassed. He does not feel any success that day. The story could have ended there…
Denmark is best in Labour Productivity in the statement from European Dairy Farmers. They produce 350 kg milk inclusive production of feed. The Danish farmers are best in efficiency and in work planning. They know how to organize the work. Labour productivity can be optimized by these eight points: Structure and work planning Standard procedures…
This is an international platform for dairy owners and managers where we can exchange knowledge and challenge each other to be the top performers in our industry. Now we are ready for the first meeting 2-3 November, 2015. We meet in Denmark and in the program we have two interesting farm visits at Soren Madsen…
Now times up Juan Quezada arrives Europe on Sunday. We have planned both training courses and meeting in Germany, Denmark and Sweden. Downlaod the flyer here Open meetings in Denmark: LandboLimfjord Thursday, 10 September at 13:00 – 16:00 (Registration 9615 300) Dalum Landbrugsskole Friday, 11 September at 9:00-12:00 (Registration 3026 1500) LandboSyd, Aabenraa Monday, 14…
