Lean in Agriculture

Contents

Preface

Acknowledgements

Chapter 1 What is Lean?

1.1 What is Lean?

1.1.1 The Lean History

1.1.2 Lean – Less of Everything

Chapter 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

Chapter 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

Chapter 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

Chapter 5 Involve Your Employees

5.1 Involve Your Employees