The Lean Dairy Farm: Eliminate Waste, Save Time, Cut Costs - Creating a More Productive, Profitable and Higher Quality Farm

Author:   Jana Hocken ,  Mat Hocken
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd
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9780730368410


Pages:   432
Publication Date:   15 February 2019
Format:   Paperback
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Author:   Jana Hocken ,  Mat Hocken
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Australia Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 1.50cm , Height: 0.20cm , Length: 2.30cm
Weight:   0.595kg
ISBN:  

9780730368410


ISBN 10:   0730368416
Pages:   432
Publication Date:   15 February 2019
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In stock   Availability explained
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Acknowledgements ix Introduction xi Part I The concept of ‘Lean’ 1 1 Before we get started … 3 2 What is ‘Lean’? 9 3 Applying Lean to dairy farming 31 Part II 10 Lean tools that will transform your farm 43 4 The 8 wastes on the farm 45 5 5S workplace organisation 91 6 Visual management 141 7 Standard work 187 8 Value stream mapping 231 9 Practical problem solving 261 10 Built-in quality 289 11 Total productive maintenance 309 12 Creating flow on the farm 339 13 Visual planning 355 Part III The culture of a Lean Farm 371 14 Creating the right culture 373 15 People behaviours 379 16 Lean leadership 385 About the authors 397 Index 399

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JANA HOCKEN is a veteran Lean business consultant with a background in Toyota, who has assisted hundreds of companies across Australia, New Zealand, Asia, America and Europe. She has been a speaker at numerous events and in 2017 developed the successful LeanFarm training program specifically for farmers. MAT HOCKEN is a 4th generation farmer and 2017 Nuffield scholar. As well as embracing Lean on the farm, Mat aims to inspire farmer-led innovation, through projects such as The Rural Innovation Lab and FarmCave.

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