| Description |
xii, 240 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 225-226) and index. |
| Contents |
Every tool in its place -- Farming for your customers -- Learning to see value -- Ten types of farm waste -- Flow I: tools to root out farm production waste -- Flow II: tools to root out farm management waste -- Lean farm sales: pull, not push -- Continuous improvement (Kaizen) -- Respect for people: lean and farm staff -- Lean applied at Clay Bottom Farm: ten specific cases -- The lean farm start-up -- The limits of lean in agriculture -- Lean for more than profit. |
| Summary |
Lean principles were originally developed by the Japanese automotive industry, but Hartman has applied them to farming. As a result, he's been able to drastically cut waste, increase profit, and make his family farm more environmentally and economically sustainable. With ample examples from his one-acre farm in Indiana, Hartman illustrates how to incorporate lean practices, on farms of any size or scale, at each step of the production chain, from starting a farming operation and harvesting crops to training employees and selling goods. Hartman's approach of working smarter, not harder, aims to prevent the kind of burnout that start-up farmers often encounter and enable a new generation of young people to choose farming as a viable career path--COVER. |
| Subject |
Agriculture -- Waste minimization.
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Lean manufacturing.
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| Added Title |
How to minimize waste, increase efficiency, and maximize value and profits with less work |
| ISBN |
9781603585927 (pbk.) |
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1603585923 (pbk.) |
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9781603585934 (ebook) |
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1603585931 (ebook) |
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