The two metrics KgMS/FTE and Cows/FTE are not effective, meaningful metrics. These two standard Dairy Industry labour efficiency and farm productivity metrics do not reflect our REAL productivity on farm. They do not compare apples for apples and can lead to disillusioned benchmarking for farms and the industry in relation to labour. These metrics can […]
How productive are we in New Zealand?
How productive are we in New Zealand? Our farm’s productivity/ labour hour has increased by 72% over 12 years, an average of 6% per year. New Zealand’s productivity has only increased by between 0.2-0.6% annually over the last 10 years. Why does this matter and how does lean thinking fit in? Farm productivity Many organisations […]
Is lean thinking relevant to sheep and beef farmers?
Lean thinking for sheep and beef farmers Last week I ran workshops in Waikato and Northland for sheep and beef farmers thanks to @ Beef and Lamb NZ and @ruraltrust for sheep and beef farmers. Some feedback I received: “what a fantastic workshop”, “I could listen to you all day!” “such a refreshing approach to […]
“Cost Reduction is our single biggest weapon to improve our profitability….”
Recently I was going through all my notes from my Toyota days and I re-discovered this fabulous quote from my early years with Toyota back in 2003! I have shared this quote already on a previous post here, but it is so important that I am talking about it once more and want to […]
How a Kaizen action become “unlean”
A TALE OF THE UNLEAN KAIZEN ACTION If there is poor planning, then even a Kaizen action can be unlean! The PDCA Cycle Many many years ago (close to 20!) I was sitting in a pub with a Toyota colleague and we were discussing the PDCA cycle. On a napkin my colleague drew a visual […]
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