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<p>Acknowledgements ix</p> <p>Introduction xi</p> <p><b>Part I The concept of ‘Lean’ 1</b></p> <p>1 Before we get started … 3</p> <p>2 What is ‘Lean’? 9</p> <p>3 Applying Lean to dairy farming 31</p> <p><b>Part II 10 Lean tools that will transform your farm 43</b></p> <p>4 The 8 wastes on the farm 45</p> <p>5 5S workplace organisation 91</p> <p>6 Visual management 141</p> <p>7 Standard work 187</p> <p>8 Value stream mapping 231</p> <p>9 Practical problem solving 261</p> <p>10 Built-in quality 289</p> <p>11 Total productive maintenance 309</p> <p>12 Creating flow on the farm 339</p> <p>13 Visual planning 355</p> <p><b>Part III The culture of a Lean Farm 371</b></p> <p>14 Creating the right culture 373</p> <p>15 People behaviours 379</p> <p>16 Lean leadership 385</p> <p>About the authors 397</p> <p>Index 399</p>

<p><b>JANA HOCKEN</b> 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. <p><b>MAT HOCKEN</b> 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 <i>The Rural Innovation Lab</i> and <i>FarmCave</i>.

<p>'For those farmers who value their team, respect their cows and are focused on leading a sustainable farming business, adopting a Lean way of thinking will be a breakthrough. Reading <i>The Lean Dairy Farm</i> may be your best investment ever.'<br/> <b>—Juliet Maclean,</b> farmer and co-founder, OnSide and Synlait <p>'One of the most valuable books I've read. As a farmer, Lean has helped me to combat my two biggest challenges: Time and Cost.'<br/> <b>—Andrew Meuli,</b> farmer <p><b>Make your farm better, smarter, and more productive</b> <p>The Lean method is revolutionising farming globally with its proven approach for reducing waste, improving productivity and sustaining profits. In <i>The Lean Dairy Farm,</i> dairy farmer and Lean consultant Jana Hocken explains why this approach is essential to every dairy farm. Using her own family's farm as a case study, she introduces practical tools that every farmer can apply and shows you how to create a farm culture that supports Lean thinking. <p>Even if Lean is entirely new to you, this book offers a simple blueprint for applying its principles and practices to improve your farm. You'll learn how to: <ul> <li>quickly make use of basic Lean concepts on your farm</li> <li>identify and eliminate waste in farm processes</li> <li>organise your farm effectively to improve productivity</li> <li>standardise your processes to do everything right the first time</li> <li>develop an engaged, high performing team.</li> </ul> <p>If you want a more efficient, profitable and robust dairy farm, <i>The Lean Dairy Farm</i> is for you.

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