2 May 2025

Somerset: Utilising lean management to improve farm efficiency (colostrum case study)

Discover how to unlock the potential of your farm team, enabling them to solve problems and provide sustained, long-term benefits for your business

4 May 2023

SmartPork Monitor Farm programme delivers results

What if you were told there is a way to increase efficiency and quality without making major changes?

22 March 2023

SmartPork Monitor Farm: the results are in

Results for our SmartPork Monitor Farm programme which introduced Lean management techniques to improve how people work on farm, encourage business improvements, eliminate waste and make cost savings, are in.

11 October 2022

Bringing lean management to life with pig farmers

Andrew Palmer, Pork Knowledge Exchange Relationship Manager, shares how lean management techniques are benefiting the Monitor Farms he's working with.

25 July 2022

Kaizen workshops identify significant projected cost savings

The Monitor Farms participating in AHDB’s SmartPork programme, which introduces lean management techniques to improve how people work on farm, encourage business improvements, and increase cost savings, are now starting their main projects.

1 February 2022

Showing how Lean principles work in practice

As part of our SmartPork programme we champion Lean business methods, because we believe their adoption can help improve productivity and reduce waste.

5 January 2022

Case study: Save time strawing up on a farrow-to-finish pig unit

Find out how the simple hack of hanging a penknife from a bale trolley saved one farmer £90 per year.

22 February 2024

Lean management case studies in the pork sector

Here you’ll find real-life examples of how Lean techniques have improved profitability and performance across pig farms.

11 January 2022

Case study: Shadow boards save farmer over £1,000 per year

Find out how introducing shadow boards improved on-farm efficiency as well as team relationships in this case study

19 August 2024

Case study: Capitalise on familiarity when moving and loading pigs

Find out how a simple change to the way pigs are moved and loaded saved over 40 hours over the course of a year.

25 October 2021

Lean management for pig farmers

Hear about Lean Management techniques that you can use to improve on-farm efficiency and cut out waste.

2 September 2025

Using the Kanban framework to improve business efficiency

Find out how you can use the Kanban framework to manage critical tasks to improve your business efficiency.

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