SMARTPORK

Find out how you can use the Plan, Do, Check, Act framework to improve your business performance.

Find out how you can use root cause analysis to identify the root cause of issues in your business

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

Join us for an introduction to our SmartPork programme and find out how you can use lean management techniques to improve performance on your farm.

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.

Find out how you can use Lean principles to create more value and reduce waste.

Lean management, aims to optimise resources, maximise value and minimise waste. Find out about its origins and how Lean can be applied to agriculture and horticulture.

Waste is any step in a process that does not add value to the customer. There are three types of waste in Lean management, Muda, Mura and Muri, and we explore them below.

Understand the importance of benchmarking in pig production and how to utilise data recording tools, to ensure realistic targets and KPI's are met.

Explore how the electronic identification (EID) technology can maximise the efficiency of your pig production system, allowing you to track and monitor valuable information.

Learn how pig producers are using weighing systems, to reduce labour costs and increase accuracy.

This A-Z glossary defines many precision farming terms.

Explore practical methods to capture and harness pig herd performance data to enhance your business operations and strive for continuous improvement.

Discover the importance of good recordkeeping and learn how to implement data capture proccesses to your business.

Understand the importance of benchmarking in pig production and how to utilise data recording tools, to ensure realistic targets and KPI's are met.