I'm honored to be a guest at #britishflowers in a just half an hour. Lean is a powerful production system. It can give any size and type of farm a boost. Eager to hear your questions!

I'm thrilled to be here. Thank you! #britishflowers

This is Ben Hartman. I wrote The Lean Farm from an island off the coast of Florida. Really, lean is about seeing your work, and ruthlessly eliminating the distractions to your work. #britishflowers

We have that we work most efficiently in 90-minute intervals. After that, and our productivity goes down. So our favorite schedule is to work two 90-minute shifts in the mornings, and one 90-minute shift in the afternoon. We get more done this way. #britishflowers

There are just two activities that happen in a workplace: value-adding tasks or waste. There is no third category, and businesses that thrive understand this point. #britishflowers

"Take care of the waste on the farm and turn it into useful channels" should be the slogan of every farmer. --George Washington Carver #britishflowers

All we are doing is looking at the time line from the moment the customer gives us an order to the point when we collect the cash. And we are reducing that time line by removing the non-value-added wastes. --Taiichi Ohno #britishflowers

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