A roadmap for improving efficiencies at your greenhouse

During Cultivate'22, a panel of growers and suppliers shared their success and failures on efficiency upgrades, from software and robots to purchasing strategies and logistics to attracting and retaining people. The panel included John Gooder, Chief Operations Officer at Plantpeddler; Tom Wheeler, Director of Growing Operations at Bell Nursery; and Cathryn Fageros, Business Process Improvement Manager at Ball Seed Co.

One of Fageros' main roles is educating the Ball team on efficiency and lean production. She outlined four strategies for approaching efficiency in a way that benefits both your team and your customers:

• Understanding the customer and what they value. This starts with having a conversation with your customer to understand their needs. Once that conversation happens, clarify the priority of those needs and whether your company's processes can meet those expectations. From there, you can make a plan and take action to deliver measurable improvements.
• Build a deep understanding of your own processes. Walk through all operations within your company, and document your processes. Then share this with your team to make sure it's accurate. After you do this, create a value stream map so you can see the full picture of your operations.
  
  

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Source: Greenhouse Grower