Lean Flow in the Green Industry (Nurseries, Greenhouses and Cut Flowers)
Lean Flow is not just for manufacuturing companies. The benefits that
hundreds of manufacturing companies have achived are now being realized
in the green industry. As the global market gets more competitive and
profit margins shrink industry leaders are looking at Lean Flow to help
them be more competitive and profitable.
FlowVision® has become the leader in the application of Lean Flow
in Nurseries and Greenhouses. From orchids to cuttings to woody bushes
to cut flowers we have successfully implemented the Lean Flow techniques
and methodology in Nurseries and Greenhouses throughout the world.
Read our success stories:
FlowVision Featued in Greenhouse Growers
April 2007 Issue
FlowVision Cover story in GrowerTalks
March 2007 Issue
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NMPRO• Nursery Management & Production
Magazine — Lean manufacturing techniques cut waste, boost production
for an already high-tech nursery
Van Belle Nursery in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, had all the
components of a high-tech nursery — state-of-the-art greenhouses,
a complete environmental control system and a conveyor system. But company
general manager Dave Van Belle wanted to make sure all the pieces fit
into an efficient production system.
Van Belle enlisted the help of FlowVision, a Colorado-based Lean and
flow manufacturing services firm, to evaluate the propagating and packing
process and remove waste.
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Green Profit Magazine
- "In My Opinion - Lean Flow" by Kerry Herndon
The last two days have been exhausting. The consultant has made us look
at our paper workflow. Self-examination is never fun—in fact it’s almost
always embarrassing........
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Kerry's Bromeliad Nursery, Inc.
"FlowVision came down and showed us on the second day of their
evaluation one process that improved throughput 25% and dramatically
improved product quality."
Kerry Herndon
President and General Manager
Kerry's Bromeliad Nursery, Inc.
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Case Study
“Utilizing lean/flow concepts
in our packing and shipping area has allowed us to more than double
our throughput with the same resources. FlowVision took the guesswork
out of implementing lean/flow which facilitated our ability to accurately
process more orders and grow our business.”
Karl Batschke
Production Manager
Ball FloraPlant
Costa Rica
"The best part of implementing
the recommendations of FlowVision is that many of them cost virtually
nothing. A number of the changes that we implemented were strictly procedural"
Doug Cole
Owner
DSCole Growers
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