Industry Paper Food

The food industry needs to change course

Today, more and more consumers want to buy their food with a clear conscience. Yet, sustainability and pricing pressures are issues that the food sector will only find answers to with a fundamental change in course.

This change must involve every single player, from the local discount store to the grower to holistically improve the farm-to-fork process.The industry is fully aware that they are still dealing with a lot of waste in its value chains. So taking this out would not only reduce CO2 emissions as well as the mountain of food that is simply discarded, but also improve the bottom line at the same time. The industry paper on food is an invitation to take a much needed look at the bigger picture in your own industry.

It pays to take a look outside your own industry

The example of the automotive manufacturer Toyota shows just how efficient and waste-reducing processes can create sustainable success for the entire supply chain and all stakeholders.

This is why the food industry should use this model to initiate the needed course correction and optimize its own processes.

In the end, customers also benefit from removing non-value-added process components, which Toyota has achieved with Lean Management – not least in terms of price. Similarly, the food sector can also benefit from LeanManagement in the farm-to-fork process.In the end, customers also benefit from removing non-value-added process components, which Toyota has achieved with Lean Management – not least in terms of price. Similarly, the food sector can also benefit from LeanManagement in the farm-to-fork process.

Here you will find the key lessons of the paper at a glance:

The food industry today is mainly characterized by overproduction that ties up capital and resulting in insufficient flexibility.

Process and machine malfunctions must not be ignored – otherwise they will repeat themselves!

Rework is just as bad as scrap and must never be acceptable. If the causes are not eliminated, the defect will reappear again and again.

All process steps should be interlinked and coordinated with one another. This will significantly reduce the lead time. Handling and transport expenses are reduced to a minimum.

Do not shy away from small batch sizes! They bring more flexibility and production capacity.

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The increasing customer demand for quality at the lowest price represents an environment of tension that we can only survive in if we make the non-value added in our E2E processes transparent and work systematically to reduce it.
Marc Grimminger
CEO of Lila Bäcker

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