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Business Strategy

The Farm Scorecard can help businesses develop a clear competitive strategy. Competitive strategy is about being different – creating a unique more

Business Clubs

Our vision is for farmers across the country, through local groups, to swap ideas and information, based on benchmarking their costs of production, more

Differentiation

Differentiation provides an opportunity for farmers to capitalise on the growing consumer interest in British food. The Market more

Production Excellence

Farmers and food processors can learn from other industries and use proven techniques that help to reduce cost and improve quality. Many such more

Collaboration

Food supply chains can be long and complicated. They can involve several separate businesses and many different steps before the product more

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COMPLETION REPORTS

The Food Chain Centre has completed its mission. A Completion Report featuring highlights of our work over the last five years is now available.

- Completion Report 2007

Linked with this report is a series of summaries of our work and conclusions in the following areas:

- Farm Benchmarking

- Providing Consumer Information for Farmers

- Applying Lean Thinking in the Dairy Industry

- Applying Lean Thinking in the Red Meat Industry

- Applying Lean Thinking in the Fresh Produce Industry

Please continue to visit this website as bonus case studies will be added.