\u2019n Boer (noem hom Bill) bestuur \u2019n 400-hektare-plaas in \u2019n koue deel van die w\u00eareld. Winters is hard, die sneeu kan ho\u00ebr as die heinings wees. Die groeiseisoen is slegs ongeveer vier maande lank. Wanneer die sneeu smelt, maai Bill gras en lusern en baal dit vir wintervoer. Sy prim\u00eare doel is om 85% konsepsie by sy eerste kalfkoeie te bereik.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Daar is niemand anders op die plaas nie. Bill doen alles self: herstel die besproeiing, herstel toerusting, betaal rekeninge, versorg die diere en vervoer bale. Elke somersdag is belangrik. Hy werk van dagbreek tot nagval en is voortdurend bekommerd of hy genoeg voer sal h\u00ea as \u2019n lang winter aan die koms is.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wanneer die winter aanbreek, bring Bill al sy diere binne\u2014beeste, skape en \u2019n paar bokke. Die skuur is vol. Hy voer hulle vir sewe of agt maande met die hooi- en lusernbale en \u2019n bietjie konsentraat.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die kostes bly ophoop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bill werk hard, die ure is baie lank. Maar hy begin geld verloor. Besproeiing, voer en instandhouding kos meer as wat hy verdien wanneer hy sy diere verkoop. Hy probeer koste sny\u2014doen al sy eie herstelwerk, stel die aankoop van nuwe toerusting uit, en rasionering van voer waar moontlik. Tog kan hy nie die situasie omdraai nie. Om sy diere gesond binnenshuis te hou gedurende die winter is problematies, en sy veterin\u00eare rekeninge vorm \u2019n groot deel van sy uitgawes. Uiteindelik, na nog \u2019n slegte maand, besluit Bill hy het hulp nodig.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy huur \u2019n veeboerdery- en plaasondernemingskonsultant in, wat die plaas besoek, die werking oorweeg en die plaasrekords deurgaan. Hulle spandeer tien ure om aan al die kwessies te werk.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Dit is nie \u2019n vinnige oplossing nie, maar Bill volg die advies. Hy begin verbeterings sien: gesonder diere, laer koste en uiteindelik \u2019n beter winslyn. Dinge verloop gladder. Hy verkoop die besproeiings- en baaltoerusting en hou op om lusern te kweek.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy plaas meer kampe (kuddes) met behulp van tydelike elektriese heinings. Hy maai \u2019n deel van die gras vir hooi en maak hooihope in die kampe, geen bale nie. Teen die tyd as die sneeu weer val, is sy diere in \u2019n goeie toestand en sy uitgawes is laer. Hy hou sy diere buite, skuif hulle daagliks, beeste en skape in een trop. As die ys te dik op die hooihope word, breek hy dit met \u2019n koevoet, en die beeste maak die hooi vir die skape oop.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy bereik steeds die 85% konsepsie by sy eerste kalfkoeie, en hy voltooi sy werk op die plaas dagliks, nog voor laatoggend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wat was die waarde, per uur, van die werk wat Bill saam met die konsultant gedoen het?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Wat was die waarde, per uur, van die werk wat Bill elke dag gedoen het toe hy dinge nog op die ou manier aangepak het?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Die een behels werk aan die besigheid, die ander werk in die besigheid. Werk aan die besigheid is altyd meer waardevol as werk in die besigheid. Jy hoef dit net nie elke dag te doen nie.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bill moet steeds dagliks in die besigheid werk, maar vir minder ure. Hy fokus meer op doeltreffendheid en minder op effektiwiteit. Minder gewerkte ure beteken meer waarde in R\/uur binne die nuwe paradigma. Meer wins om te bel\u00ea in die groei van sy besigheid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hy het voorheen nie \u2019n besigheid gehad nie, net \u2019n werk!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paradigmas kan verander. As hulle verander, moet jy nie oplossings in die ou paradigma soek nie, veral nie in die sentrum nie. Soek oplossings eerder aan die rand. Paradigma-verandering kom van die rand af.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A farmer (call him Bill) runs a 400-hectare farm in a cold part of the world. Winters are harsh, the snow can be higher than the fences. The growing season is only about four months long. When the snow melts Bill grows lucerne, using irrigation. He cuts grass and the lucerne and bales it for […]<\/p>","protected":false},"author":346,"featured_media":278885,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"off","_et_pb_old_content":"\n
A farmer (call him Bill) runs a 400-hectare farm in a cold part of the world. Winters are harsh, the snow can be higher than the fences. The growing season is only about four months long. When the snow melts Bill grows lucerne, using irrigation. He cuts grass and the lucerne and bales it for winter feed. His primary goal is to achieve 85% conception in his first calf heifers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
There is no one else on the farm. Bill handles everything: fixing the irrigation, repairing equipment, paying the bills, tending to the livestock and hauling bales. Every day in summer is important, he is fully employed dawn to dusk and constantly concerned if he will have enough feed put away if it turns out to be a long winter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
When the winter comes Bill brings all his animals inside\u2014cattle, sheep, and a few goats. The barn is full. He feeds them the hay and lucerne bales and some concentrates for seven or eight months.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The costs keep piling up.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bill works hard, the hours are very long. But he is starting to lose money. Irrigation, feed and upkeep cost more than he gets when he sells his livestock. He tries to cut costs\u2014doing all his own repairs, holding off buying new equipment, rationing feed when he can. Still, he cannot turn things around. Keeping his animals healthy indoors during the winter is problematic, his veterinary bills are a big part of his expenses. Eventually, after another bad month, Bill decides he needs help.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He hires a livestock and farm business consultant, who visits the farm, looks over the operation and goes through the farm records. They spend ten hours working on all the issues.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
It is not a quick fix, but Bill follows the advice. He starts seeing improvements: healthier animals, lower costs and eventually, a better bottom line. Things run more smoothly. He sells the irrigation and baling equipment, he stops growing lucerne.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He puts in more camps (paddocks) using temporary electric fencing. He mows some of the grass for hay and makes haystacks in the camps, no bales. By the time the snow falls again, his animals are in good shape and his expenses are down. He keeps the animals outdoors, moves them daily, cattle and sheep in one herd. If the ice gets too thick on the haystacks he goes out and breaks it through with a crowbar and the cattle open up the hay for the sheep.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He still get the 85% conception on his heifers and he finishes work on the farm every day by mid-morning at the latest.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was the value, per hour, of the work Bill did with the consultant?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
What was the value of the work, per hour, that Bill did every day he was doing things the way he used to?<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The one is working-on-the business, the other is working-in-the-business. Working on the business is always more valuable that working in the business. You just do not have to do it every day.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Bill still has to work in the business every day, but less hours. More focused on effectiveness, less on efficiency. Less hours worked means more value in R\/hour with the new paradigm. More profit to invest in growing his business.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He did not have a business before, just a job!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Paradigms can be changed. If they change do not look for solutions in the old paradigm, in the center. Look for solutions at the edge. Paradigm change comes from the edge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
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