Food

Lean and Six Sigma and Pineapples: Fruit and Nectar

The Pineapple Market size is expected to grow from USD 27.08 billion in 2023 to USD 36.80 billion by 2028.* We’ll look at Lean and Six Sigma applications in Pineapple production and finish with a video of pineapple growing, harvesting, and products. *Source Using a Modified Form of Toyota Production System on a Pineapple Farm In a [...]

2025-06-16T08:27:54-06:00By |0 Comments

Six Sigma, Quality, and Productivity in the Banana Industry

The Global Banana Market size is estimated at USD 141.97 billion in 2025.* See the following source for the top 10 banana producing countries as of 2024.** We’ll look at Six Sigma, quality and productivity in the banana industry and finish with a video of bananas from their beginning, to harvesting to production. *Source **Source Six Sigma Model [...]

2025-05-25T09:26:49-06:00By |0 Comments

Improving Vegetable Packing Performance with Lean Six Sigma

[NOTE: Technically tomatoes are a fruit. However, around the world they are marketed as vegetables.] We’ll look at applications of Lean and Six Sigma in vegetable packing and finish with a video of potato processing and packaging. Using Lean Six Sigma and Overall Equipment Effectiveness (OEE) to Improve Vegetable Packing A case study titled “Improving [...]

2024-12-08T15:42:41-06:00By |0 Comments

Global Seafood Industry: Lean Six Sigma Applications

The seafood market size is estimated at 720.76 billion USD in 2024.* We’ll look at applications of Lean and Six Sigma from Portugal, India, Indonesia, and South Africa and finish with a video of how crabs, oysters, and sole are harvested and processed. *Source Applying Lean Manufacturing to Fish and Shellfish Processing: Portugal In a [...]

Lean Six Sigma Applications in the Rice Industry

Global rice consumption for 2023/24 is anticipated to reach an unprecedented 523.9 million tons.* The global rice market size was valued at USD 287.45 billion in 2021** We’ll look at several applications of Lean and Six Sigma to rice production in Thailand, Australia, and Indonesia and finish with a video of how rice is processed. [...]

Lean Six Sigma and Improvements in the Poultry Industry

Poultry consumption around the world falls into two main categories: meat and eggs. There are a variety of birds that are used in the poultry industry: chickens, turkeys, ducks, geese, partridges, pheasants and others. Lean and Six Sigma methods are used to improve production and quality, whether for meat or eggs. We’ll look at several [...]

Quality in the Tomato Industry

Tomatoes are classified as a fruit not a vegetable. Accordingly, tomatoes are the most frequently eaten fruit in the world. Global production of tomatoes was estimated to be 44.19 million tons in 2023.* We’ll look at quality in tomato production and finish with a video of how a particular variety of tomatoes are grown commercially. [...]

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