Yastro-Agro Company has started implementing lean manufacturing technologies

The first enterprise launched the national project "Labor Productivity" this year.

The official status of participants in the national project has already been assigned to 18 Omsk companies. The start of the work of experts from the Federal Center for Competence in the Field of Labor Productivity (FCC) took place at the fourth wave enterprise. Two companies have been selected for the "fourth wave" of targeted support within the framework of the national project.

Yastro-Agro became the first company of the "fourth wave", where the launch meeting was held this year. To participate in the national project, the company has signed an agreement with the regional Ministry of Economy. As part of the launch of the national project, Deputy Chairman of the regional Government Dmitry Ushakov, First Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food of the region Larisa Mashinskaya, head of the Lyubinsky district Abai Rakimzhanov, head of the regional Development and Investment Agency Yevgeny Kovtun, President visited Yastro-Agro.  Olga Fedulova of the Omsk Chamber of Commerce and Industry Union and specialists from the Regional Competence Center. The work of the FCC experts at the enterprise was opened by Anna Negoduiko, Minister of Economy of the region, and Maxim Pletyuk, founder of Yastro-Agro.

The Omsk Region started implementing the national project last year. During this time, Omsk companies have already received productivity growth results. At the regional level, the project is supported by the Regional Center for Competence in the Field of Labor Productivity (RCC), established on the basis of the Agency for Development and Investment of the Omsk Region.

"The enterprises that started implementing the national project last year showed quite serious performance results, and the feedback from company managers and experts from the Federal Competence Center was very positive. The Governor of the Omsk region, Alexander Leonidovich Burkov, noted the enterprises for their activity in the implementation of the national project. Today is not just the start of the "fourth wave", but the beginning of the introduction of lean manufacturing technologies in the agro-industrial complex. This is very important for our region, because the Omsk region is not only an industrial region, but also an agricultural one. Of particular importance is the fact that Yastro-Agro is a crop production company," said the Minister of Economy of the region.Anna Negoduiko.

Founder of Yastro-AgroMaxim Pletyuk noted in his welcoming speech that, in general, the Yastro Group of companies plans to participate in the implementation of the national project with all its production facilities. The first was the enterprise from which the production cycle of the group of companies begins. It should be noted that Yastro-Agro specializes in the cultivation of cereals, legumes, oilseeds and fodder crops. The main products are wheat, barley, oats, peas, oilseed flax, rapeseed, coarse and juicy animal feed. The company operates in two municipal districts of the Omsk region – Lyubinsky and Poltava. The company's products are supplied as feed stock to the livestock complexes of the Yastro Group of companies.

"The company has two strategic goals – to increase efficiency and scale the business. In order to grow in volume, it is necessary to manage processes effectively. Therefore, it was decided to participate in the national project," explained Bronislav Misevicius, head of Yastro–Agro.

The company's employees are already receiving free training as part of the national project under the Productivity Leaders program. According to the head of Yastro-Agro, the competencies of specialists directly affect the efficiency of enterprises and increase the well-being of employees. Among the company's goals for the next three years is to increase employee salaries.

After the initial meeting, a sample flow will be created at Yastro-Agro under the guidance of FCC experts, and employees will be trained. In total, the implementation of the national project at the enterprise lasts three years.

"Our work will start with production logistics, production analysis and standardization. I assume that the machine operator, for whom we will monitor the work of the sowing plant, will clearly show us the problems that need to be addressed," said Marina Medvedeva, head of the FCC project.

At the first stage, the company plans to analyze the current situation, describe all the processes, and identify losses. The result of the company's participation in the national project will be the creation of a sample stream, which will be replicated to other production sites by trained employees of the enterprise.  

To participate in the national project, the heads of Omsk companies need to submit an application on the productivity website.The national project is aimed at enterprises of basic non-resource sectors of the economy with revenues from 400 million to 30 billion rubles and a foreign share in the authorized capital of no more than 25%. Within a week after submitting the application, the FCC experts contact the management and agree on the date of the visit to the enterprise. As a rule, an in-person assessment is conducted within a month from the date of application.