Collaborating for Success

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Collaborating for Success

• Philip Wynn
• Wynn Business Partnerships

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• Competitiveness of Sugar Beet in the Current
  Market

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The Financial Benefits

• Shared risk reduced capital investment
• Pooling of labour and power resources
• Managing surplus or deficit production
• Reduced clamp losses
• Reduced operational costs

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The Other Benefits

• Shared management of the enterprise
• Effective and efficient haulage operation
• Collaborating over other operations
• Team working at all levels
• Competitive production of crops
• Forum for new ideas at all levels

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What are the Key Success Factors?

• Tight geographical area
• Good average field size
• Mix of soil types with 80 limestone brash
• Desire to work together
• Simple agreement
• Complete trust between the parties
• Run by professional managers

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What were the issues?

• How the capital investment should be split
• Future of beet production in the area
• Who was going to drive the machine
• Possibility of need to double shift
• Area required to maximise output
• Potential targets for contract work

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What are the Lessons?

• Keep the arrangements simple
• Share the management tasks
• Ensure there are proper review meetings
• Delegate responsibility to the operators
• Make sure you have common objectives
• Dont be surprised by the other benefits of
  working together!

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Future Development?

• Mature group at initiation
• Still scope for additional area
• Work more closely together on other operations
• Further refinement by developing closer working
  relationship with processor

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Key Priorities for Beet Growers

• Raise your average yield achievements
• Scrutinise all production costs for savings
• Support, evaluate and initiate new ideas to
  increase margins
• Pool resources with your neighbour
• Aspire for better pricing!

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Collaborating for Success

• Philip Wynn
• Wynn Business Partnerships