Speaker Marjo Posio is a dairy management expert and her core expertise are calves. Marjo has strong practical experience from dairy barns, large scale calf barn and AMS barn troubleshooting. Since graduation in 2009, she has worked as a project manager and advisor. She is highly skilled in customer service. Digital tools and services are her great interest.

Speaker Jouni Pitkäranta M.Sc. (Archit.) is a founder and chairman of the board in 4dBarn, a global leader in AMS facility design. He graduated from the Helsinki University of Technology in 2006. Before starting 4dBarn, Jouni worked on his own as a dairy barn designer and has designed approximately 1000 dairy barns. At 4dBarn, Jouni uses his architectural skills to create work efficient layouts and gate design to improve labor efficiency and cow comfort. Challenging remodeling projects inspire Jouni!

4dBarn team from Finland has helped more than 200 dairy farms globally from 60 cows to 2500 cows to achieve effortless and stress-free working days in their AMS barns.  About 40  % of our project was remodeling! When you have all the right elements of efficient handling in your dairy facility, work with cows gets done with less labor.
 
Watch a testimonial video of Japanese customer's experience with the 4dBarn^® Designed - training programme. Dr Yuto Taira from Farmnote Dairy Platform inc. explains what it’s like to work in a remodeled barn.

Here is also an article, “Automatic milking system barn design for efficient workflow and labor savings,” by Jouni Pitkäranta, published in Progressive Dairy magazine.