Free 4dBarn webinar

Date: 30, June, 2026
Time: 1:00-2:00 PM EEST ( UTC +3, Helsinki)

Planning a robotic dairy barn? Early design choices affect cow flow, labour efficiency, expansion potential, and profitability for years to come.

In this webinar, we'll review real robot barn projects, highlight what works in practice, and point out costly mistakes to avoid.

🔍Topics include:

🐮Cow flow and robot placement

❇️ Efficient work routines and labour savings

✨ Lessons learned from real barn layouts

Join us for practical insights to help you make better design decisions before you build.

Speaker Marjo Posio M.Sc. (Agr.) 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.

Read more: how we don't just design a barn, we design your everyday work. 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.