The Robot Farm: Milking Profits and Nurturing Nature
商品編號：W43606
出版日期：2025/05/02
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商品主題：Operations Management; Sustainability
商品類型：Case (Field)
涵蓋議題：Net Zero;Life Cycle Assessment;Natural Cycles;Dairy Farm Management;Automatic Milking Systems;Carbon Emissions;Carbon Profile
難易度：4 - Undergraduate/MBA
內容長度：11 頁
地域：New Zealand
產業：Agriculture; Forestry; Fishing and Hunting
事件年度：2022
Ed Newton purchased two farms, the Big Farm and Little Farm, on the west coast of New Zealand in 2014. In 2018, facing issues like low productivity and high input costs, he discovered the Astronaut A5, an automatic milking system made by Lely International NV. This system could improve output and reduce his environmental carbon footprint, especially important due to the upcoming agricultural carbon tax in 2025. If he invested, Newton planned to create a new Robot Farm on part of the Big Farm. The case explores Newton’s background, farm processes, the machine’s features, and the financial, environmental, and organizational implications of this investment.
教學手冊：The Robot Farm: Milking Profits and Nurturing Nature - Teaching Note
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