Cost Structure and Profitability Analysis of the John Deere 1490D Slash Bundler in Northern Spain
Santos Fernandez, Alberto (2012)
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2012
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Spain is one of the main markets of the John Deere 1490D ECOIII slash bundler in Europe. The Northern Spain has special natural conditions which make the bundling of forest residues an interesting option for the forestry companies of the region. The slash bundling from forest residues has a positive impact in the forestry companies, increasing their revenues and allowing them to complement their business model using residues that traditionally were left in the forest to rot. Those residues let an excess of nutrients polluting the soil, are a focus for pests and create fire risks problems. Thanks to the slash bundling technology now, they can be extracted from the forest and transported to a biomass energy plant to be used as an energy renewable resource.
As local renewable resource, the forest biomass plays a strategic role at national level in Spain too; it reduces the CO2 emissions and the need of importing fossil fuels as oil and gas for the production of energy, which improves the national current account, also reducing the dependency from non renewable sources. The objective of this thesis has been the analysis of the cost structure and profitability analysis of the slash bundling of Álvarez Forestal, a forestry company from Northern Spain. To understand the slash bundling system development in Spain, it is important to place the figures obtained on the context in which the activity is developed, which is the objective of this thesis.
The cost structure and the profitability analysis of the John Deere 1490D ECO III slash bundler carry on in this thesis shows that the slash bundling system, adapted to the Northern Spanish conditions, it is currently a feasible activity for the company studied.
Understand the customer needs the environment in which the customer operates and anticipate trends forms part of the John Deere Forestry business culture, as well of this thesis.
This thesis has been possible thanks to the collaboration of Eloy Garcia, Manager Director of Álvarez Forestal, Aritz Garcia, from Guifor, the Spanish dealer of the John Deere forestry machines and Marica Kilponen, Bioenergy Manager of John Deere Forestry Oy. A confidentiality agreement has been signed to protect confidential information present in the thesis.
As local renewable resource, the forest biomass plays a strategic role at national level in Spain too; it reduces the CO2 emissions and the need of importing fossil fuels as oil and gas for the production of energy, which improves the national current account, also reducing the dependency from non renewable sources. The objective of this thesis has been the analysis of the cost structure and profitability analysis of the slash bundling of Álvarez Forestal, a forestry company from Northern Spain. To understand the slash bundling system development in Spain, it is important to place the figures obtained on the context in which the activity is developed, which is the objective of this thesis.
The cost structure and the profitability analysis of the John Deere 1490D ECO III slash bundler carry on in this thesis shows that the slash bundling system, adapted to the Northern Spanish conditions, it is currently a feasible activity for the company studied.
Understand the customer needs the environment in which the customer operates and anticipate trends forms part of the John Deere Forestry business culture, as well of this thesis.
This thesis has been possible thanks to the collaboration of Eloy Garcia, Manager Director of Álvarez Forestal, Aritz Garcia, from Guifor, the Spanish dealer of the John Deere forestry machines and Marica Kilponen, Bioenergy Manager of John Deere Forestry Oy. A confidentiality agreement has been signed to protect confidential information present in the thesis.