Written by Nguyen Viet Tung

On April 17th, 2025, twenty-two students from the Management Information System course participated in a field trip to Tian Guan Yi Agriculture Farm, located in Tainan. Our bus departed from NSYSU at 1:30 pm and arrived at the farm around 3:00 pm.

As we approached the main entrance, Tian Guan Yi’s employees greeted us and instructed everybody to enter the farm. After a brief introduction, the students were guided through a tour of the organic farm (picture in the right). As shown in the picture below, we were first introduced about the seed sorting machine. This machine helps ensure that only the best seeds are selected for further cultivation.

Next, the staffs explained how the farm’s automatic system works within the growing greenhouses. The system includes the ventilation, light exposure, and temperature. These environmental controls are critical to creating optimal conditions for plant growth.

Following that, we visited the incubation room (picture on the right), where baby trees are nurtured before being transplanted into the fields for further development. While much of the farm retains traditional agricultural practices, the net houses employ a number of smart farming technologies that embody the principles of Management Information Systems. Environmental monitoring systems are used to collect real-time data on temperature, humidity, and light, helping to automate and optimize the internal growing environment. This is especially visible in their automatic greenhouse control systems, which regulate ventilation, lighting, and irrigation based on sensor feedback. These systems are often linked to a central interface where farm managers can remotely monitor and adjust settings, ensuring ideal conditions for plant growth while reducing human error and resource waste.

After passing through a series of procedural sanitation steps, we moved into the factory area, where vegetables are processed for packaging and storage (pictures on the right). In this section, employees work to assemble, package, and prepare the farm’s products for market distribution. Many of Tian Guan Yi’s vegetables are sold through major retailers such as PX Mart and Costco Wholesale. To ensure the highest product quality, a cold room is used to maintain the vegetables at ideal preservation temperatures.

At the end of the tour, an engaging Q&A session was held where students eagerly asked questions related to their final projects. The farm staff responded thoughtfully, offering detailed explanations about agricultural business operations and sustainable practices. After the Q&A session, Dr. Chen presented souvenirs from NSYSU to the staffs. We were suggested to take a group photo inside the factory (group picture on the right).

Overall, the field trip to Tian Guan Yi Agriculture Farm provided the students with valuable real-world insights into how modern agricultural businesses leverage automation, environmental control systems, and operational management — all of which closely relate to Management Information Systems (MIS). This hands-on experience will be especially beneficial for the students' ongoing projects, as they aim to design MIS solutions that can enhance business efficiency, data management, and system integration in real-world agricultural and industrial contexts.