Planted Foods AG transforms product innovation and operations with Microsoft AI, Azure, and Copilot
Use case typeERP automationUpdated May 25, 2025
Planted is a Swiss FoodTech company producing plant-based meat using proprietary structuring and fermentation technologies. The company uses Microsoft Business Central for ERP, Power BI for reporting and decision-making, Microsoft Forms and Power Automate for manufacturing workflows, and Azure OpenAI plus Copilot tools to improve productivity and support data-driven product development.
- Organization
- Planted
- Industry
- Consumer & Food
- Location
- Switzerland
- Published
- May 2025
Reported outcomes
Strategic outcomes
Cost efficiencyImproved operational efficiencyMarket & geographic expansionExpanded across EuropeSustainability & ESGEnabled more sustainable processes
Why do we believe this deployment?Customer identity, provider attribution, maturity, and source checks
- Customer
- Planted
- Provider
- Microsoft
- Maturity
- Production
- Linked source
- Microsoft Customer Stories
Improved operational efficiency and more sustainable processes
Customer identity supportedSource describes one deploymentMaturity supported
Primary read
Use case focus
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- 1ERP automation
- 2Operational analytics
- 3Workflow automation
- Rapid scale caused IT requirements to change every 6-12 months.
- Planted needed scalable manufacturing operations, stronger data visibility, and better support for product innovation and productivity across departments.
- Implemented Microsoft Business Central as the ERP backbone.
- Integrated Power BI for business analytics and reporting.
- Used Microsoft Forms and Power Automate to streamline manufacturing operations.
- Adopted Azure OpenAI and Copilot tools to support generative AI-enabled productivity and product development.
- Improved operational efficiency and more sustainable processes.
- Expanded from the Swiss market to thousands of retail and restaurant outlets across Europe.
- Used AI to improve everyday task handling and information search for innovative process development.
Sources & evidence1
Evidence: Medium55/100Evidence strength
- Customer explicitly identified
- Deployment status explicitly supported
- Primary source available
- Technical implementation details available
Type: Customer StoryPublished: May 25, 2025Publisher: MicrosoftEvidence: PrimaryConfidence: High
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