Normalized claim
Quantified impact: 50% decrease
Reduced the number of SKUs by 50% and overall inventory by 4%.
Farmlands unifies operations with digital transformation initiative
Use case typeWorkflow automationUpdated Jun 13, 2026
Farmlands Co-operative, a leading rural industry company in New Zealand, underwent a transformative digital change to address fragmented operations and multiple legacy ERP systems. The business embarked on Project Braveheart, consolidating seven disparate ERP platforms into a single Microsoft Dynamics 365 instance. The company leveraged Microsoft Power Platform and Azure Cloud for improved scalability, data security, and operational agility. The initiative led to organization-wide integration across finance, HR, eCommerce, point-of-sale, and supply chain, ensuring unified data and processes. Farmlands introduced a rapid-response digital culture, including fast eCommerce deployment during the COVID-19 lockdown, increasing online sales by fourfold in a single week. Business-wide outcomes included consolidated national inventory, improved supply chain visibility, real-time insights, reduced SKUs, and increased sales and customer satisfaction. Farmlands is now equipped for further innovation, with artificial intelligence and automation on the agenda, following its successful digital backbone realignment.
- Organization
- Farmlands Co-operative
- Industry
- Agriculture
- Location
- New Zealand
Reported outcomes
Impact: −50%
Other quantified impact
Impact: −4%
Why do we believe this?Outcome claims, sources, and evidence checks
Normalized claim
Quantified impact: 4% decrease
Reduced the number of SKUs by 50% and overall inventory by 4%.
Why do we believe this deployment?Customer identity, provider attribution, maturity, and source checks
- Customer
- Farmlands Co-operative
- Provider
- Microsoft
- Maturity
- Production
- Linked source
- Microsoft
The company leveraged Microsoft Power Platform and Azure Cloud for improved scalability, data security, and operational agility
Customer identity supportedSource describes one deploymentMaturity supported
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Use case focus
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- 1Unified ERP and Operations Platform in Agriculture
- 2Cloud-Enabled Supply Chain Optimization
- 3Rapid eCommerce Transformation with ERP Integration
- Consolidated all ERP instances into Microsoft Dynamics 365 to unify business processes.
- Leveraged Microsoft Power Platform and Azure Cloud for data, security, and system agility.
- Implemented a rapid eCommerce solution, enabling 'click-and-collect' functionality within three weeks.
- Ensured company-wide access to real-time transactional and operational insights.
- Reduced the number of SKUs by 50% and overall inventory by 4%.
- Quadrupled online sales in the first week of the new eCommerce platform during the lockdown.
- Enhanced supply chain visibility and reduced cash tied up in inventory.
Architecture
All core ERP, POS, and business operations were migrated from seven platforms to a single Microsoft Dynamics 365 solution. Integrations span finance, HR, eCommerce, and supply chain, supported by Azure Cloud for scalability and Power Platform for workflow automation.
Sources & evidence1
Evidence: Medium65/100Evidence strength
- Customer explicitly identified
- Deployment status explicitly supported
- Primary source available
- Quantified outcome available
- Technical implementation details available
Type: Customer StoryPublisher: MicrosoftEvidence: PrimaryConfidence: High
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