Nature Fresh Farms
Innovative Canadian greenhouse operation optimizes growth and yield through various technologies, including IoT and AI.
Business goals
Nature Fresh Farms has 250 acres of greenhouses spread over approximately 400 acres of land. Deliveries occur at several locations, making it difficult to know what products are at the farm, the warehouse, in storage facilities, or still en route. Invoicing, packing slip, and purchase order processes were also troublesome.
To improve business performance and bolster its mission of delivering the best-tasting products to customers, the company needed to solve these issues.
Integration Challenges
Nature Fresh Farms lacked a comprehensive integration strategy to support operational workflows and business processes. Keith Bradley, the company’s vice president of IT and security, led the push to explore integration platforms. Nature Fresh Farms’ goals were to:
- Streamline operations by communicating effectively between various platforms
- Optimize purchasing and receiving workflows
- Eliminate errors and inefficiency from the manual copying and pasting of data
- Accurately track deliveries to improve inventory management and billing
How Boomi Helped
Nature Fresh Farms selected the Boomi Enterprise Platform because of the software’s extensive capabilities and robust support. Beyond integration, the platform could also scale as Nature Fresh Farms grew and its needs changed. The company was particularly drawn to Boomi’s pre-built connectors and its supportive user community.
Nature Fresh Farms’ IT team found that with Boomi, once an integration was created, that build was stable and ready to work no matter how often connected applications or processes were moved or modified.
Results
Boomi assisted Nature Fresh Farms in building initial processes. Within a few months, the company successfully transitioned from manual to automated workflows. Other key improvements included:
- Data Accuracy: Automated processes reduced human error.
- Enhanced Productivity: Employees reported improved job satisfaction as tedious manual tasks were minimized.
- Operational Efficiency: All documentation was transitioned to a digital format, streamlining access to information.
- AI-Driven Insights: Nature Fresh Farms employed adaptive algorithms to optimize crop yield, operational effectiveness, and business agility.
