Case Study: Blue Diamond Growers saves $1M on transportation costs with SAP and project44
Key results
The challenge
Blue Diamond Growers, an almond grower cooperative, managed a $300 million supply chain using disconnected spreadsheets and manual processes. The pandemic exposed critical weaknesses as freight lead times and promotion-planning cycles stretched, and customer-service representatives needed days to gather order information.
The solution
Blue Diamond implemented SAP Transportation Management and SAP Business Network for Logistics integrated with project44's real-time visibility platform, working with partner XpertMinds. The combined system connected real-time tracking data across the supply chain and consolidated the tools the IT team had to support.
The results, in context
According to project44's customer story, Blue Diamond Growers realized $1M in annual transportation expense savings and a 95% reduction in scenario-planning time, from six hours to 20 minutes. The company reported 99% customer order fill rates versus an 89% industry average, a 10% improvement in forecast accuracy, and a 20% reduction in supply on hand, from 75 to 60 days of inventory, while reducing IT-supported systems from five to one.