Agrifirm is a cooperative with more than 10,000 Dutch livestock farmers and growers, 120 years of history, 3,000 passionate employees and subsidiaries in the Netherlands and abroad. Impressive figures, created from the power of the collective. After all, Agrifirm is from and for Dutch farmers. All the knowledge, quality and innovation that is built up is shared with members and is returned to the Dutch farmer. This is how Agrifirm delivers sustainable, measurable and relevant value for farm, field and industry.
Customer perspective
Shared cultural values
“For Agrifirm, it is important that we continue to make continuous progress. This is not only in the right systems, resources and expertise, but also in the culture in which we take responsibility, express ambitions and have short lines of communication with each other. This is an important shared culture value with Databalance. They too work proactively, take responsibility and have short lines of communication at all levels.”
IT as a catalyst of progress
“To respond to new opportunities and innovate, it’s important not to innovate everything at one time and then stand still until everything is written off. It’s an ongoing process of optimizations, constantly looking at where you can improve and make progress based on new, proven technology.”
Cooperation extended for five years
“Databalance thinks with us and provides new things. Both strategically and operationally. That is just very valuable, and we also see that the appreciation for IT has increased enormously. We recently extended our cooperation for another five years. A confirmation of the fine cooperation.”
Clear governance is crucial
In order to move forward together, clear and sophisticated governance is essential. This is one of the most important conditions for being able to be and remain successful together. With Agrifirm, there are regular strategic and tactical meetings in addition to the operational meetings, so that we know what is going on at all levels and have clear expectations.
Governance provides maximum context, allowing us to proactively present opportunities and possibilities and to keep raising the bar. For ourselves and to each other. IT is only a means and not an end in itself. Only when you know what the organization stands for, what the dot on the horizon is, what the challenges are and what the ambitions are, can you think about the right IT solutions and building blocks to realize processes and ambitions.
Agrifirm was one of the first organizations in the Netherlands to switch from SAP ECC to SAP S/4 HANA. An important step to ensure the continuity of their ERP environment – both at home and abroad. The question is not whether to switch to SAP S/4 HANA, but when.
The latest technology is not automatically the best solution. Making progress means not blindly deploying the latest technology, but choosing proven technology and best practices. That’s why we work with standard building blocks, continuously considering security, privacy and compliance at every step.
Working together for the future
