Case Study: Maple Leaf Foods achieves $122,100 in efficiency savings and frees an FTE with BlackLine

Saving $122,100 through Efficiency Gains while Reducing Paper and Storage Costs by $30,000

Maple Leaf Foods, a Toronto-based leader in packaged meats with over $3 billion in annual sales, faced a growing back-office problem: its account reconciliation process was entirely manual—completed on paper, printed, reviewed, rescanned and stored—creating heavy month‑end workloads, poor visibility and operational risk that hampered finance efficiency.

The company implemented BlackLine for seamless SAP integration and automated reconciliations (including auto-certifying 10% of reconciliations and configurable SAP extracts), which delivered real-time visibility and streamlined workflows. Results included freeing one full‑time accountant for quality work, $122,100 in annual efficiency savings, $30,000 in reduced paper/storage/server costs, and an expected 255% RONA over 10 years.

Maple Leaf Foods

Vinh Lien

Director of Finance and Accounting