Case Study: California-Based Agritech Company achieves streamlined audit readiness and compliance with ETQ Reliance

ETQ Reliance Helps Promote Food Safety, Higher Crop Yield, and Improved Compliance for Vertical Farming Venture

A California-based vertical farming agritech company — backed by more than $200 million in funding and producing food using 95% less water and 99% less land than traditional farms — faced a different challenge: massive volumes of facility data and lengthy customer and regulatory audits. Although the company already had excellent intrinsic safety and traceability, it needed a fast, centralized way to present selective, audit-ready data and to audit suppliers with automotive‑grade requirements (qualifications, PPAPs, supplier ratings).

The company replaced ad hoc Google Sheets with ETQ Reliance, rapidly implementing document control (contract signed mid‑May, go‑live one month later) as the backbone of quality management and planning supply‑chain modules next. The platform enabled one‑click audit reports, faster audit execution, stronger traceability and reporting, significant time savings in audit and supplier processes, and accelerated a company‑wide culture of quality.