Case Study: Tree of Life (a KeHE Company) achieves 24/7 centralized operations and automates 8,000 daily jobs with Fortra

For Centralized Data Processing KeHE Relies on Robot

KeHE Distributors, a leading U.S. distributor of natural, organic, and specialty foods, consolidated its previously decentralized IT into a partitioned IBM i supporting 12 distribution centers. The company faced the challenge of centrally managing thousands of IBM i jobs, inflexible end-of-day processing, and a time-consuming, paper-heavy monthly reporting process while moving to true 24/7 operations.

By deploying HelpSystems workload automation, job scheduling and online training, KeHE centralized job control, enabled single-change deployment across partitions, and automated report distribution and online viewing. The solution automated about 8,000 daily jobs, cut printing, postage and overtime costs, eliminated weekend shifts, and gave field staff easier access to reports.

Tree of Life (a KeHE Company)

John Kinnaird

National Operating Center Manager