Case Study: Harris Ranch reduces costs and optimizes beef production with Infor Advanced Planning and Demand Planning

Harris Ranch Beef Production Sizzles with Infor SCM Products

Harris Ranch, a family-owned California beef producer founded in the 1930s and one of the largest cattle feeders and processors in the U.S., faced challenges creating accurate sales forecasts, balancing product mix to avoid shortfalls and overages, optimizing raw-material use, keeping operations efficient and profitable, integrating new software with existing technology, and increasing production while lowering cost per unit.

By adding Infor Advanced Planning and Infor Demand Planning—seamlessly integrated with their existing Infor Adage system—Harris Ranch gained real-time, statistical forecasts that optimized raw-material usage and product packaging mix. The solution increased the volume of material processed and shipped, reduced handling and waste through better trim/cut optimization, and delivered savings of at least $0.03 per pound, enabling more cost-effective, higher-volume production.

Harris Ranch

Randall Dehart

IT Director