Case Study: Stem Rural increases productivity by 20% with Karbon

How Stem Rural increased productivity by 20% with a 6-hour workday

Stem Rural, a New Zealand accounting firm serving farmers, kiwifruit orchards, and rural support providers, wanted to improve productivity while protecting work-life balance. To support its innovative six-hour workday and keep up with the demands of rural clients, the firm turned to Karbon to streamline its workflows and client communications.

With Karbon’s Client Tasks, recurring workflows, and Triage, Stem Rural automated client follow-ups for GST processing and centralized information handling. As a result, the firm increased productivity by 20%, saved four hours per staff member each week that had previously been spent chasing clients, and was able to maintain the same workload in 30 hours per week instead of 37.5.

Stem Rural

Trudi Ballantyne

Director