Case Study: Cosun Beet Company achieves €1.8M annual yield gains and saves 600+ workdays with Mendix

Powering Digitalization and SAP Innovation with Cosun Beet Company

Cosun Beet Company (CBC) is a cooperative sugar producer serving 8,000 growers and operating a seasonal business that spans harvest, maintenance, and sales. As a long‑time SAP customer, CBC faced a daunting S/4HANA migration and the need to simplify roughly 600 custom SAP programs (about 40 person‑years of historical effort) so it could both reduce cost and refocus on customer‑facing innovation.

Starting in 2019 CBC adopted an Agile, low‑code approach with Mendix to externalize and modernize ERP customizations—building solutions like AGRIS, TIRA, Dock Planner, and a crop advisory system that integrate with SAP. The work consolidated 250 legacy solutions, doubled the development team, delivered €1.8M in annual yield benefits, saved 600+ dock workdays per year, cut pesticide use, and greatly improved user experience—outcomes CBC says would have been only 15% achievable with SAP UIs alone.

Cosun Beet Company

Wim Hummel

ICT Manager