Case Study: The Hershey Company achieves global productivity and operational efficiency with Microsoft Corporation cloud solutions

Hershey enhances global brands and productivity with cloud technology

Hershey, the global snacks company, needed a more connected, collaborative workplace and better ways to respond to changing consumer demands. The company also wanted to modernize IT, improve knowledge sharing across teams, and use data to optimize manufacturing and decision making. To support this transformation, Hershey turned to Microsoft Corporation products and services including Office 365, Azure IoT solution accelerators, Cortana Intelligence Suite, SharePoint Online, OneDrive for Business, and Yammer.

Microsoft Corporation helped Hershey move key collaboration and productivity functions to the cloud and built “The Conche” intranet on SharePoint Online, with BrightStarr’s Unily platform layered on top of Office 365. The solution improved employee access to information, streamlined workflows, and enabled real-time analytics for production lines. Measurable results included reducing internal audit time by 1,250 hours per year and saving 70 hours a week for Hershey and Barry Callebaut collaboration, while also lowering maintenance and infrastructure costs.

Hershey

Carlos Amesquita

Chief Information Officer