Case Study: Sakata Seed America achieves 45-day earlier budget completion and boosted productivity with Microsoft Dynamics 365

Seed company cultivates productivity with updated ERP budgeting solution

Sakata Seed America, the U.S. subsidiary of a global seed producer, needed to scale its budgeting processes as the business grew. Although it ran Microsoft Dynamics AX for ERP, budgeting was still done with fragmented Excel and Access workarounds, creating long eight- to twelve-month cycles, version control issues, and reduced productivity.

After a Real Dynamics review, Sakata expanded use of Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 R3 for a managed, centralized budgeting process and leveraged an Excel add-in for a smooth transition. The move created a single source of truth, cut manual reconciliation, and accelerated planning—Sakata completed its annual budget about 45 days early—freeing staff to focus on strategic work and improving management collaboration.

Sakata Seed America

Monty McCoy

Senior IT and Quality Management Systems Manager