Case Study: Sakata Seed Corporation weeds out shadow IT and delivers 50+ apps with OutSystems

Sakata Seed Corporation Weeds-Out Shadow IT With OutSystems

Sakata Seed Corporation, a global leader in vegetable and ornamental seeds, faced a growing problem: its two-person app team couldn’t keep up with demand, so business units built their own tools (mostly Excel/Access) or outsourced work, creating shadow IT, data risks and a damaged IT reputation.

After choosing OutSystems in 2016 and training with partner ITSC, those two developers rebuilt trust by delivering 50+ web and mobile apps in three years (about one per month). The low-code platform enabled iterative, user-driven development, extensive code reuse, fewer custom coding needs, and faster fixes—reducing shadow IT, improving data consistency and supporting Sakata’s cloud and modernization goals.

Sakata

Kenichi Minesawa

IT Team Leader