Case Study: Ballance Agri-Nutrients achieves real-time insights and 75% faster processes with SAP HANA

Helping Farmers Prosper with SAP S/4HANA®

Ballance Agri‑Nutrients is a New Zealand fertilisation company (750 employees, NZ$892M revenue) focused on helping farmers build sustainable, profitable businesses. To improve customer experience, speed decision‑making, and simplify operations, Ballance needed a modern digital core and reliable, real‑time access to customer data as the foundation for its digital future.

Working with partner Soltius, Ballance deployed SAP S/4HANA and SAP BusinessObjects to provide a streamlined, intuitive platform and real‑time dashboards for every team. The project delivered faster, more confident decision‑making and measurable gains—sales productivity up, month‑end closing time reduced, key processes 75% faster, sub‑1‑second access to years of data, and sales reporting cut from 2 hours to 20 minutes—while enabling future integration with CRM, Hybris, and IoT.

Ballance Agri-Nutrients

David Scullin

CIO