Case Study: a large agriculture nutrient provider achieves inventory savings and better BOM accuracy with Verdantis Harmonize®

Large Agriculture Nutrient Provider - Customer Case Study

A large agriculture nutrient provider faced significant challenges with its material master data, which was spread across 280,000+ SKUs in its item master, bill of materials, and purchase orders. This unstructured and often duplicated data, governed by a customized taxonomy, hindered sourcing, inventory management, and process efficiency at its 50+ plants. To build a new work order system, the company partnered with Verdantis to use its Harmonize® service to standardize, classify, and clean this complex data.

Verdantis successfully implemented its AI-powered solution to harmonize the data by first classifying it under the UNSPSC taxonomy. The project achieved an 88% classification rate at the commodity and class level, identified 6% of items as duplicates, and significantly enriched item attributes. This resulted in immediate inventory cost savings of 5-6% and created a complete and accurate bill of materials. The outcome empowered the client with improved sourcing, better working capital, and more robust manufacturing floor processes, with Verdantis receiving a perfect score for project management and on-time delivery.