Microsoft for food and beverage

The dairy industry has always been uniquely complex, but now it’s facing disruption from dairy alternatives like soy, as well as private-label competition. In an environment like this, efficiency and agility are essential. 

RSM can deliver Microsoft technology and industry-specific applications dairy businesses need to fuel growth and profitability while minimizing cost and risk. We have years of experience with successful dairy projects, and our proof points can be summed up in one simple statement: “We know dairy.”

We are also: 

• Industry-certified by AMR Research for process manufacturing
• A member of the International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) and an industry-recognized thought leader
  
• Winner of IDFA and InterBev processing innovation awards, finalists for IDFA and InterBev innovative technology awards, and named among the leading software and technology companies by Food Logistics magazine.
  

We work closely with dairy clients to leverage the power of tried-and-true Microsoft solutions such as Dynamics 365, SharePoint, Teams, Microsoft 365 and Azure while also securing data and maintaining company, industry and regulatory compliance. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, we can provide a field-to-fork solution that helps you:

• Better service customers. Our team can help streamline processes and enhance your capabilities to sell in new channels, expand your brand, add new products and more.
• Manage IT and operational costs: We can implement new systems with Microsoft Cloud solutions and Azure to create a secure, mobile-friendly, cost-effective environment for all or any of your functions, including sales, marketing, procurement and production.
  
• Make data-driven decisions. We can help you establish a single source of quality business and operational data for more effective decision-making and process managemen
  
• Collaborate freely. We can help your employees be more productive from anywhere, on any device, by implementing Microsoft 365, which includes Teams, Exchange, SharePoint, Power BI and Office.
  

Our signature dairy industry offering is a powerful ERP solution built to address some of the industry’s most pressing business and operational challenges. Our dairy accelerators can help your operation: 

• Attain visibility with a single integrated platform, eliminating manual processes and spreadsheets. Our solution helps you scale to achieve strategic goals, whether that’s greater efficiency, new revenue opportunities or both.
• Boost margins and profitability through process and system automation, operational improvements and advanced business reporting metrics.
  
• Drive revenue growth by introducing SKUs for new dairy product variants with premium prices to meet the demands of specialty markets.
  
• Gain insights with industry-specific needs analysis drawn from complete dairy financials and cost accounting.
  

Built on the Microsoft platform, our dairy solutions give dairy businesses the flexibility, visibility and scalability they need to drive revenue and support sustainable growth while also ensuring compliance with the industry’s substantial regulatory requirements. 

Cybercrime, food safety and supply chain disruptions are ongoing challenges for produce businesses, and these are on top of existing daily pressures to be more efficient and cost-effective.  

RSM has a long track record of delivering award-winning, industry-specific technology innovations that can help. Our certified Microsoft consultants are uniquely qualified to deliver produce-specific solutions that fuel growth and profitability while minimizing cost and risk. 

We are active members of the United Fresh Produce Association and the Produce Marketing Association (PMA), and we’ve been recognized for superior produce industry knowledge and technical innovation. Our Microsoft consultants serve on the PMA’s blockchain taskforce and the United Fresh Food Safety & Technology Council, considered by many to be the industry’s leading technical resource. 

One way we demonstrate our technical leadership is by bringing advanced technology solutions to the industry, such as CLEARthru^TM, the first ERP-based blockchain traceability solution to provide best-in-class supply chain integrity, safety and product source tracking across the value chain in seconds. 

RSM’s Microsoft solutions help our clients meet many of this dynamic industry’s most common business and operational challenges. We work closely with your team to leverage the power of tried-and-true Microsoft solutions such as Dynamics 365, Teams, SharePoint, Microsoft 365 and Azure while also securing your data and maintaining company, industry and regulatory compliance. As a Microsoft Gold Partner, we can provide a field-to-fork solution that helps you: 

• Better service customers. Our team can help you streamline processes and enhance your capabilities to sell in new channels, expand your brand, add new products and more. 
  
• Manage IT and operational costs. We can implement new systems with Microsoft cloud solutions and Azure to create a secure, mobile-friendly and cost-effective environment for all or any of your functions, including sales, marketing, procurement and production. 
• Make data-driven decisions. We can help you establish a single source of quality business and operational data for more effective decision-making and process management. 
• Collaborate freely. We can help your employees be more productive, from anywhere, on any device, by implementing Microsoft 365, which includes Exchange Online, SharePoint Online, Power BI and Office. 

Our signature produce-industry offering allows you to manage complex field-to-fork operations in a single, fully integrated platform wherever you function in the value chain, from grower to packer to distributor. Dynamics 365 for Produce can help your produce operation:  

• Gain visibility into profitability and other business-critical operating metrics with a clear view into enterprise-wide operations while also accomplishing complex, industry-specific needs analysis with complete grower accounting functionality. 
  
• Increase revenue through advanced business reporting metrics that identify top performers as well as provide inventory visibility that captures the value that demanding customers have for the freshest products. 
• Reduce costs while driving higher margins and profitability through process and system automation, operational improvements, advanced business reporting metrics and effective management of complex grower accounting data and calculations. 
  

Built on the Microsoft platform, RSM Dynamics 365 for Produce gives produce companies the flexibility, visibility and scalability they need to drive revenue and support sustainable growth.