Altman Plants is the largest horticultural grower in North America, producing and distributing over 150 million plants annually to thousands of big-box retailers. With a workforce that is largely mobile, operating in fields, delivery trucks, and garden centers, managing a living product at this scale is complex—plants have a short shelf life and demand shifts quickly.
To meet this challenge, our IT team partnered with executive leadership to align business process changes with enabling technology. We enhanced our custom MRP system for greater accuracy and granularity, built a Fabric/Power BI analytics platform that underpins all major company objectives, exposed supply chain data to retail partners, and integrated machine learning models to optimize store-level inventory. By transforming our proprietary, large-scale, complex, vertically-integrated operation into a competitive advantage, Altman Plants reduced waste by $12M annually and increased sell-through by 4%.
- Learning Objective 1: Learn how aligning IT and business strategy can unlock measurable value across complex operations.
- Learning Objective 2: Discover practical approaches to modernizing core systems and scaling analytics with Fabric and Microsoft Power BI.
- Learning Objective 3: See how AI and machine learning can be integrated into supply chain processes to reduce waste and improve sales.
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Speakers
Marc Kase, Head of IT, Altman Plants
Giuseppe Ianni, VP, Community Director, Dynamic Communities
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