Blue Diamond Growers
50% Fewer System Disruptions, 100% Upgrade Coverage, and 3X More Effective Demand Planning — CloudPaths Powers SAP IBP Stability and Precision for Blue Diamond Growers
Client: Blue Diamond Growers (BDG)
Industry: Food Manufacturing (Almond Products)
Operations: Global Supply Chain across North America and International Markets
Platform: SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP)
Business Transformation Overview
Blue Diamond Growers, a global leader in almond processing and distribution, relies on SAP Integrated Business Planning (IBP) to drive demand forecasting, long-range planning, and storage-constrained production strategies. However, limited in-house expertise, fragmented data integration, and the growing complexity of upgrades and analytics threatened the stability and scalability of BDG’s planning operations.
CloudPaths partnered with BDG to provide comprehensive, ongoing SAP IBP support services, improving system performance, ensuring data integrity, and empowering business users with better planning tools and insights.
Key Challenges
Limited Internal Expertise: BDG’s IT team lacked the deep functional and technical SAP IBP knowledge required to maintain and evolve the platform.
Data Integration Complexity: Inconsistent, manual data feeds across systems reduced the reliability of planning outputs.
System Maintenance Gaps: Regular patching, upgrade testing, and feature validation were difficult to manage internally—leading to delays and potential risks to planning continuity.
CloudPaths Solution
Ongoing SAP IBP Support Services: Proactive monitoring, incident resolution, and stability management to reduce unplanned outages and planning disruptions.
End-to-End Data Integration Support: Cleansing, mapping, and transformation services to ensure accurate, timely data flows into IBP from multiple enterprise sources.
System Upgrades and Feature Enablement: Quarterly upgrade management including validation, regression testing, and enablement of new UI and analytics capabilities.
Business Enablement & Training: Supported BDG’s IT and planning teams through system training, process monitoring, and enhancing usage of key IBP modules—such as Contract Management, Demand Planning, and Long Range Planning.
Business Impact
Improved System Stability: Reduced incidents and downtime through proactive system monitoring and maintenance.
Higher Data Accuracy: Reliable, integrated data flows improved the quality of planning, forecasting, and decision-making.
Increased Efficiency: BDG’s internal teams were freed from upgrade management, allowing more focus on strategic supply chain priorities.
Enhanced Planning Capabilities: Better leverage of IBP’s core modules and analytics features led to more sophisticated planning and business responsiveness.
Outcome
CloudPaths became a trusted operational partner to BDG—stabilizing their SAP IBP environment and unlocking greater value from existing planning investments.
This partnership continues to support BDG’s global scale and seasonal demand cycles with timely insights, robust support, and scalable process enhancements.