CHS Inc.
CHS is a farmer-owned cooperative working to help America’s farmers be more successful. They are a Fortune 100 company that has returned nearly $2 billion in cash to members in the last 5-years.
 Customer: CHS, Inc. Inver Grove Heights, MN www.chsinc.com Industry: Agriculture, Energy & Industrial, Food & Ingredients Annual Revenue: US$ 30 billion Employees: 12,157 Oracle Products & Services: Oracle JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0
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CHS Supports Continued International Growth and Visibility with JD Edwards Enterprise Resource Planning System Upgrade. The Challenge: CHS Inc. is a leading global agribusiness owned by farmers, ranchers and cooperatives across the United States. Diversified in energy, grains and foods, they’re committed to helping there customers, farmer-owners and other stakeholders grow their businesses through there domestic and global operations. CHS, a Fortune 100 company, supplies energy, crop nutrients, grain marketing services, animal feed, food and food ingredients, along with business solutions including insurance, financial and risk management services. CHS's 10 operating entities were on different versions of JD Edwards and everything was in silos. The Services: JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0 - Upgrade Services The Vision: CHS looked to transform its IT platform to integrate systems and business processes—from sales to production planning—across the various countries in which it operates. The initiative, called for a review of the company’s commercial, industrial, administrative, and logistic processes and the required changes went far deeper than a system migration and would have an impact on all operations at a global level. The company looked to standardize and streamline processes as well as to expand visibility across its various operating groups. The Solution: Standardized financial, commercial, industrial, and logistics administration within JD Edwards EnterpriseOne 9.0, which has more than 4,000 users and manages over a million daily transactions across 10 companies and executive offices around the country—improving operational efficiency. Customer Comment: "Mitchell & Associates, Inc., were contracted throughout 2013 for the leadership and guidance surrounding program management, development and business process reengineering of an international, JDE Xe to 9.0 program spanning 10 projects, multiple years of duration and $20M in funding. Simply stated, Dwight's knowledge, certification, experience, work ethic and professionalism are second to none in the realm of JD Edwards software services." - Matthew Wintz, IT Manager, Program Management Office |