Mike Richey

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Chief Operating Officer

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Agfinity

Agfinity fundamentally works differently with its data at all levels of the organization since we began working with BIG Consulting. We have moved from silos of functional specialists who understand their narrow view of the performance of the Cooperative to a network of analysts working with consistently presented, accessible, and understood reporting.

How many times have each of us heard someone on a team answer a request for information with, “I’ll have to get with Tom (or Sally or whomever), they know where/how to run that report”? BIG Consulting has helped us combat the fear, complexity, and siloing of data through the centralization of many critical reporting functions within Tableau. From Feed to Grain to Energy to Agronomy to Retail to Shared Services, there isn’t a product or service that Agfinity provides that isn’t supported through BIG’s work.

BIG has proven to be a uniquely positioned agronomic partner with deep knowledge of agricultural ERP systems, patronage tracking and distributions, the myriad units-of-measure, non-calendar fiscal years, and the specialized processes, services, and products agricultural cooperatives provide. Agfinity is a smarter, faster, and better prepared for the future through our partnership with BIG Consulting.

BI Solutions Implemented: Agronomy, Animal Nutrition/Feed, Energy, Financials

Jude Wolf

/ Vice President of Energy and Retail / ALCIVIA

BIG Consulting has been instrumental in helping us manage our risk through advanced energy DPR and contract insights and helping us to identify opportunities to improve route, driver, and other operational efficiencies. Visual and easy-to-use dashboards have been customized to meet our daily needs and provide the flexibility to filter and present the data that my team or I need. BIG’s BI solutions are invaluable to us and are actively used every day.

BI Solutions Implemented: Agronomy, Animal Nutrition/Feed, Energy, Grain, Financials

Brent Deppe

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COO & Agronomy Division Manager / Key Cooperative

We started our partnership with BIG Consulting in 2015 with a focus on gaining better insights into our Agronomy business. Working closely with the BIG team, we have been able to better analyze our data and use it to make more timely and efficient business decisions to glean additional profitability not only for the Cooperative, but more importantly, for our member-owners and customers we serve. With our long-standing partnership with the team at BIG, we continue to find ways to turn our data into decision making tools that positively impact all our divisions (Agronomy, Energy, Feed & Grain) at Key Cooperative.

BI Solutions Implemented: Agronomy, Animal Nutrition/Feed, Energy, Grain, Financials

Neal Horrom

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Chief Operations Officer / Mercer Landmark

Convenient, real-time access to our data through interactive, visual BI dashboards and reports is extremely valuable. Before working with BIG Consulting, these insights were not readily available. Our new data dashboards combine and present information from multiple sources which helps our team make better decisions that support our daily operations and ensure we achieve our strategic objectives. The agriculture experience and expertise of the team at BIG Consulting enables them to act fast and deliver quick results when we have specific requests. They are easy to work with and they understand our business.

BI Solutions Implemented: Agronomy, Animal Nutrition/Feed, Energy, Financials