A full-scope D365 Finance & Supply Chain implementation connecting warehouse execution, production, transportation, and livestock operations across North America's largest lamb processing company.
Superior Farms was running finance, warehouse, production, and logistics as disconnected functions across two processing plants. Manual records, inconsistent lot tracking, and uncoordinated transportation created data gaps at every handoff. Folio3 AgTech implemented D365 Finance & Supply Chain as the ERP backbone, with Advanced Warehouse Management, Transportation Management, a custom production app, and AgriERP as the livestock layer.
Superior Farms Superior Farms is North America's largest processor and marketer of American lamb. Founded in 1964 and headquartered in Davis, California, the company operates two processing facilities in Dixon, CA and Denver, CO, works with family ranchers across the United States, and distributes to retail and foodservice customers in more than 10 countries. As an employee-owned company (ESOP), operational performance is a shared stake for every person on the team.
Industry
American Lamb Processing
Geography Served
Davis, California, USA
Technology
Microsoft Dynamics 365 Finance & Supply Chain, Warehouse & Transportation Management,
Family rancher partnerships connected through a unified supply chain data foundation
Employee-owners across two processing plants now operating on one ERP system
Processing facilities in Dixon, CA, and Denver, CO standardized on a single platform
Of all USDA-inspected American lamb processed annually, now with end-to-end system traceability
Superior Farms operates two processing plants, a national network of family rancher partnerships, and a distribution footprint reaching more than 10 countries. As operations scaled, the systems behind them did not. Finance teams reconciled records that did not reflect what was happening on the floor. Warehouse staff moved product without system-directed controls, leaving inventory movements untracked until someone manually entered them later. Production data stayed on paper until it was transferred into a back-office system, often hours after the fact. And transportation planning had no connection to what was happening in the warehouse.
Finance, warehouse, production, and logistics operated without a shared data foundation. Management had no consolidated view of performance.
Receiving, put-away, picking, staging, and shipment confirmation ran without system direction, creating persistent gaps in inventory accuracy.
Shop floor teams captured data on paper. Delays between physical execution and system updates made real-time operational decisions impossible.
Outbound shipment planning had no link between staging, load assignment, route scheduling, and carrier coordination across the two facilities.
The implementation began with the ERP foundation and expanded in stages to warehouse execution, production capture, transportation coordination, and the livestock operations layer. Each phase replaced a manual handoff with a system-driven process, building a connected data trail from rancher intake through finished shipment.
D365 Finance & Supply Chain deployed as the central system of record for finance, procurement, inventory, sales order processing, and operational reporting.
System-directed controls introduced across receiving, put-away, replenishment, picking, staging, and shipment confirmation at both processing plants.
Custom Ardia web app and Microsoft Warehouse Management mobile app implemented to digitize shop floor activity, label printing, and inventory movement.
Outbound logistics integrated with the ERP, enabling coordinated load planning, route scheduling, and carrier assignment from a central system.
AgriERP configured as the livestock layer, covering breeding, health records, and master planning, synchronized with D365 via Burq Integrator.
Folio3 AgTech delivered an enterprise platform built on D365 Finance & Supply Chain, extended with specialized execution layers for warehouse, transportation, production, and livestock operations. Each component captures data at the point of activity and feeds it into a single operational and financial record.
D365 Finance & Supply Chain serves as the system of record for finance, procurement, inventory, and sales at both plants.
Every warehouse movement from inbound receiving to outbound shipment confirmation follows a guided workflow, removing reliance on manual judgment calls.
Item-level lot, pallet, and license plate controls embedded across warehouse and production execution for consistent traceability at every operational stage.
The Microsoft Warehouse Management app delivers guided mobile transactions with offline support for high-volume, continuous processing environments.
Warehouse workflows specific to Superior Farms built into a custom WMS layer to handle operational requirements beyond standard module capabilities.
Ardia web app manages production orders, prints customer-specific batch and serial labels, and auto-creates inventory records in D365.
Load planning, route scheduling, and carrier assignment are managed from within the same ERP that drives inventory and fulfillment decisions.
Breeding records, health tracking, animal profiling, and master planning connected to D365 supply chain and financial processes via Burq Integrator.
After a full-scope implementation, Superior Farms replaced a fragmented set of systems with one ERP platform covering warehouse, production, transportation, and livestock operations. Teams now work from system-directed processes rather than paper records. Production data is captured at execution. Transportation planning runs within the same system as inventory. Livestock records connect directly to supply chain and financial reporting.
Superior Farms manages two processing plants, a national rancher network, and multi-channel distribution on a single enterprise ERP. Let's explore what a unified platform looks like for your operation.
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