Our goal was to replace their outdated legacy accounting and offline Excel-based budgeting processes with a modern, cloud-based ERP system with standardized financial and operational processes, real-time reporting, and digitized budgeting/forecasting to improve financial visibility and planning accuracy.
Weaver Popcorn Hybrids (WPH) now operates on a unified Dynamics 365 BC platform. They were able to get core modules implemented in record time with Folio3 Rapidstart methodology, along with assembly management for seed production. WPH noticed a reduction in manual reporting efforts by 80% and a 30% improvement in planning accuracy.
Weaver Popcorn Hybrids (WPH), a leading player in the popcorn seed industry, partnered with Folio3 to implement Microsoft Dynamics 365 Business Central (D365 BC) on the cloud. Leveraging the RapidStart methodology, Folio3 enabled a quick, standardized deployment covering core financials, inventory, warehousing, and assembly management. After go-live, Folio3 extended the solution with on-demand Power BI dashboards integrated with the production environment and implemented the Budget & Forecast module to enhance management reporting and future financial planning.
Agriculture – Hybrid Popcorn Seeds
Seed production, processing, and distribution
New Richmond, Indiana, USA
1928 (part of the Weaver Popcorn legacy)
Legacy accounting tools and offline Excel-based budgeting
Their old system was not enough to support their growing needs and was limiting scalability and financial transparency.
Excel based budgeting was highly prone to version control issues and heavy manual reconciliations were required.
WPH did not have any system in place for data reporting causing lack of real-time visibility which delayed executive decision-making
Each time they had to run a reconciliation, prepare reports from their data, analyze past data, or enter data, it was a tedious, time consuming job.
General Ledger, AP/AR, Sales, Purchasing, Inventory & Warehousing, Bank Reconciliation
Delivered customized Power BI datasets and dashboards aligned with WPH’s reporting KPIs.
Adopted RapidStart strategy to minimize complexity, focusing on standard Microsoft templates for master data migration.
Conducted phased rollout to ensure smooth adoption and training.
Using RapidStart, the deployment time for core financials and inventory was reduced by ~60–70% compared to traditional implementations.
Out-of-the-box financials, AP/AR, and assembly management streamlined seed production accounting.
With multiple budget versions preserved in BC, financial planning accuracy improved by ~30%, avoiding loss of history.
Power BI dashboards automated variance analysis and reduced manual Excel reporting efforts by ~80%
Post-go-live training and Power BI self-service analytics increased user adoption of ERP reporting tools by ~50%.
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