Oracle Cloud helps a2 Milk streamline finance operations

Founded in New Zealand in 2000 by scientist Dr. Corrie McLachlan and his business partner Howard Paterson, a2 offers milk from cows that produce only the A2 protein type, which studies have shown digests more easily than milk that contains the A1 type.

Apart from liquid milk, the company’s other major business areas comprise infant nutrition and adult nutritional products. The company operates in New Zealand, Australia, USA, Canada, and China (its largest market).

The company had experienced rapid growth across geographies, with different types of data reporting and local country processes across its various geographies.

Local business entities relied on a patchwork of customized software to manage their discrete financial, manufacturing, and other back-end processes. The finance operations relied on Excel spreadsheets and older ERP applications that required increased maintenance and support costs. The a2 Milk Company realized that getting the entire organization onto a common platform was key to the growth of the business. It decided to adopt Oracle Fusion Cloud ERP, Oracle Cloud EPM, and Oracle Cloud SCM.