Over a period of six months, Cibao Meat Products has been working with Slingshot, the data driven work management platform from Infragistics. The company has been working with Slingshot to bring together all of its organizational data into one central location. Cibao has accelerated the rate of its data reporting tenfold, enabling teams to seamlessly integrate data insights into their everyday tasks, drive better decisions, and increase cash flow by up to 65 percent.
“As a third generation leader of a multi-generational company, I put an emphasis on bringing our business into the digital future and utilizing technologies that will help propel success. Slingshot has been instrumental in establishing a faster rhythm for our business and driving growth,” said Heinz Vieluf Jr., President. “We are now able to see the full picture of our data across the organization in real time, informing strategy and speeding up decisions and communications, something that’s critical in a customer facing industry. We’ve transformed how our teams work, productivity is up, and employees and customers alike are happier.”
Now spanning wholesale stores including BJ’s, Sam’s Club, and Costco, as well as 500 supermarkets and restaurants, Cibao’s products can be found across the United States. The company has stayed true to the first generation’s traditional values and processes, maintaining a family environment within the workplace. Like many other multi-generational businesses, Cibao also relies on the mostly manual processes that started the company.
Because the company still relied heavily on legacy processes, Cibao’s company and customer data was siloed throughout departments from sales to manufacturing to accounting, a press release stated. Teams were manually gathering this data and creating reports on a weekly or bi-weekly basis which prevented real-time visibility into business critical options.
With Slingshot, Cibao has now enhanced data transparency across the company, giving teams a holistic view into their data and allowing them to easily derive meaning from it to put into action. Employees can now create reports within minutes, eliminating the biweekly reports in favor of daily assessments and unlocking insights needed to make critical decisions, saving 120 hours a month.
Employees have more time to connect one on one with customers and develop relationships instead of getting held up in the backend. This has additionally allowed the team to focus on new marketing efforts and promotions.
Cheers to this successful partnership!
