How Arla unified 17 countries of sales data and cut reporting time by 55%
Replacing 20-day manual spreadsheet cycles with real-time dashboards across every region.
Photo: UnsplashA global dairy cooperative owned by 8,000+ farmers
Arla Foods is a global dairy cooperative owned by over 8,000 farmers across Northern Europe. As one of the world's largest dairy producers, Arla operates in more than 30 countries, supplying a wide range of dairy products to consumers worldwide.
The company places strong emphasis on innovation, sustainability, and data-driven decision-making to maintain its competitive edge in the fast-moving consumer goods sector.
Streamlining disparate sales data across 17 countries
Arla Foods needed to unify its sales reporting across 17 countries, but faced major obstacles. Each region had its own reporting format, resulting in inconsistent, unstructured data.
The central analytics team had to manually process over a billion rows of data each month, relying on static spreadsheets that took up to 20 days to prepare. This made performance tracking slow, siloed, and reactive — limiting Arla's ability to make timely business decisions.
Implementing a unified data platform
With Mammoth, Arla Foods was able to bring every region's data into one consistent, automated workflow:
- Automate the ingestion and standardisation of sales data across all regions
- Transform data into a single, consistent format, enabling real-time analysis
- Deploy interactive Power BI dashboards accessible throughout the organisation
- Eliminate delays and inefficiencies caused by manual reporting processes
Real-time, scalable insights without IT in the loop
- 1.4x increase in ROI from streamlined data operations
- Zero IT hours required to generate and maintain reports
- Real-time, unified dashboards accessible across multiple regions
- Stronger alignment and faster decision-making across departments
It is truly an end-to-end solution. Seriously impressive. ”
Country | Revenue | Growth | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
DK | DKK 94k | +4.2% | #REF! |
DE | EUR 481k | +3.1% | #N/A |
UK | GBP 312k | +6.7% | — |
SE | SEK 218k | +2.9% | — |
The Mammoth advantage
Why Mammoth worked for Arla
Three things made the difference, and they're the same three things every team tells us about.
Automated data processes replaced weeks of manual spreadsheet work. Reporting cycles dropped from 20 days to real-time.
Handled vast data volumes seamlessly: over a billion rows a month across 17 countries, without breaking the workflow.
Real-time insights for every team. No SQL, no IT tickets. Regional teams self-serve the dashboards they need.