Simplot Sows Success with Smarter Resource Planning

Company Overview

J.R. Simplot Company is a global leader in agriculture, known for pioneering innovations in crop production, food processing, and sustainable farming. As one of the largest suppliers in the food industry, Simplot is a trusted name behind many of the world’s most recognized brands.

Why J.R. Simplot Chose OnePlan

Simplot chose OnePlan for its seamless integration with Microsoft Project and Azure DevOps, aligning perfectly with their existing workflows and enabling a unified approach to project and resource management.

Department:

IT

Industry:

Agriculture

Featured Highlights

  • Timesheets
  • Resource & capacity planning
  • Innovation portal

Top Challenges

  • Lacked centralized and streamlined project and resource tracking
  • Required better visibility into capacity planning and project progress across teams
  • Sought to connect work being done in Azure DevOps with broader portfolio and resource management

Simplot faced challenges around fragmented project and resource management across departments. The IT team, in particular, needed a solution that would integrate seamlessly with Microsoft Project via PWA, aligning with how their project managers were already working. Additionally, they struggled with gaining clear visibility into capacity planning and project tracking. With teams also working in Azure DevOps, they required a way to unify agile and traditional workstreams under a single, cohesive platform.

OnePlan delivered a Strategic Portfolio Management  solution tailored to Simplot’s hybrid work environment, enabling seamless integration with Microsoft Project via PWA and Azure DevOps. This allowed their IT team to align existing project workflows while connecting agile and traditional project management practices. By centralizing project planning, resource tracking, and reporting within a single platform, OnePlan helped streamline operations across IT, Finance, and Audit. The solution also included access to the Innovations module, giving Simplot a space to explore new ideas and drive continuous improvement, with the flexibility to expand into advanced capabilities like Strategy and Modeler as their maturity grows.

Customer Benefits

  • Greater visibility into project execution and resource availability
  • Increased efficiency in tracking time and planning capacity
  • Cross-functional alignment between IT, Finance, and Audit