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Optimize dairy production

with SAP Dairy Management by msg

Udder efficiency

From raw milk reception to processing the finished product – gain full visibility to your milk production process. With SAP Dairy Management by msg, you can take advantage of innovative planning and controlling tools that are specific to the dairy industry. Enhance efficiency, traceability, and cost control through real-time insights and integrated planning tools. 

Key benefits:

  • Increased efficiency: reduce costs by optimizing production and logistics
  • Better decision-making: improve data analysis and reporting
  • End-to-end visibility: increase operational transparency for all business users 
  • Compliance & food safety: support compliance reporting and product traceability

Read the SAP solution brief

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Why choose SAP Dairy Management by msg

Enhance efficiency and reduce loss through flexible, cross-plant raw material and production planning that balances supply and demand for optimal utilization.

Optimize dairy and cheese production with daily visibility into key resource metrics, milk balancing, target vs. actual comparisons, and company-wide raw material loss overviews.

Implement activity-based costing in dairy production with tools for planning, managing quantities and activities, and analyzing cost objects during the planning phase.

 

Customer stories from SAP

Agropur

Agropur decided for RISE with SAP and the industry specific solution SAP Dairy Management by msg to have a single source of truth and to be able to track the subcomponents fat and protein throughout the complete value chain. The company now benefits from lower complexity, better decision making, and is able to provide first-class quality to their customers.

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Source: SAP Website

  

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers

Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers recently transitioned to RISE with SAP S/4HANA Cloud, private edition including SAP Dairy Management by msg. The Solution Extension covers the milk production processes – from raw milk planning to processing the (semi-)finished products and distributing them to wholesalers and retailers. It enables planning and optimization of the use of raw materials, yield, gain & loss, cost transparency in production and distribution, integrated financial and product planning, as well as cheese aging.

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Source: SAP Website

Fonterra

Fonterra, the world's largest dairy exporter, shares how it's transforming operations with SAP S/4HANA, RISE with SAP, and SAP Dairy Management by msg. As part of its strategy to standardize and simplify business processes, Fonterra is modernizing its ERP landscape to improve operational efficiency and accelerate innovation. The company expects to benefit from connected, reliable data, greater agility, and a modern user experience while maintaining a clean core strategy. Hear directly from Fonterra's CIO about the business drivers, expected outcomes, and value of partnering with SAP and msg to future-proof dairy operations.

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Source: SAP Website

Business stories

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SAP Dairy Management by msg FAQs

SAP Dairy Management by msg helps dairy processors manage the day-to-day complexity of turning raw milk into finished products. Built specifically for the dairy industry and fully integrated with SAP, the solution supports everything from production planning and milk balancing to inventory management, costing, traceability, distribution, and reporting. By bringing these processes together in a single system, dairy organizations gain better visibility into operations, costs, yields, and inventory, helping teams make faster, more informed decisions across the business.

Dairy processors operate in a fast-moving environment where milk supply, product demand, production costs, and raw material quality are constantly changing. SAP Dairy Management by msg helps organizations manage this complexity by bringing planning, production, costing, inventory, and reporting processes together in a single SAP environment. With greater visibility into operations and performance, teams can make better decisions, improve efficiency, optimize yields, and maintain control across the dairy value chain.

In dairy production, even small variations in milk supply, product mix, or processing can significantly impact yields and profitability. SAP Dairy Management by msg helps organizations plan and manage production more effectively with capabilities such as milk balancing, cross-plant planning, target-versus-actual comparisons, and visibility into raw material gains and losses. With better insight into what is happening across operations, teams can optimize resource utilization, reduce waste, improve yields, and make more informed production decisions.

Dairy profitability depends on understanding where costs are incurred and how operational decisions affect financial performance. SAP Dairy Management by msg helps organizations gain greater visibility into production costs, activities, quantities, and cost drivers through integrated planning, activity-based costing, and reporting capabilities. With access to timely operational and financial insights, teams can better understand product profitability, identify opportunities for improvement, and make more informed business decisions.

Organizations are under constant pressure to improve efficiency, control costs, maximize yields, and maintain product quality. SAP Dairy Management by msg helps organizations meet these demands by bringing planning, production, costing, inventory, and reporting processes together in a single SAP environment. With greater visibility into operations and performance, teams can make more informed decisions, improve resource utilization, strengthen cost control, enhance traceability, and optimize the use of raw materials across the dairy value chain.

SAP Dairy Management by msg helps organizations improve traceability, support quality management processes, and simplify compliance reporting by providing end-to-end visibility across operations. With a clear view of raw materials, production activities, inventory, and finished products, teams can better manage day-to-day operations while maintaining the information needed to support regulatory and quality requirements. Greater transparency across the supply chain also helps organizations respond more effectively to audits, investigate issues more quickly, and make informed business decisions.

Organizations also benefit from a solution designed specifically for dairy operations and supported by msg global's deep dairy industry and SAP expertise. From process consulting and system integration to SAP S/4HANA transformation and ongoing optimization, msg global helps dairy companies maximize the value of their technology investments while supporting long-term operational improvement.

How can we help you?

At msg global, our strength lies in technology and in the people behind it who understand industry specialization. 

We are 100% dedicated to SAP, which means every solution, process, and best practice is crafted and delivered by a team steeped in SAP excellence and well-versed in dairy and cheese production.

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Thomas Beiderhase

EVP Agribusiness & Manufacturing

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