Mount Maunganui, 12503,
New Zealand
Ballance Agri-Nutrients Technographics
Ballance Agri-Nutrients Technographics, Software Purchases, AI and Digital Transformation Initiatives
Discover the latest software purchases and digital transformation initiatives being undertaken by Ballance Agri-Nutrients and its business and technology executives. Each quarter our research team identifies on-prem and cloud applications that are being used by the 792 Ballance Agri-Nutrients employees from the public (Press Releases, Customer References, Testimonials, Case Studies and Success Stories) and proprietary sources.
During our research, we have identified that Ballance Agri-Nutrients has purchased the following applications: SAP S/4 HANA for ERP Financial in 2016, SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting for Recruiting, Applicant Tracking System in 2018, SAP BusinessObjects for Analytics and BI in 2017 and the related IT decision-makers and key stakeholders.
Our database provides customer insight and contextual information on which enterprise applications and software systems Ballance Agri-Nutrients is running and its propensity to invest more and deepen its relationship with SAP , Microsoft , DocuSign or identify new suppliers as part of their overall Digital and IT transformation projects to stay competitive, fend off threats from disruptive forces, or comply with internal mandates to improve overall enterprise efficiency.
We have been analyzing Ballance Agri-Nutrients revenues, which have grown to $561.0 million in 2024, plus its IT budget and roadmap, cloud software purchases, aggregating massive amounts of data points that form the basis of our forecast assumptions for Ballance Agri-Nutrients intention to invest in emerging technologies such as AI, Machine Learning, IoT, Blockchain, Autonomous Database or in cloud-based ERP, HCM, CRM, EPM, Procurement or Treasury applications.
Ballance Agri-Nutrients Tech Stack and Enterprise Applications
Ballance Agri-Nutrients ERP
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| SAP | Legacy | SAP S/4 HANA | ERP Financial | ERP | n/a | 2016 | 2017 |
In 2016, Ballance Agri-Nutrients implemented SAP S/4 HANA as its ERP Financial solution to centralize core financial management and to underpin a broader analytics and omnichannel agenda. The SAP S/4 HANA deployment was positioned alongside an upgrade to SAP BusinessObjects to improve analytical capability and reporting for both internal stakeholders and farmer customers. This dual investment anchored Ballance’s move to more data driven operations across its New Zealand fertilizer manufacturing and distribution activities.
The implementation focused on configuring SAP S/4 HANA to support master data governance, financial accounting, and transactional order capture that would feed omnichannel commerce workflows. SAP S/4 HANA was used to enforce higher quality customer and farm master data, enabling enriched business logic for nutrient planning and pricing. The solution architecture emphasized integrated financial ledgers and governed customer data to ensure consistent information flowed into downstream ecommerce and analytics systems.
SAP S/4 HANA was integrated with SAP BusinessObjects for enterprise analytics and with SAP Hybris, which serves as the foundation for the MyBallance omnichannel ecommerce capability. In this architecture, nutrient plans and customer farm maps are persisted in the Hybris layer, while individual deliveries are recorded as discrete orders that reconcile back to SAP S/4 HANA financial transactions and reporting. Operational coverage extended across Ballance sales teams, customer service, rural distributor interfaces, agronomic advisors, and farmer end users throughout New Zealand.
Governance and process changes accompanied the technical rollout, shifting the sales model from annual bulk plan transaction processing to plan-driven, traceable order-to-delivery workflows. Farmers participated in testing and the program required tighter customer data capture to enable accurate nutrient recommendations and regulatory compliance reporting. The initiative delivered stated benefits including simpler, consistent customer experiences, lower transaction costs for farmers and distributors, and improved traceability of fertilizer placement that supports environmental compliance and better farm decision support.
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ERP Financial | ERP |
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2017 | 2018 |
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Ballance Agri-Nutrients HCM
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| SAP | Legacy | SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting | Recruiting, Applicant Tracking System | HCM | n/a | 2018 | 2018 |
In 2018 Ballance Agri-Nutrients deployed SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting as its Recruiting,Applicant Tracking System to support corporate Talent Acquisition and HR hiring workflows. The implementation uses SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting Management as the applicant tracking engine embedded on Ballance's public career site for job postings and candidate application intake. The scope covered companywide recruiting across Ballance Agri-Nutrients' New Zealand operations, aligning HR teams and hiring managers to a single career portal and intake channel.
The configuration emphasized core ATS capabilities including requisition creation, candidate application capture, candidate status tracking, and routed approval workflows, with career site integration to publish live vacancies and capture applicant data. Operational ownership resides with HR and talent acquisition, and the deployment standardized hiring stages, role based approvals, and recruiter handoffs within SAP SuccessFactors Recruiting. Governance centered on workflow orchestration and role based access to ensure consistent review and offer processes across recruiting teams.
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Ballance Agri-Nutrients Analytics and BI
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| SAP | Legacy | SAP BusinessObjects | Analytics and BI | Analytics and BI | n/a | 2017 | 2017 |
In 2017 Ballance Agri-Nutrients upgraded its business intelligence capability by implementing SAP BusinessObjects to strengthen enterprise reporting and analytics as part of a broader digital program. The SAP BusinessObjects deployment is positioned within the Analytics and BI category to provide consolidated reporting, interactive dashboards, and self-service analytics for both internal users and farmer customers.
The implementation configured SAP BusinessObjects for operational and customer-facing analytics, including standardized report libraries, dashboarding for sales and supply operations, and ad hoc query capability for agronomy teams. Data quality controls and master data profiling were emphasized to ensure high quality customer and farm records, enabling enriched nutrient recommendations and benchmarking workflows.
SAP BusinessObjects was integrated into a SAP-centric stack, aligning with the companywide ERP upgrade to SAP S/4HANA and the omnichannel commerce layer being implemented with SAP Hybris to deliver MyBallance. Data flows were structured to capture plan-level information in SAP Hybris, record individual deliveries as orders, and surface proof of placement and farm map data back into BusinessObjects for reporting and customer portals.
Process and governance changes accompanied the technical rollout, shifting the sales organization from transactional order capture to consultative nutrient planning, and enabling agronomic advisors and rural distributors to access customer records and plans through the omnichannel interfaces. The program explicitly targeted simpler multi-channel transactions, improved environmental compliance reporting, and higher fidelity customer data to support tailored recommendations and a consistent buying experience across devices and channels.
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Data Warehouse | Analytics and BI |
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Ballance Agri-Nutrients Collaboration
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Collaboration | Collaboration |
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Ballance Agri-Nutrients Content Management
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Digital Signing | Content Management |
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2021 | 2021 |
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Enterprise Content Management | Content Management |
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2019 | 2019 |
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Web Content Management | Content Management |
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2016 | 2016 |
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Ballance Agri-Nutrients eCommerce
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eCommerce | eCommerce |
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2017 | 2017 |
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Ballance Agri-Nutrients SCM
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Order Management | SCM |
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2020 | 2020 |
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Ballance Agri-Nutrients CRM
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CRM | CRM |
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2016 | 2017 |
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Customer Experience | CRM |
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2018 | 2018 |
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Digital Advertising Platform | CRM |
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2022 | 2022 |
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Marketing Automation | CRM |
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2017 | 2017 |
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Utilities Customer Care and Billing | CRM |
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2017 | 2018 |
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Ballance Agri-Nutrients ITSM
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Application Lifecycle Management | ITSM |
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2020 | 2020 |
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Application Performance Management | ITSM |
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2020 | 2020 |
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IT Service Management | ITSM |
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2019 | 2019 |
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Ballance Agri-Nutrients PaaS
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Test Automation Platform | PaaS |
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2021 | 2022 |
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Transactional Email | PaaS |
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2016 | 2016 |
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Ballance Agri-Nutrients IaaS
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Application Hosting and Computing Services | IaaS |
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2018 | 2018 |
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Application Hosting and Computing Services | IaaS |
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2015 | 2015 |
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Application Hosting and Computing Services | IaaS |
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2002 | 2002 |
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Content Delivery Network | IaaS |
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2020 | 2020 |
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Ballance Agri-Nutrients CyberSecurity
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Secure Email Gateways (SEGs) | CyberSecurity |
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2018 | 2018 |
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IT Decision Makers and Key Stakeholders at Ballance Agri-Nutrients
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Apps Being Evaluated by Ballance Agri-Nutrients Executives
| Date | Company | Status | Vendor | Product | Category | Market |
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| 2025-07-22 | Ballance Agri-Nutrients | Evaluated | MYOB | MYOB Advanced | ERP Financial | ERP |
| 2025-07-22 | Ballance Agri-Nutrients | Evaluated | MYOB | MYOB Greentree | ERP Financial | ERP |