United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative
Suite 700 4838 Richard Rd. SW,
Calgary, T3E 6L1, AB,
Canada
Calgary, T3E 6L1, AB,
Canada
1 403-570-4500
Distribution
United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Technographics
United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Software Purchases and Digital Transformation Initiatives
Discover the latest software purchases and digital transformation initiatives being undertaken by United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative and its business and technology executives. Each quarter our research team identifies on-prem and cloud applications that are being used by the 1200 United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative employees from the public (Press Releases, Customer References, Testimonials, Case Studies and Success Stories) and proprietary sources.
During our research, we have identified that United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative has purchased the following applications: Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations for ERP Financial in 2020, Microsoft Power BI for Analytics and BI in 2020, Cisco Webex Meetings for Audio Video and Web Conferencing 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 United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative is running and its propensity to invest more and deepen its relationship with Microsoft , Cisco Systems , SAP 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 United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative revenues, which have grown to $1.41 billion 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 United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative 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.
United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Data, Technology Stack, and Enterprise Applications
ERP Financial Management
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| Microsoft | Legacy | Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations | ERP Financial | ERP Financial Management | Qnovate | 2020 | 2020 |
In 2020, United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Limited implemented Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations as its ERP Financial solution while modernizing its SAP estate on Microsoft Azure to remove acute performance bottlenecks. The Azure migration was executed with Qnovate and completed in six weeks, a timeline that included planning, infrastructure provisioning, and a single weekend cutover to bring virtual machines online and stabilize production workloads.
The Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations deployment focused on modernizing retail and point of sale workflows, enabling integration with the cooperative’s SAP-based materials management and petroleum business processes. Qnovate provisioned Azure Virtual Machines and configured storage layers including Azure Storage and Azure Data Lake Storage, and handed the platform back to UFA for implementation and customization. Power BI is cited as part of the analytics footprint alongside the SAP business warehouse that runs on Azure.
Integrations were a central design consideration, UFA planned more than 200 real-time connections between Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations and its SAP ERP, and both systems were colocated in the same Microsoft Azure datacenter to eliminate latency. The myUFA customer portal is hosted on the same cloud storage and application stack, delivering invoices, statements, equity documents, and purchase reports, and the overall SAP data footprint expanded to exceed 70 terabytes after the migration. Operational coverage includes UFA’s retail estate and its petroleum network of farm and ranch stores and petroleum agencies across Alberta.
Governance and rollout were tightly scheduled, the program included identification of an appropriate go-live window and environment refresh practices that were executed multiple times to support Dynamics 365 development. UFA reported that environment refreshes that previously took three weeks now complete in three days by scaling Azure VMs during the process. Qnovate served as the migration partner, creating the Azure infrastructure, migrating data, and enabling a seamless handoff for ongoing configuration and integration.
Outcomes reported by UFA include elimination of prior performance issues, end user performance measured at approximately two and a half times faster than on-premises, reduced time to implement new software from weeks to days, no outages related to the migration, increased scalability to expand SAP and Dynamics footprints, and avoidance of a full hardware refresh which reduced maintenance overhead.
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Analytics and BI
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| Microsoft | Legacy | Microsoft Power BI | Analytics and BI | Analytics and BI | Qnovate | 2020 | 2020 |
In 2020, United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Limited implemented Microsoft Power BI as part of an Analytics and BI modernization that ran alongside a rapid migration of its SAP estate to Microsoft Azure led by partner Qnovate. The implementation was executed in the context of a six week SAP on Azure program that brought up Azure Virtual Machines and an expanded SAP Business Warehouse to host the cooperative's growing data footprint.
Microsoft Power BI was provisioned into the Azure hosted analytics layer to deliver reporting and visualization for core business functions, including materials management, petroleum supply chain operations, human capital management, and petroleum business solutions. The deployment aligned Power BI with the SAP Business Warehouse and Azure Data Lake Storage as the primary data stores, enabling a centralized Analytics and BI surface for operational and financial reporting.
Integrations and platform architecture centered on co locating Dynamics 365 Finance and Operations and SAP within the same Azure datacenter to remove latency between ERPs, with Azure Virtual Machines, Azure Storage, and Azure API Management supporting transactional and integration workloads. Qnovate led infrastructure specification, data migration, and environment provisioning, handing the solution back to UFA for implementation and customization.
Governance and rollout followed an accelerated schedule with planning and a single weekend cutover, and operational outcomes reported by UFA included elimination of the prior performance problems, end user performance approximately two and a half times faster, zero incident reports related to lost or broken functionality during migration, reduction in software implementation lead times from weeks to days, environment refresh windows reduced from three weeks to three days, and an expanded SAP data footprint exceeding 70 terabytes.
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Collaboration
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| Cisco Systems | Legacy | Cisco Webex Meetings | Audio Video and Web Conferencing | Collaboration | n/a | 2017 | 2017 |
In 2017, United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative deployed Cisco Webex Meetings as a customer-facing and internal conferencing capability. The Cisco Webex Meetings implementation provides Audio Video and Web Conferencing functionality embedded on UFA's website to enable virtual meetings between staff and external participants across Canada.
The implementation of Cisco Webex Meetings included standard conferencing modules such as scheduled and ad hoc video meetings, screen sharing, multi-party audio, recording and playback, participant management and branded meeting entry pages. Cisco Webex Meetings was configured to present meeting access directly through UFA's web properties and to support common conferencing workflows including moderated sessions and recorded knowledge capture.
Operationally the deployment was provisioned to serve corporate and field teams across UFA's Canadian operations, with access controls tied to the cooperative's corporate authentication and directory services and calendar and scheduling systems. The solution sits as a cloud-hosted Cisco Webex Meetings service surfaced through UFA's website, providing a unified entry point for external customers and internal users.
Governance for the Cisco Webex Meetings rollout was organized around IT account provisioning, meeting policy configuration, and recording retention rules, with adoption staged through UFA's web channel and internal communications. United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Cisco Webex Meetings Audio Video and Web Conferencing supports collaboration, remote meetings, training and customer engagement as part of UFA's enterprise communications stack.
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eCommerce
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eCommerce | eCommerce |
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2020 | 2020 |
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CRM
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Customer Data Platform | CRM |
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2020 | 2020 |
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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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2020 | 2020 |
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Digital Advertising Platform | CRM |
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2020 | 2020 |
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Marketing Automation | CRM |
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2019 | 2019 |
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Sales Automation, CRM, Sales Engagement | CRM |
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2021 | 2021 |
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ITSM
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Application Performance Management | ITSM |
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2020 | 2020 |
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PaaS
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Transactional Email | PaaS |
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2020 | 2020 |
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IaaS
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Application Hosting and Computing Services | IaaS |
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2020 | 2020 |
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Application Hosting and Computing Services | IaaS |
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2020 | 2020 |
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Cloud Storage | IaaS |
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2020 | 2020 |
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Content Delivery Network | IaaS |
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2020 | 2020 |
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Content Delivery Network | IaaS |
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2022 | 2022 |
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IT Decision Makers and Key Stakeholders at United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative
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Apps Being Evaluated by United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Executives
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FAQ - APPS RUN THE WORLD United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative Technographics
United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative is a Distribution organization based in Canada,
with around 1200 employees and annual revenues of $1.41 billion.
United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative operates a diverse technology stack with applications such as
Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations, Microsoft Power BI and Cisco Webex Meetings,
covering areas like ERP Financial, Analytics and BI and Audio Video and Web Conferencing.
United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative has invested in cloud applications and AI-driven platforms to optimize efficiency and growth,
collaborating with vendors such as Microsoft and Cisco Systems.
United Farmers of Alberta Co-operative recently adopted applications including
Cloudflare CDN in 2022, Salesforce Sales Cloud in 2021 and Microsoft Dynamics 365 for Finance and Operations in 2020,
highlighting its ongoing modernization strategy.
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