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PE-Backed Agriculture & Produce

Advisory-Led Data Strategy Across a 29-Company Portfolio

A PE-backed produce company needed a partner who could operate across data strategy, application architecture, and infrastructure — with engineering depth and advisory perspective to make the work land across 29 portfolio companies. North Labs was brought in as that partner.

29 portfolio companies, 3 divisions. Oracle Famous ERP, ArcGIS, Databricks, Power BI, and a portfolio of internally built applications.
29
Portfolio Companies
91
Work Items / 8 Sprints
10+
Dataset QA Cycles
68
Tables / 126 Relationships

Advisory-led, not staff augmentation — every workstream started with discovery and assessment; a single QBR produced 10 strategic technology initiatives

Capability transfer over dependency — QA cycle duration compressed from weeks to days as the client's team internalized the methodology

AI-enabled engineering as force multiplier — isolated 7 entangled fact tables from a 68-table data model; transferred agentic tooling to the client's own team

Single-partner cross-functional coverage — data, applications, cloud infrastructure, governance, and analytics delivered without vendor handoffs

Summary

The value of an embedded advisory partner is not found in any single deliverable. It compounds over time, across domains, and through the transfer of capability. AC Foods now operates with governance designed around its own structure, a data team that is more capable than when the engagement began, and a technology strategy shaped by evidence rather than vendor pitches.

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