Case study: Dalda Foods
Boosting Efficiency and Compliance: Dalda Foods Digital Infrastructure Success
Dalda Foods, a leading edible oil manufacturer, faced critical IT challenges affecting production and compliance leaving the business exposed to downtime, compliance risks, and operational disruption. Driven by its philosophy of continuous innovation, Dalda Foods recognized the need to modernize its IT infrastructure.
- Client Organization
- Dalda Foods Ltd.
- Industry
- Food & Beverage Manufacturing
- Solution
- Secure virtual infrastructure solution
- HPE Compute & Storage
- vCenter Centralized Virtualization
- Veeam Back up & Replication
The Challenges without the Solution
Slow Provisioning of Servers & Applications
The absence of centralized resource pools and automated provisioning significantly delayed the deployment of new servers and applications. The slow process directly impacted on the organization’s agility, limiting its ability to support business initiatives that required rapid scaling.
High Hardware Footprint & Costly Operations
Legacy physical servers consumed significant rack space, power, and cooling. This increased operational cost and complexity.
Disaster Recovery Inefficiency
Conducting disaster recovery (DR) drills used to take multiple days, creating business risk and limiting confidence in recovery preparedness.
No Data Protection Coverage
Perhaps the most critical challenge was the complete absence of a robust data protection mechanism. Without reliable backup and recovery, the company’s sensitive information (including production records, customer data, and compliance documents) was at constant risk of loss or corruption. In the event of a system failure, there was no guarantee of data availability, jeopardizing both operational continuity and regulatory obligations.
Key Benefits of the Solution
- 60% faster provisioning of servers and applications
- 100% data protection safeguarding production and compliance records
- 70% faster disaster recovery
- Multi-site failover capability for resilience and business continuity
The Solution provided by JBS
After assessing the client’s infrastructure gaps, JBS advised modern, multi-site IT architecture to ensure resilience, efficiency, and compliance. JBS implemented a solution built on HPE ProLiant servers for scalable compute, HPE MSA SAN for resilient storage, VMware vCenter for centralized virtualization management, and Veeam Backup & Replication for complete data protection and disaster recovery. The deployment was carefully planned and executed across multiple sites, ensuring smooth migration, minimal downtime, and alignment with the client’s manufacturing and compliance requirements. This success was made possible through the close collaboration and proactive support of Dalda Foods’ IT team, whose commitment and involvement at every stage greatly contributed to the smooth execution of the project. Known for its commitment to quality and customer trust, Dalda Foods continuously strives for innovation, and this IT modernization reflects its forward-looking approach to building efficiency, resilience, and sustainable growth.
How the Solution Solved Challenges
Increased Efficiency via Centralized Virtualization
Implemented VMware vCenter to consolidate and centrally manage all virtual machines from a single console, enabling efficiency, visibility, and simplified operations.
60% Improvement in Application Deployment
With HPE ProLiant servers and VMware virtualization, provisioning is now automated, and resource allocation is streamlined—resulting in 60% faster provisioning. IT can now quickly deploy new applications critical for food manufacturing companies (e.g., production planning, quality control, logistics systems). This helps the company adapt rapidly to seasonal demand or expand capacity when needed.
70% Faster Disaster Recovery
70% faster disaster recovery with Veeam’s real time replication means if a system fails, operations resume in real time—preventing losses in manufacturing or distribution. Secure data backup also preserves product traceability records for regulatory inspections.
100% Data Protection for Compliance & Quality Assurance
100% data protection ensures that production records, for regulatory and compliance documents, are always safe and retrievable. This is critical for meeting food safety standards, audits, and regulatory requirements.