Success StoryARCAD for DevOps & Git

Heartland Co-op modernizes IBM i development with ARCAD for DevOps and Git, improving cycle times by 50%.

Success Story Heartland Co-op

The Customer

Heartland Co-op is a leading agricultural cooperative in the United States, providing essential services to farmers, agribusinesses, and communities.

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Context

The organization runs its core operations —including inventory, logistics, and financial transactions—on robust, custom-built IBM i applications that have been enhanced and refined over more than three decades. To ensure long-term sustainability and leverage their investment in IBM i, Heartland Co-op recognized the need to modernize development practices and move to a DevOps approach.

Solution

After an extensive evaluation of available solutions, Heartland Co-op implemented ARCAD for DevOps, a comprehensive and IBM i-native DevOps solution. A key driver was ARCAD’s seamless integration with Git, which simplified Git adoption while revolutionizing how the team managed source code and deployments.

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Case Study Hightlights

  • Company: Heartland Co-op
  • Industry: leading agricultural cooperative
  • Challenge: Heartland Co-op faced rising costs and delays due to outdated tools, manual processes, and lack of DevOps on IBM i. A major project exposed these limits, blocking key fixes. Todd’s team needed a modern, automated solution with CI/CD, version control, and support for parallel development.
  • Solutions : ARCAD for DevOps