Vine Fresh Acres, along with Lebo Farms and Ruthven Greenhouse Construction (RGC), operates as a combination of three separate companies. Together, they are considered a leader not only in operating the world’s most innovative greenhouses, but also in building them. Before ADP®, they were weighed down by manual processes, fragmented data and constant compliance concerns—rocky soil for a growing business. Now with ADP Comprehensive Services providing the right tools and expertise, the landscape has changed—allowing Vine Fresh Acres and its sister companies to cultivate efficiency, consistency and confidence.
Jarrod Hall, the chief financial officer, and Nettie Dyck, the HR advisor, share their experiences in optimizing payroll and HR operations, detailing the “before and after” with ADP.
ADP brought in the technology that helps us identify areas of efficiency and areas for improvement. We can now see the complete picture across three businesses at once.
Jarrod Hall,
Chief Financial Officer
Vine Fresh Acres
Challenges
- Manual processes resulting from an outdated payroll platform
- No centralized view of or reporting to support three separate payrolls
- Lack of automated HR processes, resulting in no reporting or insights to drive HR strategy and efficiency
How ADP helped
- By streamlining payroll and HR processes, ADP Comprehensive Services helped Vine Fresh Acres significantly reduce administrative burdens. ADP’s centralized platform enhanced data visibility, while ADP’s HR and payroll experts enabled allowed the team to focus on growth and enhance HR’s role as a business partner.
ADP Solutions
- ADP Workforce Now
- ADP Comprehensive Services
Leaving payroll challenges in the past
Prior to their partnership with ADP, Vine Fresh Acres faced significant challenges. The organization struggled to keep up with the administrative complexities of payroll. “Before ADP, we were using a combination of internal systems for HR and QuickBooks for payroll. We didn’t have the innovative tools we have now. Everything was manual,” Nettie says. With the burden of managing payroll shared between two staff members, the team was overwhelmed by a lack of structure and efficiency. “Two of us would spread processing payroll over two days. Now, it takes one person just a couple of hours,” Nettie says, emphasizing the dramatic shift in workload and improvement in efficiency with ADP Comprehensive Payroll.
Informed decision making across three operations
Since bringing in ADP Comprehensive Services, the transformation has been nothing short of remarkable. “ADP brought in the technology that helps us identify areas of efficiency and areas for improvement,” Jarrod says. “We can now see the complete picture across all of our businesses at once.” The new system provides centralized reporting, enabling our team to make informed decisions with confidence. “Now that everything is under one platform, I can access everything in real time and produce a single report, showing a consolidated snapshot of what’s happening across our entire organization,” Nettie says.
