Schreiber Foods Deploys Agentic AI Across Global Operations via Ascendion Partnership
The dairy giant is integrating Ascendion's AAVA platform across 40+ locations to modernize IT and accelerate food safety signaling.
Schreiber Foods and AI-native software engineering firm Ascendion have launched a multi-year strategic partnership to overhaul the dairy company's global operations and software development. The collaboration integrates "agentic AI" across Schreiber's capability centers to drive growth and modernize its IT infrastructure.
The initiative will be deployed across more than 40 locations spanning five continents, specifically targeting operations in the United States, Mexico, India, Spain, and Poland. Central to the partnership is AAVA, Ascendion's proprietary agentic AI platform, which automates repetitive technical tasks and speeds up decision-making processes on plant floors. Key operational objectives include the modernization of Schreiber's ERP environment and the accelerated delivery of critical food safety and quality signals to decision-makers.
The Shift to AI-Native Operations
Schreiber Foods operates as a global supplier of dairy products, including yogurt and various cheeses, serving retailers and restaurants in more than 95 countries. As an employee-owned entity with a workforce of over 10,000 employee-partners and annual sales exceeding $7 billion, the company is pivoting toward AI-native operations. This strategic shift aims to reduce reliance on manual processes and lower the overall technology cost base while increasing operational resilience during a period of rapid growth.
Impact on the Food Supply Chain
This partnership marks a significant transition for large-scale food manufacturing by moving beyond basic automation toward agentic AI—systems capable of acting autonomously to complete complex workflows. By embedding these capabilities directly into the physical supply chain and the software lifecycle, Schreiber intends to improve traceability and the velocity of food safety reporting. According to Trevor Farrell, President of Schreiber Foods, the move toward next-generation AI reinforces the company's foundation of quality, safety, and service.
Future Outlook
As the rollout progresses, the partnership seeks to redefine industry standards for operational excellence in food production. Dharam Gurbani, Chief Growth Officer at Ascendion, stated that the collaboration is designed to reset expectations for efficiency and velocity across the company's global capability centers. The industry will now be watching to see how the integration of autonomous AI agents affects real-time plant floor decision-making and whether the modernization of the ERP environment yields the expected gains in operational speed.