Reported impact
Business outcome
20 hours saved per month on routine
- Customer Experience
- Productivity Improvement
- Risk Reduction
MicrosoftAgricultureEnterprise Knowledge SearchGenerative AI / LLMCustomer ExperienceProductivity ImprovementRisk Reduction2024 MicrosoftMS#0078d4AgricultureUnited StatesGlobal dairy cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), wanted to help its employees drive productivity and save time by deploying new AI tools.20 hours saved per month on routineDec 3, 20245Enterprise Knowledge SearchCopilot for Microsoft 365 · Microsoft 3650 2024-12-03 5
Dairy Farmers of America
Enterprise Knowledge Search
Global dairy cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), wanted to help its employees drive productivity and save time by deploying new AI tools.
20 hours saved per month on routine
93% of employees recommend this AI solution
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) deployed Microsoft 365 Copilot with employees reporting significant time savings on routine tasks—some as high as 20 hours per month.
Increasing employee satisfaction and saving up to 20 hours a month with Copilot
Solution
Global dairy cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), wanted to help its employees drive productivity and save time by deploying new AI tools. Global dairy cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), wanted to help its employees drive productivity and save time by deploying new AI tools. Therefore, it sought to embrace innovation and prepare for the future by implementing AI. DFA used Microsoft 365 Copilot to help employees save time and connect better with customers. Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) deployed Microsoft 365 Copilot with employees reporting significant time savings on routine tasks—some as high as 20 hours per month. The implementation centers on Copilot for Microsoft 365, Microsoft 365 to support enterprise knowledge search workflows.
Solution architecture
- Serving
- Copilot for Microsoft 365 Provides the employee assistant used to summarize, draft, and retrieve information in day-to-day work.
- Microsoft 365 Provides the productivity suite where the new workflows are delivered to employees.
Architecture clues
- Deployed on Copilot for Microsoft 365 for united states operations.
Evidence from the source
20 hours saved per month on routine
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) deployed Microsoft 365 Copilot with employees reporting significant time savings on routine tasks—some as high as 20 hours per month.
Global dairy cooperative, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), wanted to help its employees drive productivity and save time by deploying new AI tools.
Therefore, it sought to embrace innovation and prepare for the future by implementing AI. DFA used Microsoft 365 Copilot to help employees save time and connect better with customers.
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Scoring methodology
How scores are calculated
Customer Reference Value measures usefulness as a customer reference. Evidence Confidence measures the quality and traceability of available evidence, not independent verification.
Customer reference value77/100
- Problem clarity20/20Measures whether the customer's operational problem is specific enough to compare.
- Implementation depth15/25Rewards named components, data flow, integrations, and architecture detail.
- Outcome specificity12/20Measures whether the reported benefit is concrete rather than a generic claim.
- Quantified impact25/254 metrics describe measurable impact.
- Deployment scale5/10Rewards evidence of a live or scaled deployment and meaningful integration scope.
Evidence confidence85%
- Source authority20/25The main evidence is an official vendor-published customer story.
- Claim traceability21/2510 of 12 key fields link to a named source.
- Direct evidence20/204 direct source quotes retained.
- Date provenance10/10The publication date comes from the source page or publisher.
- Source transparency8/101 source reference document publisher, URL, authority, retrieval, and supported fields.
- Implementation specificity6/10Rewards source-backed components, data flow, quantified impact, and a specific outcome.
Traceability
Sources & provenance
Field coverage shows which facts each source supports. Dates are shown only when documented by the source.
- https://www.microsoft.com/en/customers/story/19922-dairy-farmers-of-america-microsoft-365-copilotMicrosoftFirst-party
Dairy Farmers of America customer story
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Date evidence
- Published on source page Dec 3, 2024 · Microsoft · First-partyOpen date source
Not separately sourced Industry, Region, Company size. Treat these normalized attributes as lower-confidence until a dedicated source is added.
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