Smarter food production

at the speed of insight

Key results

$8M inventory reduction in 2 months

1.2% yield improvement using AI

50+ ML Forecasting models deployed in 30 Days

A tipping point

Food manufacturers are navigating labor shortages, shifting consumer preferences, sustainability demands, and increasing operational complexity. The companies that thrive will be those that modernize how they innovate, produce, and distribute.

Solutions that feed innovation

As the pressure mounts for faster innovation, safer products, and smarter operations, leading food producers are transforming the way they bring products to market. We partner with you to infuse intelligence, speed, and precision across your value chain.

Accelerate production innovation & go-to-market

Bring more ideas to market, faster — without compromising creativity or compliance.

We help food producers modernize how new products and campaigns come to life. With GenAI and data-backed insights, teams can generate better ideas, faster — aligned to market trends, consumer needs, and brand voice.

Maximize yield & efficiency in production

Uncover hidden drivers of quality, speed, and waste reduction.

From plant floor to packaging line, we use AI and data science to identify what’s really impacting output — and give your teams tools to act. Whether improving yield, reducing downtime, or predicting bottlenecks, we make operations intelligent

Build a smarter, more agile supply chain

See around corners. Act with confidence. Reduce cost and complexity.

Volatility, complexity, and SKU sprawl demand more than visibility — they demand intelligence. We bring AI-powered forecasting, replenishment, and scenario planning into your supply chain to help you anticipate change and make better decisions faster.

Unlock margin & insights across the business

Turn raw data into revenue-driving decisions.

We centralize your data and apply advanced analytics to expose margin leakage, optimize pricing, and empower teams with real-time decision intelligence. From finance to field sales to HR, we make insight actionable.

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Delivering value where it matters most

Discover how we’ve helped clients across the Fortune 1000 and beyond create smarter systems across the entire food production value chain.

AI-Powered Product Development

A mid-market food brand adopted a GenAI assistant to accelerate product ideation, generate positioning and marketing copy, and simulate concept testing — all aligned to brand voice.


→ Reduced time to concept creation by 70% and increased executive buy-in.

Explainable AI Forecasting

A Fortune 100 food manufacturer used a GenAI multi-agent system to align market forecasts with internal brand projections, enabling confident strategic decisions.


→ Enabled more accurate investor guidance and improved share price stability.

Unlocking Yield with AI

A food company struggling to isolate drivers of yield variation used Inspire11’s advanced analytics to test six hypotheses.


→ Confirmed key variables, improving yield by 1.2% — a significant financial win.

GenAI for Asset Reliability

A manufacturer deployed a GenAI assistant to guide technicians on contextual troubleshooting.


→ $11M in projected annual ROI; scaled from pilot to 10+ plants in months.

Smarter Replenishment = $3M Gain

A food distributor integrated economic factors, inventory capacity, and forecast accuracy into replenishment decisions.


→ Increased order acceptance by 20%, driving $3.9M in annual productivity gains.

Fleet ETA Optimization

A top-5 food distributor revamped its truck locator experience using AI-powered ETA predictions.


→ Improved accuracy from 50% to 80%, saving 51,000 hours in customer service time.

ML Forecasting at Scale

During a demand crisis, a Fortune 100 CPG company deployed over 50 ML models across SKUs and regions in <30 days.


→ Achieved 1.5% Mean Absolute Percentage Error and automated 200,000+ models.

Vendor Pricing AI

A wholesale food distributor used AI to analyze 750,000+ item-price pairs and flag margin leaks.


→ Found $3.4M in underpriced goods and reduced report time by 95%.

Commodity Strategy with AI Forecasting

A Fortune 250 agri-food company applied simulation-based ML models to commodity pricing and hedging.


→ Drove $15M+ in commodity savings and $20M in first-year ROI.

Change Insights Engine

A Fortune 50 food manufacturer built a survey data analytics platform to track sentiment across 2,000+ employees.


→ Gave leadership the insight to steer a successful org transformation strategy.

man smiling in blue pink light

Delivering value where it matters most

Discover how we’ve helped clients across the Fortune 1000 and beyond create smarter systems across the entire food production value chain.

AI-Powered Product Development

A mid-market food brand adopted a GenAI assistant to accelerate product ideation, generate positioning and marketing copy, and simulate concept testing — all aligned to brand voice.


→ Reduced time to concept creation by 70% and increased executive buy-in.

Explainable AI Forecasting

A Fortune 100 food manufacturer used a GenAI multi-agent system to align market forecasts with internal brand projections, enabling confident strategic decisions.


→ Enabled more accurate investor guidance and improved share price stability.

Unlocking Yield with AI

A food company struggling to isolate drivers of yield variation used Inspire11’s advanced analytics to test six hypotheses.


→ Confirmed key variables, improving yield by 1.2% — a significant financial win.

GenAI for Asset Reliability

A manufacturer deployed a GenAI assistant to guide technicians on contextual troubleshooting.


→ $11M in projected annual ROI; scaled from pilot to 10+ plants in months.

Smarter Replenishment = $3M Gain

A food distributor integrated economic factors, inventory capacity, and forecast accuracy into replenishment decisions.


→ Increased order acceptance by 20%, driving $3.9M in annual productivity gains.

Fleet ETA Optimization

A top-5 food distributor revamped its truck locator experience using AI-powered ETA predictions.


→ Improved accuracy from 50% to 80%, saving 51,000 hours in customer service time.

ML Forecasting at Scale

During a demand crisis, a Fortune 100 CPG company deployed over 50 ML models across SKUs and regions in <30 days.


→ Achieved 1.5% Mean Absolute Percentage Error and automated 200,000+ models.

Vendor Pricing AI

A wholesale food distributor used AI to analyze 750,000+ item-price pairs and flag margin leaks.


→ Found $3.4M in underpriced goods and reduced report time by 95%.

Commodity Strategy with AI Forecasting

A Fortune 250 agri-food company applied simulation-based ML models to commodity pricing and hedging.


→ Drove $15M+ in commodity savings and $20M in first-year ROI.

Change Insights Engine

A Fortune 50 food manufacturer built a survey data analytics platform to track sentiment across 2,000+ employees.


→ Gave leadership the insight to steer a successful org transformation strategy.

How Ball Horticultural is grounding its innovation efforts in real business priorities

Instead of starting with technology, we started with bold business ambition—exploring how emerging capabilities can fuel smarter decisions, sustainable practices, and new growth pathways.

What emerged was more than a list of ideas—it was shared clarity, momentum, and alignment on how Ball can lead the future of horticulture with intelligence at its core.

Innovating with AI and Inspire11

We empower clients to dream beyond current capabilities, envisioning what’s truly possible. Our practical, iterative, and impact-based approach ensures that the potential of AI is not just theoretical, but a reality that drives tangible value.

Let’s build the future of food production — together

Your teams know the business. We bring the tools, strategy, and intelligence to help them thrive. Together, we’ll design practical, powerful solutions that make food production faster, leaner, and more innovative.