From Farm to FP&A: How California Dairies delivers 17 billion pounds of milk each year

We take a deep dive into the finances behind the agricultural and food beverage sector with Brad Mooney, Director of FP&A at California Dairies. FP&A drives success at California Dairies which produces 40 percent of California’s milk (300 family-owned and operated members ship 17billion pounds of high quality milk annually) and is a manufacturer of quality butter, fluid milk products, and milk powders (including Challenge and Danish Creamery and milk powder brand, DairyAmerica). In this episode former Marine Corps turned FP&A leader Brad Mooney talks:

Building the plane as we flew it building FP&A

The metrics of “Timing yield and supply”  at California Dairies

The Four Ps in finance building

Effectiveness of planning  and forecasting in a supply-driven business

My view of FP&A Development

FP&A as therapist