Driving Agile Innovation at Scale for Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL)
Federated Co-operatives Limited (FCL), one of Canada’s largest and most diversified cooperatives, faced the challenge of digitizing operations across a massive, multi-sector network. With over $12.5 billion in revenue and 2,500+ locations, FCL required a solution that could harmonize mobility and self-service across gas stations, grocery stores, agro centers, and an oil refinery.
The Challenge: Complexity Across a Diversified Giant
FCL operates in 500 communities with a vast footprint that includes retail, food, energy, and industrial operations. To maintain their leadership and serve their members effectively, they needed:
Rapid Deployment: A way to launch mobile and self-service solutions without years of traditional development.
ERP Integration: Seamless connectivity with their core ERP systems to ensure data integrity.
Operational Agility: A platform flexible enough to handle use cases as different as cardlock management and grocery retail portals.
The Solution: Ephlux Swift – The ERP No-Code & AI Catalyst
FCL selected Ephlux Swift as their enterprise-wide innovation platform. By choosing Swift, FCL moved away from siloed applications and toward a unified, No-Code + AI ecosystem.
Key components of the partnership include:
- Swift Mobility: Empowering field workers and store managers with real-time ERP access on mobile devices.
- Self-Service Portals: Streamlining interactions for members and vendors across diverse business units.
- Internal Empowerment: FCL’s IT team underwent rigorous training to become Swift Certified, allowing them to build, iterate, and deploy apps in-house without writing complex code.
Impact and Use Cases
By leveraging Swift’s No-Code capabilities, FCL is looking to transform its operations across:
Retail & Food: Enhancing store-level efficiency and customer service.
Agro & Energy: Modernizing cardlocks, propane plants, and agro center logistics.
Industrial Operations: Driving innovation within their oil refinery and supply chain management.
“The real power of No-Code + AI with Swift allows us to create high-impact solutions at a fraction of the traditional time and cost, ensuring FCL stays at the forefront of the cooperative movement.”
Impact at a Glance
| Feature | Impact on FCL Operations |
| Speed to Market | Drastic reduction in development cycles for mobile use cases. |
| IT Independence | Swift Certified internal teams can now innovate autonomously. |
| Scalability | A single platform can support 2,500+ locations and multiple industries. |
| Modernization | Seamlessly bridging the gap between legacy ERP data and modern AI-driven mobility. |
“We feel that Swift is a God-sent and a game-changer for us. The ability for our BAs and even power users to create apps across mobile and web integrated with our ERP within a couple of days, that otherwise took months for a whole dev team, is amazingly empowering. It was hard to believe at first!”
Brian Sherrard – Distribution Manager, Mizuno USA
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