A Scheduling and Capable-to-Promise
Application for Swift & Company
Swift & Company is a diversified protein-processing business based in Greeley,
Colorado. A privately held company with publicly traded debt, Swift & Company has
three business segments: Swift Beef, Swift Pork, and Swift Australia. With annual sales
of over $8 billion, beef and related products are by far the largest portion of Swift &
Company’s business.
Swift has slaughter and processing operations (the latter are also known as fabrication
operations) at five plants located in Colorado, Texas, Nebraska, and Idaho. Three of the
plants process fat cattle, animals up to two years old that have been fattened on feed
lots for 90 to 120 days before slaughter. Lean cattle are older animals, such as bulls or
dairy cows, that are not fattened before slaughter. Used primarily in commercial food
