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What is Board?

Board is the Enterprise Planning Platform. The Board Enterprise Planning Platform powers financial and operational planning for more than 2,000 organizations worldwide. Industry leaders trust Board to turn complex data into better decisions with AI, analytics, and tailor-made solutions for enterprise-grade challenges. Partnering with Board, global enterprises such as H&M, BASF, Burberry, Toyota, Coca-Cola, KPMG, and HSBC have deployed end-to-end planning applications at a fraction of the time and cost associated with traditional solutions. Founded in 1994, and now with 25 offices worldwide, Board is recognized by leading analysts including BARC, Gartner, and IDC. For complete details, and to request your personalized demo, visit www.board.com.

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Board International is a global leading provider of unified BI and CPM solutions.

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Board enables companies to drive digital transformation across planning, analysis, and forecasting activities by bringing together strategy, finance, and operations in a single platform. Unlike standalone software solutions, Board's Intelligent Planning approach empowers users to use, monitor, and manage Integrated Business Planning and analytics applications without the need for multiple software packages, license contracts, or reliance on IT specialists.


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1994
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Chiasso, Ticino
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871 employees on LinkedIn®
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Board’s Enterprise Planning Platform delivers solutions that help over
,000 organizations worldwide plan smarter — enabling actionable insights and better outcomes. Board helps leading enterprises discover crucial insights which drive business decisions and unify strategy, finance and operations through more integrated and intelligent planning to achieve full control of performance. Board International has long been recognized by leading analysts and subject matter experts including Gartner, Nucleus, and Dresner. Board International is an equal opportunity employer and is committed to a diverse and inclusive workforce.


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Filippo P.Mid-Market (51-1000 emp.)
4.0 out of 5
"Perfect BI tool"
We've finally had the opportunity to SEE all our request in one platform. Data analysis came true and graphical representations support daily decision
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Luca S.Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)
4.5 out of 5
"Board is a very flexible tool"
Board is a very flexible tool when it comes to data management. Because of this, it can be adapted to many areas within the company. Implementati...
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"Ideal solution for improving business performance"
Board is a versatile platform that can be easily integrated with external sources. All employees can use it without specific training to perform an...
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Harness the Board Intelligent S&OP solution for flawless supply chain orchestration and gain competitive advantage in a dynamic marketplace. Seamlessly integrate and collaborate with sales, operations, and finance to optimize inventory levels, minimize disruptions, and maximize profitability.
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Board offers the capability to manage real time changes to models, data allocation across dimensions and hierarchies, and data calculation and aggregation.
Board 14 is the latest release of the Board's Enterprise Planning Platform, designed to enhance and accelerate your planning and decision-making for the enterprise.
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Board 14 is the latest release of the Board's Enterprise Planning Platform, designed to enhance and accelerate your planning and decision-making for the enterprise.
What’s the story with Board? Board is a planning solution, an enterprise platform, and a promise of partnership. To help organizations plan smarter and succeed faster.
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What’s the story with Board? Board is a planning solution, an enterprise platform, and a promise of partnership. To help organizations plan smarter and succeed faster.
Board Group Consolidation and Reporting offers a streamlined solution for finance transformation: replacing disjointed consolidation and reporting activities.
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Board Group Consolidation and Reporting offers a streamlined solution for finance transformation: replacing disjointed consolidation and reporting activities.
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What happens when you bring finance and operations together? 
✔Silos disappear. 
✔Decisions get smarter. 
✔And planning races ahead powered by real-time insights. 
 
Hear from Board customers who make it happen every day.
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What happens when you bring finance and operations together? ✔Silos disappear. ✔Decisions get smarter. ✔And planning races ahead powered by real-time insights. Hear from Board customers who make it happen every day.

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Verified User in Apparel & Fashion
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What do you like best about Board?

The modular system of Board allows for highly flexible customization, which is particularly beneficial for Assortment Planning and Merchandise Financial Planning. The speed at which changes can be implemented during the project is impressive, as adjustments can be made quickly and efficiently. The support is also a highlight, being consistently responsive and highly knowledgeable. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

Initially, a downside was the lack of direct data integration, which led us to implement a middleware solution. However, Board has since improved in this area, offering better integration options. Additionally, many exciting AI features have been added that weren’t available at the time of our initial implementation, making the software even more compelling for future projects. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Board solving and how is that benefiting you?

Board helps us streamline and optimize our Assortment Planning and Merchandise Financial Planning processes. It enables us to efficiently manage large volumes of data, making it easier to create accurate forecasts and make informed decisions on product assortments. The platform's flexibility and customization allow us to adapt to changing business requirements quickly. Additionally, the user interface is almost as intuitive and easy to use as Excel, which has greatly simplified adoption across teams. This has significantly improved our planning accuracy and agility, ultimately leading to better financial outcomes and more effective inventory management. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sandra Bartl of Board

Thank you for sharing your feedback! It's great to hear how Board has helped streamline your Assortment Planning and Merchandise Financial Planning processes, enabling better decision-making and improved agility. We're pleased that our platform's flexibility and user-friendly interface have contributed to your planning accuracy and financial outcomes.

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What do you like best about Board?

I like that Board boasts a powerful combination of flexiblity to develop anything that you'd like in regards to financial processes in a user-friendly application. The ability to start from scratch, setting up a data model with procedures and data readers (data ingestion) without much hassle or technical knowledge is such a pleasure. It allowed us to quickly create dynamic applications such as a reporting and budgeting tool or a financial consolidation application. Board can also easily be used as a replacement of other reporting platforms, as it does reports and visualisations also out of the box. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

Board is not easy to learn for beginners, requiring quite the introduction to get started. Although offered as a low-code tool, the technical (and analytical) knowledge required is quite present. Building something from scratch can be quite the challenge, often requiring expert guidance in the progress.

The licensing model is quite costly also, making it a choice wort considering before diving fully into it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Board solving and how is that benefiting you?

- Consolidation of data from different applications (ERP, SalesForce, ...)

- One-stop-shop for financial processes (budget, salary, forecast, closing, consolidation, ...) instead of Excel-based exercises

- Enabling analysts to play the developer-role without extensive technical knowledge Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sandra Bartl of Board

It's fantastic to hear about the problems Board is solving for you, such as data consolidation from different applications and providing a one-stop-shop for financial processes. We appreciate your insights and are committed to continuously enhancing our platform to even better meet your needs. Thank you so much for sharing.

Carlo C.
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What do you like best about Board?

The ability to drill everywhere, to build your own reports and the possibility to read from several data sources Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

It's becoming expensive because of the rising fee Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Board solving and how is that benefiting you?

Data and information available for a large number of users at the same time Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sandra Bartl of Board

Dear Carlo, thank you very much for reviewing Board. Merry Christmas

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What do you like best about Board?

BOARD main advantage is that it's not code so easy the implementation of new models as well as friendly and easy to use for the users. In terms of flexibility, it could cover the main aspects of the business and financials purposes. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

The management of the licenses and users authorizations is not immediate also the integration with other systems is almost manual Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Board solving and how is that benefiting you?

collect the data in a common way from all the companies spread worldwide Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sandra Bartl of Board

Thank you for sharing your positive experience with Board. We're pleased to hear that it's meeting your business and financial needs. We understand the challenges with managing licenses and user authorizations, and we're actively working to further streamline this process. Your input is highly valuable, and we're dedicated to making enhancements based on customer feedback.

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What do you like best about Board?

ease of use and implementation of processes and reporting to support the corporate decision-making process Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

in these years of use I have not found anything to report Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Board solving and how is that benefiting you?

improved office performance and data analysis and processing capabilities Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sandra Bartl of Board

Thank you for sharing your positive experience with Board! We're pleased to hear that it has been fully satisfying and has supported your corporate decision-making process.

Jeroen Z.
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What do you like best about Board?

The ease of use for both the users and builders of the solution. Board is no coding, where most of the other solutions do use code. In addition, all functionalities including integrated planning, financial consolidaiton, analytcs and Internal and external reporting (ESG/IFRS16) are there. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

As the solution is very flexibel, you have to be clear in the design and analysis per project or phase to make sure you deliver the expected functionality within time and budget. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Board solving and how is that benefiting you?

Better insights for decision making

More efficient processes

Increased automation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sandra Bartl of Board

Thank you for sharing your positive experience with Board's ease of use and comprehensive functionalities. We understand the importance of clear design and analysis to ensure successful project delivery, and we're committed to supporting our customers in achieving their goals.

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What do you like best about Board?

1) There is no need for coding experience which makes is really easy to learn for new users.

2) Board academy is really helpful for new users.

3) the program is really versatile which allows us to build much more than just finance budgeting, forecasting and consolidation.

4) the board community days are amazing

5) Board and partners are really engaging with us Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

What I do not like:

1) in the data reader it shows how many items are discarded but not which items (using 12.3 on BFC 11)

2) when using the logs in cloud administration it is hard to see what exactly has happened. You can only make a more educated guess Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Board solving and how is that benefiting you?

1) To speak the same language throughout the entire company

2) Being more transparant in the different businesses throughout the company

3) less time consuming tasks by making use of procedures and better data screens Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sandra Bartl of Board

Dear customer, thank you so much for this superb review and especially for taking the time to write all of this down. It is such a pleasure to read all these great things and to see that you are able to maximize your benefits from Board. It sounds like you have visited our Board Beyond event recently and we are glad you enjoyed the experience. Looking at the points you dislike, I would kindly ask you to add your suggestions to our idea exchange section in the community so that our product development can check these points and potentially provide improvements there.

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Verified User in Food & Beverages
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What do you like best about Board?

Extreme easyness of use: perfect even for non technical personnel Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

The new licensing policy results in too high costs for SME Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Board solving and how is that benefiting you?

Getting sals data previously required a lenghty and painful procedure: now it is straightforward. This allows us to perform many more analyses and get much more insight on what is going on. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sandra Bartl of Board

We're thrilled to hear that Board has made sales data analysis easier and more insightful for your business. We understand your concerns about the new licensing policy and we are constantly working to provide the best value for our customers. We appreciate your feedback.

Omar H.
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What do you like best about Board?

easy to use and to implement, the integration and the connection to different ERP Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

the price SAP connectors and Broadcasting Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Board solving and how is that benefiting you?

to have the detail of our P&L by account in One click,

ergonomic screens

Api connection to our local Plateform Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sandra Bartl of Board

Thank you for sharing your positive experience with Board. We appreciate your feedback and will take it into account for future enhancements. It's great to hear that Board is helping you access detailed P&L information with just one click.

David C.
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What do you like best about Board?

Ability to transform Sales, Operations, and Merchandising, all from the same platform. Once the discovery process is over, the platform is super-easy for end-users to get their daily plans for how they will buy. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

Data Hierarchies are confusing for non-technical people Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Board solving and how is that benefiting you?

Changing our manual, 3-5 day long excel process to a robust platform with data at teams fingertips. Teams are able to reevaluate daily their inventory positions, sales forecast and budgets with a click of the button. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Response from Sandra Bartl of Board

Hi David, We're glad to hear that you find Board helpful in transforming your sales, operations, and merchandising processes. We understand that data hierarchies can be confusing, and we're continuously working to improve the user experience for non-technical users. Thanks for sharing your thoughts about Board.