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Board Overview

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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@BoardSoftware
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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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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? 
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✔Decisions get smarter. 
✔And planning races ahead powered by real-time insights. 
 
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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 Retail
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Board?

Flexibility; Ease of Use; No coding requirement, Multiple streams of development possible. capability to have multiple databases Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

Data import error messages can be improved to provide more information on why a record failed to get imported Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Dashboard, Reporting, Broadcasting

Benefit: a single software with all the information useful for decisions Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Non-Profit Organization Management
AN
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Board?

It's a blank canvas so could be adapted to our business Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

Sometimes you can see it has been written as an IT tool and not an accounting tool Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Set up does require quite a bit of work Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Budgeting and forecasting. It has replaced a very time consuming manual process Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Oil & Energy
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Board?

From business intelligence to financial consolidation data , Board can be the "single point of truth" Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

The solid data architecture requests a good preliminary analysis of the data model and time for implementation. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Business intelligence, CPM and Financial Consolidation Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Automotive
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Enterprise(> 1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Board?

Easy Drill Down from macro to micro data.

Easy to create a lot of screen and capsule and easy to copy them to create new data view. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

In some particular case I need the help of IT partner to solve a problem or to create a new project Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Board:

With one product you can have Business Intelligence, Performance Management, Predictive Analysis.

You can import data from any kind of source (Olap, Excel, etc). Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Customer and Product Margin problems.

Budget and Forecast Process improved. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Luxury Goods & Jewelry
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Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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What do you like best about Board?

Tailor-made solution is the main plus of working with board. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

I had an overall good experience with both of the consultants i interacted with. If anything, i would have appreciated a deeper analysis of the situation the company was going through before the actual implementation of the system. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We needed to analize sales performance and that's what we are going tonuse the sustem for. Several customized features have been added during the development process. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Medical Devices
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What do you like best about Board?

Flexible, Powerful BI Tool with Excellent Customer Service Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

There is nothing I currently have an issue with. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Board:

I highly recommend the software. The company is putting a lot of focus and resources into this space and the tools just keep improving. There is also a growing community to bounce ideas around and learn new techniques to solve issues. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We use Board for our Sales Reporting, Budgeting and Sales and Operations Planning Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Alex W.
AW
Manager
Insurance
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Board?

Software is easy to install and backup is simple.

Support from BOARD is fantastic; always returning with solutions for both server and application questions.

There is permission control where data access can be set to different groups of users.

Accounting periods can be locked after each import which prevents accidental overwriting of past data. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

Data import error messages can be improved to provide more information on why a record failed to get imported. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Board:

This is the tool for pretty presentation and is sufficient for non-technical users. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We lack a good presentation of consolidated data to customers and senior management and BOARD's slick graphics solved that. It allows various graphical presentation using the same set of data and the drill-down of details can be done from the reports directly.

Tabulated data can be printed and exported to excel directly. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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Business Intelligence Specialist
Marketing and Advertising
Mid-Market(51-1000 emp.)
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Verified Current User
Review source: Organic
What do you like best about Board?

Probably my favourite aspect of Board is the slickness of the presentation, with very little experience it's possible to create impressive and feature rich dashboards that go way beyond what I've seen from a lot of other products, and this is something which is only getting better and better in the new versions they're releasing.

The second thing I really like is the drill-down functionality - any table or chart can be drilled into by the end-user to explore the data which makes up the figures shown with just a couple of clicks, not only does this add hugely to the user experience, but it has also drastically reduced the number of queries we get regarding data provenance and completeness. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

There are still some aspects of Board which need work, most are actually fairly small things such as GUI improvements which would simply give a better user experience (most noticeably at the back end for the developer). Many of the limitations such as chart customisation features have been addressed in the most recent releases. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Board:

If you have large datasets and you're looking for a tool which will allow you to surface that data in meaningful and easy to use ways, you could do a lot worse. I've found Board to be quicker than most other tools both for loading large datasets and for subsequently reporting on them. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

As with most companies increasing data visibility and encouraging proper analysis are our primary goals, historically BI has often been treated as little more than an extension of source system reporting in our company, however using Board has enabled us to really hammer home to our users just how valuable proper analysis can be, and how much easier it can make their jobs at time. We've also finally managed to get a consolidated global picture of our client base without the need for a lot of manual number crunching and enormous Excel spreadsheets, something which is already paying huge dividends in terms of understanding how our client base varies by global region and the potential opportunities that offers for leveraging existing relationships. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Verified User in Management Consulting
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Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Board?

What I like most is how quickly you can create models of information and that with the same product can use busines intellegence and performance management. With the same tool I can control actuals and budget.

El proceso de transformación de datos es muy simple de usar hasta para personas que no pertenecen del area de sistemas Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

Some restrictions about containers and graphics for use in mobile devices apps. and you can not have this available for android.However, the mobile application has the advantage of input I have not seen in other tools.

Improves visualization of data loading errors, specifying the error field.

Social sharing is highly successful in the mobile part, it would need to develop the same for the user who is not mobile Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Board:

Board thoroughly recommend to other companies, it is very difficult to find one tool that contains business intelligence and performance management in order to have business information and to compare it against the budget and also make simulations.

The understanding of the business that is achieved with this tool is excellent Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

Provide a management system to enterprises dedicated to the production and merchandising of agricultural products. This management system is based on the processing of the above mentioned products, discriminating the tasks performed in the agricultural cycle, their costs and the added value they generate.

The solution proposed to grapes producers, giving information about their farms in terms of cost, performance and budget execution Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Mark G.
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Director
Design
Small-Business(50 or fewer emp.)
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What do you like best about Board?

We were introduced to BOARD after many years of experience with using alternative multidimensional budgeting, planning and reporting solutions.

While many of BOARD's competitors have come and gone, BOARD has shown both a commitment to support performance management and importantly a commitment to innovation. We use the product for a number of our subsidiaries as well as deliver solutions for our clients on it. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Board?

The initial engagement with the product is slightly different to other approaches and does take a little time to re-educate yourself to its methods, but once you do the reasons BOARD chose this way becomes clear. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Recommendations to others considering Board:

Just try it for yourself. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

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

We use BOARD both internally for the management of our subsidiary businesses as well as deliver performance solutions for our clients. We use it for daily dashboards, Reports and Budgeting and What-If modelling.

The Return on investing in Board has been clear with it allowing us to perform rapid development of new analysis of our balanced scorecard data, allowing us to optimise our various business performance. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.