Case Study: Largest Food Service Distributing Company achieves 20% SOX budget savings and expanded risk coverage with Arbutus Software

Largest Food Service Distributing Company - Customer Case Study

Largest Food Service Distributing Company faced a costly, time-consuming SOX compliance program with 170+ SOX controls (80%+ key controls), 16 ITGCs and manual key-control testing averaging more than five hours each. To modernize testing and reduce the burden on internal teams, the customer engaged Arbutus Software and its Arbutus Analyzer/Arbutus Analytics procedures to find more efficient, value-added approaches to IT SOX testing.

Arbutus Software deployed 10 automated analytics (Arbutus Procedures/Scripts) to test IBM baselines, system access, terminations, user provisioning and key reports, automatically joining data from 15 disparate systems. The automation cut tasks that once took 3–5 days (Oracle Security Baseline) to under five minutes, enabled broader risk coverage without raising budget, and delivered measurable impact: at least 20% savings on a major SOX budget line, fewer controls needing manual testing, reduced strain on in-house staff, and more strategic allocation of financial‑control resources.