Case Study: Flowers Foods achieves reliable remote audit collaboration and time savings with AuditBoard

How Flowers Foods Empowers Remote Audit Teams & Collaboration

Flowers Foods, one of the largest packaged bakery producers in the U.S., relied on a small internal audit team plus contract staff to manage 450 SOX and operational controls but was hampered by an unreliable audit management tool that forced a return to spreadsheets, caused lost work, version-control issues, and poor remote collaboration. To address these challenges, Flowers Foods selected AuditBoard’s cloud-based audit management platform, using its SOX and Internal Audit modules to replace manual processes and improve visibility.

AuditBoard implemented a configurable, easy-to-use solution with real-time status updates, version control, automated certifications, dashboards, and streamlined workflows, allowing rapid onboarding of contractors and better engagement with business owners. As a result, AuditBoard enabled distributed-team collaboration, eliminated document version issues, cut time spent on testing and status reporting, and gave Flowers Foods immediate visibility into audit progress — improvements the team plans to extend by adopting AuditBoard’s RiskOversight for risk management.

Flowers Foods

Paige Highsmith

Vice President Internal Audit