Case Study: ITW Global Brands achieves dynamic sales & inventory reporting and faster decisions with Board

Manufacturing company chooses BOARD for inventory and sales data management

ITW Global Brands, part of Fortune 200 manufacturer Illinois Tool Works (ITW), supports multiple divisions across six businesses and faced fragmented, manual reporting: daily transactional data lived in static PDFs and spreadsheets, and critical processes like Price Approval and Sales Outlook were handled offline via spreadsheets and email, creating versioning issues and no centralized, secure data store.

After evaluating over 100 BI products, ITW selected Board for its integrated analytics, workflow, and write‑back capabilities. Board enabled web‑enabled, drill‑down dashboards, automated price‑approval workflows, and write‑back Sales Outlook applications, replacing manual emails and spreadsheets. The result was faster, more secure access to sales and inventory data, streamlined processes, and quicker, better‑informed managerial decisions with minimal IT overhead.

ITW Global Brands

Mike Shook

Director Information Technology