Case Study: North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation achieves faster, more accurate budgeting and rolling forecasts with BOARD

North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation moves from spreadsheet-driven budgeting to collaborative, scalable BOARD solution

North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation, one of Australia’s largest port authorities (Hay Point, Mackay, Abbot Point and Weipa), outgrew its Excel-driven budgeting and forecasting processes. Spreadsheets could not handle the volume or complexity of data, tying up the finance team, hindering growth forecasting and limiting collaboration—so the business sought a scalable, unified solution with rolling forecasts and stronger data integrity.

Working with Professional Advantage, NQBP implemented the BOARD budgeting and forecasting platform in under three months, replacing spreadsheet versions with a single source of truth and direct ERP data structures. The change delivered faster, more accurate budgets, rapid user adoption, improved cross-site collaboration, and rolling monthly forecasts; annual budget preparation fell from five months to one, and BOARD now supports decision-making across an asset base worth around half a billion dollars.

North Queensland Bulk Ports Corporation

Santosh Mathew

Reporting Manager