Case Study: Johnson Outdoors achieves automated, auditable FX valuations — cutting valuation time from hours to minutes with FINCAD Fair Value Insight

Johnson Outdoors Inc. Selects Fair Value Insight – Saving Time through Automation

Johnson Outdoors Inc., a global outdoor recreation company, faced significant foreign exchange risk from US dollar–priced inventory purchases made by its foreign subsidiaries. To hedge FX exposure with forward contracts, the company needed a reliable, transparent and auditable valuation and reporting system and selected Fair Value Insight from FINCAD to support its pilot hedging program.

FINCAD’s web-based Fair Value Insight automated trade capture, currency-rate retrieval, valuations and scheduled reporting, reducing operational and accounting risk while providing audit-ready transparency and dashboards for stakeholders. The solution cut valuation time dramatically—what once took hours now takes minutes—enabled easy distribution of consistent reports to subsidiaries, supported Topic 820 disclosures, and scaled without added hardware or maintenance.

Johnson Outdoors

Lori Strangberg

Corporate Controller