Case Study: Boise Cascade achieves real-time rebate visibility and operational profitability with Information Builders' InfoApps and WebFOCUS

Boise Cascade Cuts Through the Analytics Backlog

Boise Cascade, a leading North American manufacturer and distributor of engineered wood products and plywood, faced limited visibility into millions of dollars in annual rebates and fragmented data across sales, production, inventory and other functions. Accountants relied on Excel and reporting tools that couldn’t provide fine-grained or timely analysis, leaving managers without the insights needed to evaluate profitability or forecast rebate liabilities.

Using Information Builders’ WebFOCUS, iWay integration and InfoApps/Active Reports, Boise Cascade built reusable, parameterized dashboards for customer rebates, profitability analysis, SawTek operations, and daily operations monitoring, while iWay consolidated data into a unified warehouse. The results: managers can now drill into profitability by product, customer or region in seconds, predict rebate accruals, eliminate manual daily reporting, gain near–real-time operational visibility, and extend analytics across ~150 users and the broader supply chain to drive better decisions and efficiency.

Boise Cascade

Mary Lou Southwood

Senior Application Development Manager for the Wood Products Division