Case Study: Goodfellow cuts IT reporting effort by more than 30% with Information Builders' WebFOCUS

Goodfellow Shores Up Business With Enhanced Reporting

Goodfellow Inc., a leading Canadian wholesaler and distributor of wood products with 700 employees and CAN$500M in annual revenue, needed better visibility across sales, inventory, budgeting and finance during a market downturn. The company’s challenge was to improve the flow of information, give business units easy access to reports, and remove the burden of custom reporting from IT.

Goodfellow deployed Information Builders’ WebFOCUS (Reporting Server, ReportCaster, Developer Studio and DB2‑AS/400 adapter) to deliver web dashboards, parameterized drill-down reports and scheduled e-mail distribution. The solution created self-service reporting, paperless report delivery and real‑time insight into inventory and finances, cutting IT reporting effort by more than 30% and speeding financial close and operational decision‑making.

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Graham Rattray

IT Director