Case Study: HIT Holz boosts productivity and doubles project capacity with Smartsheet

Smartsheet helps HIT Holz increase productivity and capitalise on growing eCommerce trends

HIT Holz, founded in 1999, is Europe’s largest Euro-pallet manufacturer and a major German sawmill and biofuel producer, processing over 1.1 million cubic metres of wood annually with turnover above €200M. Rapid growth and €20M+ investments in production exposed a critical gap: the company had no planning system and relied on pen‑and‑paper and long Excel sheets, so it needed a company‑wide project‑tracking solution to manage timelines, budgets and rising eCommerce shipping demands.

Working with Smartsheet and partner AMX, HIT Holz deployed dashboards, Control Center, Dynamic View, Bridge, automation and bi‑weekly training to standardize workflows and onboard staff. The rollout scaled sub‑projects from about 200 to roughly 380 active projects, created HR skills and incident‑tracking databases, saved over 1,000 hours, reduced operational risk, sped approvals and boosted capacity to meet growing eCommerce needs.

HIT Holz

Thassilo König

Program Manager