Case Study: Dean Foods achieves unified SOX compliance and internal audit management with Workiva

Dean Foods Switches to Workiva for Internal Audit Management

Dean Foods, a major dairy company, needed a single solution to manage Sarbanes‑Oxley (SOX) compliance and internal audit after its first internal audit tool proved unintuitive, slow to deliver value, and still relied on emails and shared Word documents. The internal audit team wanted consistent workpapers, clear workflows and approvals, and dashboard visibility rather than manual tracking.

Already using Workiva for SOX and ERM, Dean Foods implemented Workiva’s internal audit management in about eight weeks. The cloud platform delivered an intuitive interface, customizable templates, permission controls, embedded comments, linked data, and real‑time dashboards—resulting in more consistent workpapers and approvals, improved visibility, a single cloud service for SOX and internal audit, and responsive customer support.

Dean Foods

David Joe

Senior Audit Manager