Case Study: Dr Pepper Snapple Group achieves real-time SOX reporting and major time savings with Workiva Wdesk

Dr Pepper Snapple refreshes SOX compliance with Wdesk

Dr Pepper Snapple Group (DPS), maker of brands like 7UP and Canada Dry, faced a slow, manual SOX compliance process that relied on Word, Excel, SharePoint, and PowerPoint. SOX PMO Eddie Holt struggled with version control, a 2,000-line control spreadsheet, and stale quarterly reports that made tracking testing progress and preparing audit committee materials time-consuming and frustrating.

DPS implemented Wdesk for Controls Management with Workiva’s guidance, using value stream mapping to redesign processes and quickly standing up linked risk and control libraries, test plans, and dashboards. The result: faster implementation, real-time status and deficiency reporting, reduced administrative time, improved auditor collaboration, and new visibility into tester workloads—freeing the team to focus on higher-value compliance work.

Dr Pepper Snapple Group

Eddie Holt

SOX Compliance Manager