Monthly Customer News Update - February 2024

Sandra Bartl

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The beginning of the year always seems to move fast with new projects, kick-off meetings, and more. We hope you can steal a few quiet minutes to enjoy the February newsletter. Here are some highlights for the month:

• Board 14 is coming soon, with an improved UX and powerful Flex Grid Object 
• Customer stories featuring a customer developed ESG solution and an Early Warning System (short-term forecasting model)
• The top 3 Community articles from 2023 to help you expand your skills

Enjoy the updates, and please let us know what else you'd like to see included in next month's newsletter.

Sandra & Katie from Customer Marketing

New Board release arrives soon

The new Board 14 release features a completely new, enhanced user interface, plus specific improvements for developers, administrators, and end users.

Among the updates is the new Flex Grid Object, a powerful reporting tool displayed as an Excel-like table with key features like pivoting, quick charts, improved unbalanced hierarchies display, and more. The Flex Grid Object is a new way of interacting with Board data in a highly-performant, self-service manner.

Learn more about the new Flex Grid Object, and other exciting updates

[Case Study] Retail merchandise planning & forecasting

Sweaty Betty, a global activewear and lifestyle brand for women, chose Board to address their number one priority: merchandise planning - with a focus on weekly sales, stock, and intake. Board helps this innovative retailer to continue to improve efficiencies, forecast accuracy, and more. 

Read the story

[Customer Video] Launching an initial ESG solution in less than 6 weeks

The finance team at Phoenix Contact selected Board to redesign its group financial planning processes. With an agile and flexible solution like Board, the finance team swiftly responded to an urgent request from the Quality Management and Compliance Department and created an ESG reporting solution.

Watch the video

We're excited to present a collection of new customer videos, showcasing powerful stories about:

• creating an ESG roadmap,
• bringing multiple departments together into a unified solution,
• optimizing technology and establishing best practices, and more.

Listen to stories from global brands OCI Global, Louwman Group, Colruyt Group, PPD Global

View brand stories

KPMG: The death of traditional forecasting

Join us for a webinar on February 13th with KPMG Germany to learn how they revolutionized their forecasting with Board to allow the office of finance to become true business partners. Stepping away from the traditional forecasting model, which was lengthy and didn't produce the right level of insights, KPMG Germany implemented a short-term forecast model they call the "Early Warning System." 

Watch the recording

The 2023 Gartner® Critical Capabilities for Financial Planning Software

Get your copy of this valuable resource and learn about how the financial software market is developing and changing. Equip your organization with the best capabilities for financial planning.

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Top 3 Community Reads from 2023

Enhance your learning with the top educational articles from 2023

1. How to send notifications: Integration with MS Teams

A typical request during project implementations is to support the process workflow by adding notifications to users when certain actions have been executed and the next workflow steps can start.

2. How to remove obsolete entity members

There are different options to make deletions, like Entity extract or reload, or assigning to a dedicated dummy parent. It’s important to understand the best way to do it since both solutions have different effects.

3. How to edit the max item number

The Entity ‘Max Item Number’ is used to reference data stored in a Cube version. It determines how the data pages are physically stored and influences performance as much as dataflow execution.

Taking Financial Consolidation to the Next Level

Pietro Castelli, Board's Global Head of Portfolio Marketing and finance expert, dives deep into the value of financial consolidation processes for organizations. Check out the full article on Financial Technology Today.

See the news