Bluclad, the ideal partner for high fashion, chooses Board for Management Reporting, Analysis and Strategic Planning

Bluclad, the reference point for high-quality electroplating for the fashion industry, has chosen Board International, the world’s leading supplier of Decision Making software for enterprises, to provide their software platform for Reporting, Multi-dimensional Analysis and Strategic Planning.

With the support of PricewaterhouseCoopers, Bluclad had established its own multi-dimensional Control Model, implemented with a series of preliminary initiatives on its Accounting System, and had created a management accounting system capable of recording accounting events duly assigned to the key elements of the various relevant dimensions (cost centre, customer, product, etc.). This information provides the basis for building definitive reports capable of showing margins for the various analysis dimensions and laying the foundation for a new Budget and Business Planning process. 

With a strong desire to support its growth in size and quality, as well as to present itself to the business and financial communities with cutting-edge tools in information technology, Bluclad began searching for a decision-making software platform supporting the following processes: 

• Business Intelligence and multi-dimensional Analysis;
• Budget Planning (and the related process of “rolling” Forecasting) and Business Planning

In the phase of Software Selection, Mattia Costantini, Controller of Bluclad, stated: “The immediacy and informational flexibility from using Board will allow us to significantly speed up business decisions supporting the management's strategic vision, a key element in a "frenetic" sector such as electroplating applied to the fashion industry.”

“The encounter between Board International and Bluclad – two entities with a strong bent towards innovation and excellence – enabled a decision-making process supporting services of high added value in the fashion sector,” added Paolo D’Adamo, Area Manager at Board Italia. “In this regard, the partnership between Board International and PricewaterhouseCoopers was fundamental; the advice from the PwC analysts was valuable for creating a winning combination of abilities, experience and technology,” D’Adamo concluded.

About Bluclad :

Bluclad is one of the most well-known national and European players in the field of electroplating, also maintaining steady partnerships in the People's Republic of China, with a revenue of 17 million and 30 employees. In 2016 it embarked on its path towards internationalisation, joining with a French partner to form Bluclad France S.a.r.l. 

About Board International : 

Board is the number 1 decision-making platform for organizations of any size. Founded in 1994, Board International has enabled more than 3,000 companies worldwide to rapidly deploy Business Intelligence, Corporate Performance Management and Predictive Analytics applications on a single unified and programming-free platform. The Board platform allows companies to achieve a single, accurate and complete view of business information and full control of performance across the entire organization, from strategic formulation down to operational execution. Thanks to its programming-free toolkit approach, global enterprises such as H&M, KPMG, DHL, Mitsubishi, NEC, Puma, Rolls-Royce and Siemens have rapidly deployed end-to end decision-making applications in a fraction of the time and cost associated with traditional solutions. Headquartered in Chiasso, Switzerland, and Boston, MA, Board International has 21 offices around the world and a global reseller network. Board has been implemented in over 100 countries.