Volatile Customer Demand
Preferences shift daily across menus, channels, and delivery platforms, making it difficult to plan accurately and maintain consistent service levels.
From menu to margin: one plan, every location.
Board unifies menu, demand, supply, finance, and workforce planning in one platform to help operators cut costs, reduce waste, and deliver consistent, profitable customer experiences.
We understand your challenges.
Menu Economics
New product introductions and promotions drive growth but create challenges in tracking margin visibility and ensuring supply readiness.
Fresh Supply Chains
Ingredient variability and distribution disruptions increase the risk of waste, shortages, and inconsistent service quality.
Margin Pressure
Rising inflation, wage costs, and utilities reduce profitability across both corporate and franchise networks.
Labor Complexity
High turnover and unpredictable demand make workforce scheduling a constant balancing act for maintaining service quality.
Data Fragmentation
Disconnected systems and manual spreadsheets limit visibility across menu, supply, finance, and labor data, making coordinated decision-making difficult.
Empowering every team to plan, act, and grow with confidence.
BUSINESS STRATEGY LEADERS
Shape the future with agility and precision.
Use advanced scenario modeling to balance long-range goals with short-term realities, testing price, volume, mix, and timing to stay ahead of market shifts and external disruptions.
FINANCE AND COMMERCIAL PLANNERS
Turn insight into confident financial decisions.
Connect top-down targets with sales, trade, and promotional plans in real time. Use scenario analysis to protect margins, manage risk, and uncover new growth opportunities.
OPERATIONS AND PLANNING TEAMS
Achieve total alignment from kitchen to customer.
Integrate demand, supply, and financial workflows in one connected plan. Improve forecast accuracy, reduce cycle times, and adapt faster to changing conditions across every location.
systems and data owners
Simplify complexity with unified intelligence.
Eliminate silos by bringing data, logic, and planning into one platform. Empower teams with trusted, connected insights that drive smarter decisions every day.
Unify every plan from menu to margin
Board helps food service leaders replace disconnected tools with a single, unified planning platform that connects menus, demand, supply, finance, and labor. With forward-looking intelligence and scenario-based planning, operators can anticipate change, serve every customer profitably, and strengthen performance across every franchise location.
Organizations using Board achieve measurable results:
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3–5% revenue uplift through integrated planning across finance, supply, and workforce.
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15% waste reduction by aligning demand, menu, and supply decisions.
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3.2% margin improvement using cost and labor market intelligence.
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Forecast accuracy from 80% to 98% with consumer and macro signals driving restaurant-level planning.
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Faster decision-making with unified plans that span corporate, franchise, and field operations.
Don’t just take our word for it.
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This has been a game-changer for Whataburger. By incorporating external data and predictive analytics into our forecasting process, we've been able to dramatically improve our accuracy and avoid missed expectations. The real-time alerts and collaborative nature of the solution have empowered our entire team to make data-driven decisions with confidence.
Built for a continuous planning experience.
All our planning solutions converge on the Board Enterprise Planning Platform to help you make confident, aligned decisions. They transform your planning process by accelerating time to value, driving cost effectiveness, and reducing risk.
Tailored planning solutions for every food service challenge.
Menu and Portfolio Planning
Design profitable menus that align with financial goals and brand strategy. Coordinate promotions with supply and workforce readiness to ensure every campaign delivers consistent, measurable results.
Demand Planning and Forecasting
Integrate restaurant data with customer trends and macroeconomic signals to forecast demand by location, channel, and event. Improve accuracy and agility in every market condition.
Supply and Inventory Planning
Synchronize procurement, inventory, and distribution with perishable demand. Reduce waste, minimize shortages, and ensure the right ingredients are available in the right place at the right time.
Financial and Cost Planning
Connect menu economics, cost drivers, and franchise models to each location’s P&L. Evaluate trade-offs, protect margins, and make smarter investment and pricing decisions.
Workforce and Labor Planning
Plan staffing in line with demand and wage pressures. Improve efficiency and service consistency across high-turnover roles while maintaining compliance and labor cost control.
Franchise and Partner Planning
Strengthen alignment between corporate teams and franchisees. Enable joint business planning, monitor performance, and ensure consistency across delivery and channel partners.
Market Planning
Anticipate market shifts three to six months ahead with restaurant-specific leading indicators, cost indices, and consumer insights. Stay proactive in adjusting menus, pricing, and operations.
Integrated Business Planning
Align strategic, financial, and operational plans across every function. Create one version of the truth that connects menu, demand, supply, and labor, empowering faster, data-driven decisions across the organization.
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