{"id":15768,"date":"2023-11-28T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-11-28T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.board.com\/ovako-chooses-board-leader-intelligent-planning-transform-its-sales-operations-planning\/"},"modified":"2025-06-30T20:08:27","modified_gmt":"2025-06-30T20:08:27","slug":"ovako-chooses-board-leader-intelligent-planning-transform-its-sales-operations-planning","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.board.com\/news\/ovako-chooses-board-leader-intelligent-planning-transform-its-sales-operations-planning","title":{"rendered":"Ovako chooses Board, the leader in Intelligent Planning, to transform its Sales &#038; Operations Planning"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t\t<section id=\"block_ce027b7d1c67edb8e3f572d168a110fe-\" class=\"block columns-block block-hero-bubble hero-post bg-web-gradient-light \">\n\t\t<div class=\"breadcrumb-bar bg-brand-pearl\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"hero-wrapper\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"columns-block-row\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-content d-flex align-items-center post-hero-content-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-grad-left\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-grad-post-info\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.board.com\/news?category=1\" class=\"btn-link btn-link--primary hero-grad-cat\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span>Press Release<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"d-flex flex-column flex-lg-row hero-grad-date\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Tuesday, 28 November 2023<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<strong>Chiasso, Switzerland<\/strong>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-grad-copy\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1 class=\"has-visual-h-2-font-size\">Ovako chooses Board, the leader in Intelligent Planning, to transform its Sales &#038; Operations Planning<\/h1>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"column-content text-start align-self-start post-hero-content-right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"hero-grad-right\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" fetchpriority=\"high\" class=\"hero-bubbles-feature\" src=\"https:\/\/www.board.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/02\/1200x627_board_pr_customer_ovako-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" height=\"200\" width=\"300\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/section>\n\n\n\t\n\t<section id=\"block_2fdb97e6457359ff76e550a99846097e-1\" class=\"block block--spc single-page__post\">\n\t\t\n\n\t\t<div class=\"container\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"row justify-content-center\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-lg-7 position-relative\">\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\t\t\n\t\n<p>Board, the global leader for Intelligent Planning Solutions, today announced that Ovako, a leading European manufacturer of engineering steel, has chosen Board to transform its budgeting, planning, and forecasting activities.<\/p>\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ovako.com\/\">Ovako <\/a>is a subsidiary of Sanyo Special Steel and a member of Nippon Steel Corporation group, the third-largest steel producer in the world with more than 100,000 employees in more than 15 countries. As one of the largest recyclers of scrap steel in the Nordics, the company is engaged in responsible business across the entire supply chain.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Ovako has selected Board to develop and support its Sales &amp; Operations Planning process, including Demand Planning, Inventory Planning, and Production Planning. Their teams will use Board\u2019s capabilities to optimize the value chain by replacing manual and archaic planning processes, mainly conducted in Excel, with a cutting-edge Intelligent Planning Platform that integrates strategy, finance, and operations, enabling full control of performance across the organization.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\nBoard\u2019s Intelligent Planning Platform provides flexible and easy-to-use solutions to support the innovation and growth of our organization,\u201d said Carolin Melin, Director and Head of Business and Supply Optimization at Ovako. \u201cBoard enables Ovako to transform vital supply chain planning across multiple use cases, delivering better insights for our teams, and ultimately better outcomes.\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\nWe are pleased that Ovako selected Board to complete their planning transformation. In response to the ongoing disruption, organizations need a more comprehensive and strategic approach to planning. With Board, Ovako can build a more resilient and agile supply chain, confidently balancing supply with demand and optimising their business for growth.\u201d said Sanford Burley, Area General Manager Multi-Country Area at Board.\u00a0\n<\/blockquote>\n\n<p><strong>About Board\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Board Intelligent Planning solutions help over 2,000 organizations worldwide plan smarter, enable actionable insights, and achieve better outcomes. Industry leaders trust Board to unify strategy, finance, and operations through more integrated and intelligent planning,\u202fand achieve full control of performance. 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