Jacob Douwe Egberts
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Disconnected Challenges
The process to produce the annual report was too slow, and it was difficult to collaborate with stakeholders in different time zones.
Connected Solution
Jacob Douwe Egberts connected their people, data, and processes by adopting Workiva for annual reporting.
Connected Results
- Accelerated the annual reporting process and reduced time spent on administrative tasks, such as formatting tables and documents
- Audit process is much more transparent and simple
- The team is positioned well to meet future demands as the company explores an IPO
Why They Chose Workiva
- A stakeholder had experience with Workiva and recommended the platform
- Numbers and narrative can be linked from source files, enabling reports to be updated with a click of a button
- Cloud-based solution allows multiple users around the world to work on the same document at the same time
- The platform is user-friendly, which makes it easy to onboard new users
