Logistics & transportation

How Spencer Butcher Switched Gears, Reducing Month-End Reporting From Weeks to Minutes

Spencer Butcher is a Top 100 Global Supply Chain company based in Windsor, Ontario. For the past seven decades, they’ve dominated the automotive logistics industry as a 3PL, or third-party logistics provider helping companies optimize their supply chain and logistics operations.  The company has nearly 1,000 employees across 12 divisions and 8 different companies, and with this growth, Controller, Megan Hedderson, needed to reduce time-consuming manual processes for financial analysis, statements, and accounting tasks.

Enhanced insights Ability to dive into trends with real-time data and analysis
Click of a button To generate monthly reports
Shift to strategic analysis Through time-savings and eliminating manual formatting

Constant Month-End Marathons

Before Datarails, generating financial reports and doing month-end was a massive undertaking for the company. 

With multiple divisions across Spencer Butcher’s eight companies, Megan faced a time-consuming process stretching to a full week simply for formatting statements. Their accounting system was unable to output statements in their preferred format, resulting in lengthy manual exports and Excel workarounds.

“I’d have to shut everything else down to get it done. No emails, calls, or other tasks. There was just no time for anything else.” 

One Click Clarity With a Solution That Speaks Excel

Datarails delivered exactly what Megan needed: fast, reliable, and flexible reporting with Excel familiarity.

Formatting, updating, and generating reports turned from what once took weeks to a few minutes.

It really works. At the click of a button, my financial statements are ready. From over a week to minutes.

Megan HeddersonController

The cherry on top: Datarails Dashboards & Storyboards

I love the AI and the Storyboards that visually show and tell you what’s going on and does the work for you.

Reporting to upper management has become a breeze for Megan. She prepares her Storyboards with the click of a button, and “they love it.”

From Numbers to Insights

With Datarails, Megan has not only sped up reporting but also expanded her analytical capabilities. With her time-savings, she now has time to have deeper insights and identify trends, helping management make faster, data-driven decisions. 

Key results

  • Efficiency Gains
    Month-end report generation time cut from a week to minutes.
  • Enhanced Insights
    Ability to dive into trends in monthly reports with real-time analysis and supplemental reports.
  • Improved Accessibility
    Management now has access to visually driven reports, increasing their understanding of variances and trends.
  • Streamlined data validation and error-checking
  • Integration of multiple data sources (accounting, payroll, inventory)
  • Advanced visualization capabilities
    With AI-powered storyboards for management reporting

I use my extra time to dig deeper, uncover trends, and add real value to our financial analysis.

Worth Every Penny

Datarails has saved me a ton of time. It’s absolutely worth the investment.

Megan HeddersonController

The Spencer Butcher team is now equipped to: 

  • Focus on strategic analysis rather than manual formatting
  • Identify trends and anomalies quickly
  • Provide more valuable insights to management
  • Continuously expand reporting capabilities

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