diff --git a/src/entity_manager/entity_manager.cpp b/src/entity_manager/entity_manager.cpp
index 29ee897..d3edf62 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/entity_manager.cpp
+++ b/src/entity_manager/entity_manager.cpp
@@ -130,14 +130,9 @@
                   << " reverting to Chassis.\n";
         boardType = "Chassis";
     }
-    std::string boardtypeLower = boost::algorithm::to_lower_copy(boardType);
 
-    std::regex_replace(boardName.begin(), boardName.begin(), boardName.end(),
-                       illegalDbusMemberRegex, "_");
-    std::string boardPath = "/xyz/openbmc_project/inventory/system/";
-    boardPath += boardtypeLower;
-    boardPath += "/";
-    boardPath += boardName;
+    const std::string boardPath =
+        em_utils::buildInventorySystemPath(boardName, boardType);
 
     std::shared_ptr<sdbusplus::asio::dbus_interface> inventoryIface =
         dbus_interface.createInterface(objServer, boardPath,
diff --git a/src/entity_manager/utils.cpp b/src/entity_manager/utils.cpp
index 90d53d1..8af3dce 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/utils.cpp
+++ b/src/entity_manager/utils.cpp
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
 #include "../variant_visitors.hpp"
 #include "expression.hpp"
 
+#include <boost/algorithm/string/case_conv.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/classification.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/find.hpp>
 #include <boost/algorithm/string/predicate.hpp>
@@ -12,6 +13,9 @@
 
 #include <fstream>
 #include <iostream>
+#include <regex>
+
+const std::regex illegalDbusMemberRegex("[^A-Za-z0-9_]");
 
 namespace em_utils
 {
@@ -219,4 +223,15 @@
     return ret;
 }
 
+std::string buildInventorySystemPath(std::string& boardName,
+                                     const std::string& boardType)
+{
+    std::string path = "/xyz/openbmc_project/inventory/system/";
+    std::string boardTypeLower = boost::algorithm::to_lower_copy(boardType);
+
+    std::regex_replace(boardName.begin(), boardName.begin(), boardName.end(),
+                       illegalDbusMemberRegex, "_");
+
+    return std::format("{}{}/{}", path, boardTypeLower, boardName);
+}
 } // namespace em_utils
diff --git a/src/entity_manager/utils.hpp b/src/entity_manager/utils.hpp
index 3bf20f2..b638239 100644
--- a/src/entity_manager/utils.hpp
+++ b/src/entity_manager/utils.hpp
@@ -34,4 +34,7 @@
     nlohmann::json::iterator& keyPair, const DBusInterface& interface,
     size_t index, const std::optional<std::string>& replaceStr = std::nullopt);
 
+std::string buildInventorySystemPath(std::string& boardName,
+                                     const std::string& boardType);
+
 } // namespace em_utils