Cognos solutions for manufacturing

Thousands of manufacturing companies worldwide trust IBM Cognos software to improve service levels, gain visibility into revenue and profitability performance, control costs and better manage extended and complex supply chains. For manufacturers we offer:

The right technology and solutions

IBM Cognos performance management software and services let the world's most progressive manufacturers:

• Increase ROI from their existing investments by aggregating data from transaction systems (SAP, Oracle, Manugistics, etc.) and other sources across the organization, creating a single, integrated performance management framework – for rapid decision-making.
• Analyze customer, product, market and channel profitability.
• Move beyond cumbersome, error-prone spreadsheets for key plans like sales and operations planning (S&OP) with flexible, connected software to reconcile sales and demand forecasts with supply chain and production plans, and to test multiple cost scenarios.
• Identify the source of production problems and take corrective action.
• Comply with financial (SOX) and operational regulatory requirements (OSHA, EPA).

The fastest methods

IBM provides a suite of Performance Blueprints to help manufacturers quickly address planning and performance management process areas that need attention. IBM Cognos Performance Blueprints consist of targeted, pre-built data, process, and policy models based on proven best practices in manufacturing operations, sales, marketing and finance. They include:

• IBM Cognos Sales and Operations Planning Performance Blueprint
• IBM Cognos Trade Promotion Management Performance Blueprint
• IBM Cognos S&OP Executive Review Performance Blueprint

The requisite experience

Many of the world's leading manufacturers choose IBM Cognos software, including:

• 19 of the 20 largest consumer packaged goods (CPG) manufacturers.
• Nine of the top 10 high-tech companies.
• All of the top 10 auto makers.