Operational Performance Management

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Cognos solutions for Operational Performance Management provide the tools and disciplines that leading companies need to manage their operations in today’s increasingly fast and unpredictable business world.

Cognos offers metrics, reports, and plans to help you manage operational factors such as supply chain, production and procurement. We also help you coordinate financial and operational planning, and put the tools to make quick, intelligent resource allocation decisions into the hands of the people closest to the business.

Cognos helps manage operational performance in a variety of industries:

Manufacturing

• Analyze supply chain performance to better understand throughput, quality, productivity, inventory, and costs. Learn more about Supply Chain Analytics.
• Optimize your inventory to keep supplies adequate while controlling costs. Learn about Inventory Analysis.
• Reconcile sales and demand forecasts with supply plans. Learn about Manufacturing: Sales and Operations Planning Blueprint.
• Create performance benchmarks for your manufacturing facilities. Visit the Manufacturing Resource Center.

Banking and Financial Services

• Plan sales and marketing initiatives to improve operational results in retail banking. Learn about the Retail Banking Customer Segment Performance Blueprint.
• Perform detailed planning to ensure that branch banking operations align with strategic objectives. Learn about the Branch Performance Blueprint.
• Analyze profitability and plan initiatives to improve segment results in commercial, corporate and investment banking. Learn about the Corporate Banking Customer Segment Performance Blueprint.

Pharmaceuticals and Life Sciences

• Forecast production needs more accurately by managing distribution channels. Learn more about channel management.
• Implement sample allocation plans that align with corporate revenue objectives. Learn about Sample Optimization Blueprint.
• Better anticipate clinical trial resource requirements. Learn about the Clinical Trials Blueprint.

Retail

• Track operational performance by store, region, product, customer, or channel. Learn about scorecarding.
• Perform collaborative planning at the individual store level to assure that plans are aligned with corporate targets. Learn about the Store Operations (P&L) Blueprint.
• Determine which store development plans deliver the greatest benefits and the best returns. Learn about the Store Development Blueprint.

Learn more: Cognos solutions for Operations.

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