Manufacturing

Customer Successes

Supply Chain

Find out how luxury car manufacturer Mercedes AMG substantially reduced costs and workload with Cognos Enterprise Planning and Cognos ReportNet.
Read about how automotive products distributor MTU Detroit Diesel leveraged the people and best practices from Cognos Professional Services to reduce report times from six days to a few hours.
Discover how Mueller Inc, the industry leader in Steel Building and Metal Roofing solutions, created a single version of the truth across the company using Cognos Performance Applications.
See how Ricoh UK will use Cognos planning software to anticipate labor costs associated with future production volumes.

Profitability

NEW! Find out how Wander AG high-quality foodstuffs company uses IBM Cognos 8 Planning to coordinate and streamline their planning process and eliminate decentralized planning islands.
NEW! Find out how FagorBrandt electrical goods company radically improved their corporate planning exercise with a completely centralized and automated process.
Find out how the Korea Telecom Freetel uses the first Cognos 8 BI deployment in Korea to make analysis easy and improve user satisfaction.
Find out how Dreyer's ice cream makers have used Cognos Now! to improve company profitability, customer service, and performance management.
Find out how manufacturer HallStar uses Cognos 8 BI to increase revenues, reduce inventory by 25 percent, and enhance customer service.
Find out how Europe's leading photofinisher, CeWe Color, leverages Cognos BI to gain a true snapshot of profitability.
Find out how Cognos and IBM helped Fiskars Brands create a Web-based system that allows user self-service to mission-critical information across the organization.

Operations

NEW! Find out how industrial packaging company Flexico used a decision-support system from Cognos to achieve control over their ERP data in a user-friendly format that supports user adoption.
NEW! Find out how Burton's Foods uses Cognos TM1 with SAP to provide deeper information across the supply chain, sales, purchasing, finance, customer service, and more.
Discover how the Harry-Brot bakery products company introduced a standardized, enterprise-wide analysis and reporting system, and improved their view of sales, production, and other business data.
Read about how Vicor manufacturing corporation finds Cognos 8 BI the key to staying on track and keeping ahead of their competition.
Find out how global manufacturer Ryobi implemented Cognos 8 BI and Cognos ReportNet to improve communication and credibility of information world.
Find out how Cognos and Accenture are accelerating performance management for the WilliamsF1 racing team.

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IBM Cognos Manufacturing Performance Blueprints
Customer Successes in Manufacturing

Additional Resources:

IBM Cognos 8 Go! Mobile demo for your BlackBerry

Online Demo

See how IBM Cognos Go! Mobile is providing manufacturing organizations like yours with the power of performance management on your mobile device.

IBM Cognos 8 Planning in the Manufacturing Industry: Technology and Best Practices for Performance

White Paper

Find out how manufacturers are using IBM Cognos Planning to create timely, reliable, and flexible plans that help decision-makers quickly identify, analyze, and forecast the impact of changes as they occur. This white paper outlines a systematic approach that combines best practices and leading-edge technology with planning activities in your organization.

Manufacturing Perspectives: The Logistics of Better Performance

Article

A collection of articles from Cognos Performance Perspectives outlining the value of performance management to manufacturers, including managing risk and the S&OP Performance Blueprint.

IBM Cognos Sales & Operations Planning Performance (S&OP) Blueprint

Online Demo

Understand proven best practices in reconciling sales and demand forecasts with supply plans.

Seven 7 Reports Every Supply Chain Executive Needs

White Paper

Learn how to improve your supply chain management strategy by asking the right questions.

Sales & Operations Planning

Podcast

Find out how manufacturers are using IBM Cognos Planning to create timely, reliable, and flexible plans that help decision-makers quickly identify, analyze, and forecast the impact of changes as they occur. This white paper outlines a systematic approach that Learn the secrets to success in sales and operations planning (S&OP), as Colin Snow of Ventana Research explains the best practices used by top manufacturing companies.

Ventana Research: Integrated Performance Planning for Manufacturers

Article

This Ventana Research article describes the Cognos S&OP Executive Review Performance Blueprint, which offers manufacturers a unified view of sales, the supply chain and pro-forma financial statements so executives can find the right balance between operational strategy and financial goals.