Manufacturing

Supply Chain Performance

Outsourced manufacturing. Extended and complex supply chains. Greater competition for customers. Rising operational costs. Multiple transaction systems. For manufacturers worldwide, today’s business climate is increasingly complex and competitive.

Only Cognos, an IBM company, provides an integrated, best practices platform for manufacturing performance management. It integrates and leverages your critical data and delivers the scorecarding, reporting, analysis, and planning tools that manage and optimize performance.

Use Cognos BI to:

Consolidate data from sales, inventory, purchasing, and production systems to improve production planning, scheduling, and delivery
Provide scorecards and dashboards for immediate insight into key operational metrics Provide daily reports on under-performing departments, employees, machines, and operations
Implement supplier scorecards and analysis
Offer defect analysis to identify sources of quality issues and take corrective action quickly
Spot delivery variances as they emerge and find their causes and impact
Offer notifications of late deliveries, demand changes, production stoppages, and other important events to let you take immediate action
Deliver a comprehensive, pre-built data warehouse, analytics, and performance metrics that allow for quicker ROI.

Use Cognos planning, forecasting, budgeting, and consolidation capabilities to:

Generate accurate and effective supply and production plans that meet changing customer demand and business conditions
Understand and model cost drivers like raw material, labor cost, transportation expense, and overhead and reduce expenses
See the big picture by integrating revenue, demand, promotion, supply, and production plans for a complete view of all the factors that affect supply chain performance
Improve sales and operations planning.

Find out more about:

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.