Manufacturing

Customer Successes

Manufacturing Customer Story Bundle

Find out how leading manufacturers such as Ryobi and Burton’s Foods are reducing costs and making better decisions with Cognos.

Supply Chain

• Read about how Britvic soft-drink manufacturer has used Cognos BI and planning solutions to a monitor promotional activities and improve performance.
• 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! Read about how Canam Group is using Cognos throughout the company to conduct in-depth analysis on sales figures, accounts receivable, and operational results, with all the users obtaining information through an easy-to-use customized portal.
• NEW! Find out how Pelephone, a leading Israeli mobile phone service provider, uses IBM Cognos TM1 to continuously offer its customers the best rates and services available in one of the most competitive markets in the world.
• 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.
• 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 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

• 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.
• 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 worldwide.
• Find out how Cognos and Accenture are accelerating performance management for the WilliamsF1 racing team.

Additional Resources:

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.

Manufacturing Customer Story Bundle

Success Story

Find out how leading manufacturers such as Ryobi and Burton’s Foods are reducing costs and making better decisions with Cognos.

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.

7 S&OP Reports Every Manufacturing Executive Needs

White Paper

Take a closer look at the top reports and dashboards from the IBM Cognos S&OP Performance Blueprint, which helps manufacturers drive their S&OP process, identify changes in customer demand and supply plans, and simulate the impact of demand, supply, inventory and operating cost performance on financial statements.

Seven 7 Reports Every Supply Chain Executive Needs

White Paper

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

Manufacturing Quality Assurance with IBM Cognos Now! White Paper

White Paper

Find out how operational performance management with Cognos can improve efficiency, quality, and profitability 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.

Performance Manager Book Abstract

Book

See four sample decision areas for IT and Marketing

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