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- Powerful Business Intelligence for the University of Calgary: An IBM Cognos Solution
- Located in northwest Calgary, the University of Calgary U of C campus is home to scholars in 16 faculties and 36 research institutes and centers. It needed to consolidate complex and confusing data sources into valuable information for decision-makers. It deployed an IBM Cognos 8 BI system that integrates the...
- Tags: Data Source, Cognos Inc., University Of Calgary, IBM Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
- Case studies 2009-08-01
- IBM Cognos Solution Helps Dedicated Computing Continue Innovation
- Dedicated Computing LLC designs, validates, integrates and manages the life cycles of purpose-specific computers that serve as the processing engine for an original equipment manufacturer OEM device. It needed to create data confidence across the organization and seamlessly pull data out of its ERP system and proprietary systems to provide...
- Tags: Innovation, Cognos Inc., Computing, IBM Corp., Portals, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Pricing, Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Tools & Techniques, Web Technology, Strategy, Internet, Software, Marketing, Data Management, Management
- Case studies 2009-07-21
- Small Business Communications Expert Cbeyond Enjoys Dramatic Time Savings and Turns Higher Quality Data Into Strategic Intelligence With IBM Cognos TM1
- Cbeyond is a communications provider with a difference. They offer small businesses a highly integrated portfolio of telephone and Internet services, normally only afforded by the biggest organizations. The company needed an automated solution that produced higher quality data and sophisticated analytical tools that would empower Cbeyond's staff to provide...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Cbeyond Inc., Small Business, IBM Corp., Data Mining, Internet, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-07-07
- PKC Group Achieves Easier Monthly Forecasting With IBM Cognos and Soleno
- The PKC Group offers design and contract manufacturing services for wiring harnesses, cabling and electronics. With separate financial systems in different countries, Finnish electronics manufacturer PKC Group found it difficult to consolidate data and create accurate forecasts. Due to the high level of manual work required, the finance department could...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., IBM Corp., Forecasting, Sales Force Management, Manufacturing, Financial Accounting, Personal Finance, Sales, Finance
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- IBM Cognos TM1 Helps to Keep VITAS Innovative Hospice Care a Healthy Business
- VITAS Innovative Hospice Care, one of the oldest and largest hospice care providers in the United States, was founded to preserve the quality of life for those with a limited time to live. It is a company defined by the needs of the patients and families it serves. It needed...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Payroll, IBM Corp., Payroll Solutions, Operational Accounting, Vertical Industries, Benefits, Healthcare, Finance, Human Resources
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- Edmonton Police Service Takes a Bigger Bite Out of Crime, Thanks to an IBM Cognos System
- Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, has a population of approximately 780,000, with a regional population of more than 1 million residents. The city's Police Service has more than 1,800 employees. It needed to improve insight into the Edmonton Police Service's data to help police stay on top of criminal activities, identify hot...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., IBM Corp., Records Management, Managerial Accounting, Finance
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- Northern Michigan University Gives High Grades to IBM Cognos Solution
- Northern Michigan University NMU, located in Michigan's Upper Peninsula, is a dynamic 4-year, public, co-educational university, which offers a wide variety of programs to nearly 9,400 undergraduate and graduate students. It needed to aggregate data from different sources and obtain real-time, consolidated views of HR, finance, and academic information to...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., University Corp., Michigan, IBM Corp., Portals, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Web Technology, Personal Finance, Financial Accounting, Databases, Enterprise Software, Internet, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Finance
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- Victoria University of Wellington Empowers Budget Holders With IBM Cognos
- For more than a century, the Victoria University of Wellington Victoria has developed a tradition of strong international links in teaching, research and programmes of national significance and international quality. It needed to an easier way to manage budget preparation throughout multiple faculties, schools, institutes and centres of research in...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Victoria University, IBM Corp., Performance Management, Business Intelligence, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- GTI Keeps on Trucking With an IBM Cognos Solution
- Gordon Trucking Inc. GTI has a proud tradition of family ownership starting with Jay Gordon and is still run by the Gordons today. GTI primarily operates Century and Columbia class 8 Freightliner trucks, among others. Its trailer fleet is made up of combinations of 2-, 3- and 4-axle high-cube sets...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., IBM Corp., GTI, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Product Marketing, Customer Relationship Management (CRM), Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- Steak N Shake Stirs Up Performance With an IBM Cognos System
- The Steak n Shake Company is a full service, casual dining restaurant open 24 hours a day. Offering made-to-order food at the speed and price of fast food, Steak n Shake is one of the oldest restaurant chains in the United States. It needed to achieve sustained same-store sales growth...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Performance, Same-store Sales, IBM Corp., Food & Beverage, Manufacturing
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- IBM Cognos Is the Glue That Brings Management and Clinical Departments Together at the Bloorview Kids Rehab Center
- Bloorview Kids Rehab, known as Bloorview, is Canada's largest children's rehabilitation hospital. In 2002, Bloorview partnered with the University of Toronto to become Canada's first teaching hospital in children's rehabilitation. It needed to integrate clinical and business data and make it easy to access and use for wise business decisions....
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Hospital, Brings Co., Decision-making, Canada, IBM Corp., Tools & Techniques, Healthcare, Management
- Case studies 2009-07-01
- IBM Case Study: Oriflame Cosmetics
- Oriflame Cosmetics is one of the world's fastest-growing cosmetics companies, selling high-quality natural skincare and cosmetics products through an independent sales force outside the traditional retail environment. To keep its complex business on track and maintain its rapid rate of growth, Oriflame Cosmetics needed a complete, integrated management platform. The...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Cosmetics, IBM Corp., Oriflame Cosmetics S.A., Business Intelligence, Enterprise Software, Software, Data Management
- Case studies 2009-06-01
- IBM Cognos Solution Helps Keep CiCi's Fresh
- Based in Coppell, Texas, CiCi's Enterprises, LP, operates 650 restaurants in 30 states and expects continued aggressive growth. It needed to create reliable, easily readable budgets and forecasts using affordable and scalable analytics and reporting applications. It deployed IBM Cognos TM1 system, which provides timely, accurate, real-time financial reporting and...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Analytics, IBM Corp., Financial Planning, Financial Accounting, Finance
- Case studies 2009-06-01
- Sun World Analyzes Crop Costs and Harvesting Efficiency With IBM Cognos TM1
- Based in Bakersfield, California, Sun World International grows and markets fresh fruit and vegetables. It needed to improve operating efficiency through detailed operations and cost analysis. It deployed the extended use of the IBM Cognos TM1 system to the Operations side of the business when it teams with Applied Analytix...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., Sun Microsystems Inc., IBM Corp., Team Management, Management
- Case studies 2009-06-01
- IBM Cognos 8 Performance Management Solutions for SAP: Unlocking Hidden Value From Investments in SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse
- The architecture, capabilities, and value of IBM Cognos 8 for SAP customers is centered on embracing existing skills, knowledge, work and investments, enhancing existing SAP investments while reducing IT backlogs, and, extending the capabilities and value of SAP NetWeaver Business Warehouse SAP NetWeaver BW. IBM Cognos 8 refers to IBM...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., SAP NetWeaver, Investment, SAP AG, IBM Corp., IBM Cognos 8, Web Services, Middleware, Performance Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management
- White papers 2009-05-01
- IBM Cognos Services Team Helps Sanofi-Aventis Efficiently Implement a Comprehensive BI and Planning Solution
- As a leading healthcare partner, sanofi-aventis provides and develops innovative medicines for treatments in several therapeutic areas, including cardiovascular disease, thrombosis, oncology, metabolic disorders, the central nervous system and internal medicine. It needed to implement an integrated business intelligence and financial planning system that provides a high level of flexibility...
- Tags: Team, Cognos Inc., Financial, Sanofi-Aventis, IBM Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Financial Accounting, Financial Planning, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Finance
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- Build-a-Bear Workshop's Scandinavian Franchise Boosts Business Intelligence With IBM Cognos and EG
- Build-A-Bear Workshop was founded in 1997 in St. Louis, Missouri, and has grown to become one of the world's most successful children's brands, with more than 400 stores worldwide. Build-A-Bear Workshop's Scandinavian franchise had grown rapidly, opening fourteen stores in three countries. To keep on top of its supply chain...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., IBM Corp., Build-A-Bear Workshop, Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Enterprise Software, Databases, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
- Case studies 2009-04-01
- Metadata and IBM Cognos 8 BI
- For enterprise-scale business intelligence BI to function successfully, it requires common metadata to deliver the often promised but rarely delivered "single version of the truth." With centralized metadata, IT saves time and resources by re-using existing models, without having to redevelop reports and analyses across an organization when simple changes...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., IBM Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management
- White papers 2009-04-01
- Multilingual Reporting With IBM Cognos 8 BI
- The multilingual capabilities of IBM Cognos 8 BI are essential for companies looking to reduce IT workload, lower the Total Cost of Ownership TCO for business intelligence software, and aggressively compete in the global marketplace. IBM Cognos 8 BI offers comprehensive, Web-based BI capabilities, extensive multilingual support, and Web services...
- Tags: Cognos Inc., IBM Corp., Pricing, Business Intelligence, Tools & Techniques, Roi/Tco, Databases, Enterprise Software, Marketing, Software, Data Management, Management, Finance, Managerial Accounting
- White papers 2009-04-01
- Higher Customer Profits, Lower Risk: IBM Cognos Performance Perspectives Series
- What's top of mind for retail banks? More often than not, the focus is on customer profitability and risk management. Customers are key to higher branch profits. So it's no surprise that more financial institutions are looking to improve the client experience. But success depends on gaining customer insight. If...
- Tags: Bank, Cognos Inc., Performance, IBM Corp., Financial Services
- White papers 2009-04-01
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