Industry Analyst Reviews

IBM positioned in the leaders quadrant in Gartner's CPM Suites magic quadrant.

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New! Arvato Uses Analytics to Reduce Out-of-Stock Exposure
Arvato Services has created a business intelligence (BI) system that links retailers and media companies to optimize their product distribution networks. Companies that follow Arvato's example can use analytics applications to combine data from multiple partners to benefit everyone in the supply chain.

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New! Case Study: Combining BI and CPM Transforms Planning and Financial Reporting for Folksam Insurance
With a dynamic local market, Folksam wanted to improve performance by driving down costs, shortening cycle times, and spending more time on value-added activities and less time on information gathering. Read how Folksam implemented enterprisewide BI and CPM and achieved significant business benefits as a result.

IBM Named a Leader in Forrester Wave for Business Performance Solutions
According to the independent new Forrester Wave: Business Performance Solutions, Q4 2007, Forrester Research has named IBM among the top vendors for its IBM Cognos 8 offering.

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Building Performance Management Centers of Excellence: Business Intelligence and Beyond
As the line between business intelligence and performance management continues to blur, the role of the center of excellence must expand from technical to business expertise. It must translate business initiatives into an application environment and analysis platform that supports business performance optimization.
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Pervasive Performance Management: What It Is and How To Prepare
At the highest levels of maturity, pervasive performance management is an enterprise-wide, enterprise-deep, outside-in strategy that meshes comprehensive operational intelligence with financial outcomes. Find out more about Pervasive PM in this AMR Research report.
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AMR Research BI/PM Maturity Model
According to AMR Research, there are four stages of business intelligence and performance management maturity. AMR Research's BI/PM Maturity Model brings together the four phases and helps organizations move their BI/PM strategies successfully through the four stages of maturity, outlining the special attributes and characteristics of each stage.

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New! Research Note: IBM Cognos Pricing Makes More Projects Possible
Too often companies assume that software for potential BI and PM projects is too expensive. But IBM Cognos has a flexible and tiered pricing grid that enables companies to cost effectively deliver BI and PM benefits to more users, and more types of users.
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Nucleus Research ROI Case Study - Blue Mountain Resorts
Blue Mountain Resorts used IBM Cognos TM1 to reduce labor costs, eliminate excess inventory, improve reporting, and make more strategic pricing decisions. They had a ROI of 1,822% and a payback of one month.
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Nucleus Research ROI Case Study - Metal Manufacturer
By deploying IBM Cognos Planning, a metals manufacturer increased the productivity of its sales staff and reduced inventory carrying costs.
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Nucleus Research ROI Case Study - Trillium Health Center
Trillium Health Center deployed IBM Cognos Healthcare Performance Management to provide its employees with ad-hoc reporting, improve productivity, and reduce software costs. ROI: 46% Payback: 2.17 years.
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Nucleus Research ROI Case Study - Ryerson
Ryerson uses IBM Cognos Planning to both rapidly create a single view of the company's steadily growing operations and improve the productivity of its managers and accountants. ROI: 63% Payback: 1.6 years.
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Air Force uses Cognos to manage personnel and improve productivity
Companies that have not extended business intelligence and performance management to their human resources department should consider doing so. The Air Force Office of Special Investigations (AFOSI) uses IBM Cognos 8 Business Intelligence to get better visibility into the deployment of its workforce, manage personnel, and improve productivity.
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IBM Cognos Performance Blueprints: ROI out of the Box
Nucleus Research Finds that IBM Cognos Performance Blueprints “accelerate time-to-benefit and increase ROI”.
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