Leading steel builder expands deployment with Cognos 8 solution to provide business managers with better decision-making insights
Dubai, United Arab Emirates
Cognos (Nasdaq: COGN; TSX: CSN), the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management (CPM), has announced that Mueller Inc., a leading manufacturer of steel building and metal roofing solutions, has selected Cognos 8 Business Intelligence as its enterprise-wide business intelligence (BI) standard.
Previously, Mueller deployed Cognos planning, reporting and performance applications to track key performance indicators and share its balanced scorecard with business managers. As a result, Mueller gained deeper insight into finances, customers, and internal processes and was able to evaluate market strategies to make more informed business decisions.
"With Cognos 8 BI, Mueller will benefit from having the complete range of BI capabilities, from analysis, scorecarding, and reporting, on a single, proven architecture. In addition to delivering a single point of entry for business managers to access information, Cognos 8 BI will simplify deployment and administration for the IT department. As a result, Mueller plans to standardise on Cognos 8 BI and deploy the product to a wider audience, bringing more people into its management reporting structure and allowing for even greater visibility and insight into business performance," said David Brierley, regional manager, Cognos Middle East and Africa.
Cognos 8 BI is a groundbreaking product that provides decision makers at all levels of the enterprise with a consistent, accurate view of information to better manage performance. As a single product that easily integrates into existing infrastructures with multiple systems and data sources, Cognos 8 BI is a solid technology foundation for BI standardisation and performance management.
"Both business users and IT departments value the unique combination of strength and ease-of-use provided by Cognos 8 BI," said Paul Hoy, director of manufacturing industry solutions at Cognos. "Mueller is a customer-focused company that values growth and the advancement opportunities it generates. By standardising on Cognos 8 BI, Mueller, Inc. is expanding its BI deployment and fueling the company's growth by empowering its business users to make better business decisions."
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About Cognos:
Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence and corporate performance management, delivers software and services that help companies drive, monitor and understand corporate performance.
Cognos delivers the next level of competitive advantage - Corporate Performance Management (CPM) - achieved through the strategic application of BI on an enterprise scale. Our integrated CPM solution helps customers drive performance through planning; monitor performance through scorecarding; and understand performance through business intelligence.
Cognos is a recognised leader in delivering business intelligence and corporate performance management solutions for the manufacturing industry, including energy, natural resources and chemical production companies. In addition to Mueller, other leading manufacturing customers include Eka Chemicals, Kennemetal, Mold-Masters and Advantis Technologies.
For more information about Cognos solutions for the manufacturing industry, please visit http://www.cognos.com/solutions/industry/manufacturing/index.html.
Cognos serves more than 23,000 customers in over 135 countries. Cognos enterprise business intelligence and performance management solutions and services are also available from more than 3,000 worldwide partners and resellers. For more information, visit the Cognos Web site at http://www.cognos.com.
Cognos and the Cognos logo are trademarks or registered trademarks of Cognos Incorporated in the United States and/or other countries. All other names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies.
About Mueller:
Mueller, Inc. is the industry leader in Steel Building and Metal Roofing solutions throughout the south central United States. Today, Mueller, Inc. serves the Central and Southwest U.S. markets from 22 distribution and three manufacturing locations, employing 500 people, while continuing its heritage of directly serving the end user with quality metal building products. To view a list of locations, or to get more information, visit the Mueller, Inc. Web site at http://www.muellerinc.com.
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