The Electrolux Group, global producer of powered appliances for kitchen, cleaning and outdoor use, has selected leading business intelligence (BI) company Cognos for its BI standard with the implementation of Cognos` Series 7, its enterprise-class BI solution that offers reporting, analysis, ad hoc query, scorecarding, visualisation and data mart creation.
This agreement was won in a competitive bid against several other vendors, including Business Objects. The deal will see Electrolux employees across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the US gaining access to the Cognos Series 7 framework to report and analyse data across all business divisions including, sales, marketing, finance and manufacturing.
Cognos enables Electrolux to access and analyse critical key performance indicators, (KPIs) giving business managers the holistic view of the business they need to better manage corporate performance.
"Cognos is pleased to be working with the Electrolux Group, providing it with an end-to-end BI solution designed specifically to manage the corporate performance of its enterprise," says Dave Laverty, senior vice president of global marketing at Cognos.
"As leaders in our respective industries, we see tremendous opportunities for both companies as a result of this partnership."
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The Electrolux Group is the world`s largest producer of powered appliances for kitchen, cleaning and outdoor use. More than 55 million Electrolux Group products (such as refrigerators, cookers, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, chain saws and lawn mowers) are sold each year to a value of approximately $14 billion in more than 150 countries around the world.
Cognos
Cognos, the world leader in business intelligence (BI), delivers software that helps companies improve business performance by enabling effective decision-making at all levels of the organisation. A forerunner in defining the BI software category, Cognos delivers the next level of competitive advantage - Corporate Performance Management (CPM) - achieved through the strategic application of BI on an enterprise scale. CPM lets organisations measure execution against business strategy to ensure the two are aligned at all levels across the enterprise. Cognos provides a framework for CPM that links people, information, and decision-making processes throughout the organization, and enables the complete management cycle with integrated software for planning, budgeting, reporting, analysis and scorecarding.
Cognos` framework for CPM includes:
* Cognos Series 7, which provides an enterprise-scale BI framework supporting a full suite of BI tools that deliver query and reporting, analysis, scorecarding, visualisation, and event detection capabilities.
* A common CPM data foundation model that encapsulates business best practices, integrates a company`s business performance measures, and leverages enterprise data sources.
* Enterprise analytic applications that deliver out-of-the-box, predefined, integrated reporting and analysis across major business functions.
* Cognos Finance, a strategic enterprise planning and budgeting application that supports the management cycle and enables finance professionals to manage all core financial processes within one environment.
Cognos serves more than 19 000 customers in over 120 countries. Cognos business intelligence 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.
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