Small and Midsize Businesses

To speed software deployment and maximize ROI, Cognos, an IBM company, offers a full suite of IBM Cognos Performance Blueprints. These Blueprints address performance management processes that directly impact an organization’s ability to create business value. They consist of pre-built data, process, and policy models based on proven best practices in planning and budgeting within specific functional or industry areas.

Small and Midsize Businesses often lack the internal expertise or manpower for application development. With IBM Cognos Performance Blueprints, they gain performance management functionality with low customization costs. Companies see benefits faster and accelerate return on their investment.

Functional areas

• Management and financial reporting
• Risk analysis
• Headcount and compensation planning
• Capital expenditure planning
• Sales compensation

View Industry IBM Cognos Performance Blueprints

• Retail: Store operations and development; promotional planning; merchandise planning
• Banking and Financial services: Branch performance; customer segment; insurance product profitability
• Pharmaceuticals: Clinical trial forecasting; sample optimization; sales quota allocation
• Manufacturing: Sales and operations; trade promotion management

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Additional Resources:

IBM Cognos TM1 MidMarket Edition

Online Demo

In this brief demonstration, you will see an overview of IBM Cognos TM1 MidMarket’s Edition core capablities, including in-memory multi-dimensional cubes, financial modeling and data integration, developing reports in Excel and publishing them to the Web, as well as the IBM Cognos TM1 Executive Viewer analysis and visualization features.