COGNEX

Case Study:
Enterprise Planning

Helping Companies Improve Product Quality
While Reducing Manufacturing Costs

Ready Today, Prepared for Tomorrow with SAP Analytics Cloud

Location

Natick, MA

Products/Services

Vision systems, software, sensors,
and industrial barcode readers

Industry

High tech

Employees

2,000

Revenue

$811 Million

Location

Natick, MA

Products/Services

Vision systems, software, sensors,
and industrial barcode readers

Industry

High tech

Employees

2,000

Revenue

$811 Million

Featured Solutions and Services:

SAP Analytics Cloud, SAP S/4HANA

Cognex represents the future of manufacturing in many respects. As the world’s leading provider of vision systems, software, sensors, and industrial barcode readers for automation, they help companies improve quality, eliminate production errors and optimize costs. For consumers, this translates into high-caliber products at affordable prices.

Typical applications for Cognex “machine vision” include detecting defects, monitoring production lines, guiding assembly robots, and tracking, sorting and identifying parts. Another way of putting it: They thrive at the center of Industry 4.0, also known as “The Industrial Internet of Things.” Learn how strides in analytics are paving the way.

Before:

Challenges and Opportunities

Case Study Enterprise Planning

Why SAP and VantagePoint

After:

Value-Driven Results

12%

Year-over-year revenue growth in 2020, a record for the company

Number of image-based products Cognex has shipped since its founding in 1981

Customer Testimonials

“We’re now on an upgraded path for the future without turning to heavy software customization, which facilitates scalability and seamless updates.”

MARK BARNES

Director, Business Intelligence, Cognex Corporation

“Switching to SAP has led to many advantages. Accurate data is accessible in real-time, for example, without manual intervention, which reduces the potential for error.”

DIANA FERREIRA

OTC/Financial Lead, Cognex Corporation

Customer Testimonials

“Switching to SAP has led to many advantages. Accurate data is accessible in real-time, for example, without manual intervention, which reduces the potential for error.”

DIANA FERREIRA

OTC/Financial Lead, Cognex Corporation

“We’re now on an upgraded path for the future without turning to heavy software customization, which facilitates scalability and seamless updates.”

MARK BARNES

Director, Business Intelligence, Cognex Corporation

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Our Work

Sucess Stories

PROCESS MANUFACTURING (Planning & Consolidation)
Business Growth – Needed to define common planning and reporting processes to eliminate region silos and thereby optimize global sales, pricing, transfer pricing, and operations
CONSUMER PRODUCTS GOODS (Planning & Consolidation)
Business Growth – Needed to define a centralized process for planning that incorporated the sales plan with production capabilities to better manage margin.
RETAIL (Planning & Consolidation)
Known for their trend setting ballet flats and forward thinking designs, this retailer is a fashion industry success story. Experiencing incredible success on the runway and in global markets, this company turned to SAP Business Planning and Consolidation (BPC) on HANA to provide a scalable financial planning, consolidation and reporting solution.
MANUFACTURING (Upgrade)
Upgrading SAP BPC to the HANA platform: Cintas run SAP ERP on HANA and needed to upgrade their SAP BPC 7.5 for financial consolidation and reporting from Microsoft SQL Server to the SAP HANA platform
ENERGY (Business Modeling)
Merger and Acquisition: ETP needed to manage multiple cultures, process, systems, and general ledgers from a series of merges and acquisitions, and generate meaningful budgets and forecast for company reports
MANUFACTURING (Planning on HANA)
Business Growth – expansion of manufacturing sites required enhanced planning, and potential acquisitions would require confidence in consolidation and reporting