BI Helps Papa Gino's Build on Successes

Papa Gino's Inc., parent of Papa Gino's Pizzeria and D'Angelo Grilled Sandwiches two of New England's largest quick service restaurant chains, announces the selection of an enterprise management solution from Cognos.

"We needed a performance management solution that could help us build on our success by optimizing our infrastructure and supporting our future growth in current and new markets,"says Louie Psallidas, senior vice-president of finance and chief financial officer at Papa Gino's, Inc. "Cognos improves both the collaboration and efficiency of our planning and analysis processes, provides an integrated view of the enterprise and reduces the administrative burden on our operations and finance teams."

Papa Gino's will use Cognos 8 Planning and Cognos 8 Business Intelligence to integrate its multiple front- and back-office systems, including its custom POS system and Oracle/JD Edwards General Ledger, and optimize chain-wide planning, budgeting, forecasting, reporting and analysis.