CogniFlow connects to the systems you already run and reads from each one the way it is meant to be read from. It is read-only. It never writes into your systems of record, and nothing it does can change or interrupt your ERP, MES, or PLM.
One model, one mapping
CogniFlow does not require a new piece of software to be written for each customer. It works from a single internal data model. Your systems keep their own field names, and a simple mapping connects them once. Your part number column becomes part_id. Your supplier column becomes supplier_id. After that, CogniFlow reads your data on a schedule and the whole platform works from one clean, consistent picture.
| Your column | CogniFlow field | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
VENDOR_NO | supplier_id | Which supplier |
MATNR | part_id | Which part |
MAKTX | name | Part description |
You set this mapping once, with a guided wizard, during onboarding. From then on, CogniFlow handles the translation automatically. Because everything downstream works from the same model, one product serves every customer with no custom rework.
Four ways to connect, whatever you run
Almost every system a manufacturer uses can be read in one of four ways. CogniFlow supports all four, so the right path depends only on what your system already offers.
API
CogniFlow calls your system's standard web interface (REST or OData) with a secure token you issue, and reads what it returns. Ideal for modern ERP and PLM such as SAP, Oracle, and Teamcenter.
Database replica
CogniFlow runs read-only queries against a copy of your database, never the live production system. Ideal where there is no convenient API.
Scheduled export
Your system drops a CSV or Excel file to a secure location on a schedule, and CogniFlow reads it. Works with any system, since every ERP can produce an export.
Live signal stream
For shop-floor equipment, CogniFlow subscribes to machine signals through an edge gateway inside your network, using standard industrial protocols (OPC-UA, MQTT, MTConnect). This is what powers OEE and live equipment status.
The first three pull data on a schedule you control. The fourth is a live subscription that stays inside your network. In every case, the connection is read-only by default.
Getting connected
Built for your peace of mind
Read-only by default
CogniFlow pulls data out and never writes into your systems of record. Any future write-back is a separate, explicit choice you control.
Your data can stay on site
With the on-premise option, CogniFlow runs inside your own network and nothing leaves the building.
Mostly configuration, not code
For standard systems, connecting CogniFlow means setting access and a field map against a proven framework.
Start small, grow as it proves out
You never have to connect everything to begin. Start with your ERP and add sources in the order that sharpens your decisions.
See it on your own systems
We will walk your team through exactly how CogniFlow would connect to your environment, and prove it on a real pilot.
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