Cognizant APEx is a framework used to accelerate the discovery and development of a sensing and analytics infrastructure that is right for the customer specific physical context. To realize the promise of the IoT, clients need to understand the contours of the physical environment: of the product, the process, and even the place in which the sensing infrastructure is to be built. APEx helps clients make the things they sell smarter, and their production equipment more intelligent. Companies partner with us on core parts of their product portfolio, utilizing APEx to optimize the heavy assets used in production, as well as to outfit their heavy asset products with a sensing and analytics infrastructure that can enable the creation of valuable new services for the end-customer. As a solution accelerator, APEx is an example of the type of proprietary IP that Cognizant has developed across engagements and brings to clients in order to collapse time to market and reduce project risk and cost. APEx provides a starting point for and serves as a guidepost along the customer IoT roadmap.

Using APEx, Cognizant builds connected systems. Our Industrial Operations Group uses the framework on Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) applications for the manufacturing, logistics, consumer packaged goods, communications, technology and life sciences industries.

APEx Quality Management solution is a Well Architected architecture addressing all aspects of operational excellence, security, reliability, performance efficiency, cost optimization, and sustainability on the AWS cloud.

The APEx approach defines three successive levels of maturity to help clients make the most of their capital equipment along four towers: Maintenance Excellence, Operational Excellence, Service Excellence, and Business Excellence.