See where your project’s cost is heading, before it reaches the books.
Cogninexa Innovations is a Canadian technology company. Our software connects what happens on a project to what it will cost, backed by more than 20 years of Oracle ERP delivery.
Engineering sees the problem first. Finance finds out weeks later.
An idle machine or a material overrun shows up on site today, but only reaches the cost reports at month end. By then the chance to act cheaply has often passed. Cogninexa closes that gap.
Cogninexa Project Intelligence
A forecasting platform that reads a project’s field and financial data together, predicts where cost and schedule are heading, and recommends what to do about it.
What it uses
Budget, actual cost, purchase orders and schedule, plus field data such as labour hours, equipment use and materials.
Who it’s for
Construction, infrastructure, energy and manufacturing firms, and any business that runs its work as budgeted projects.
Where it stands
Live and secure at app.cogninexainnovations.com. Early stage: the demo runs on sample data, and our first client work is under way.
Six steps, from spreadsheet to decision
Steps three to six run automatically every time new data arrives.
Bring in the data
Upload Excel or CSV files using our template. Columns are matched automatically.
Keep every version
Each upload is saved as a dated snapshot, so trends show from week to week.
Forecast the outcome
Final cost and finish date are forecast for each project, always with a likely range.
Spot early warnings
Readings that break a project’s normal pattern are flagged, week by week.
Link signals to dollars
Each warning is traced to its likely delay and cost, with every assumption shown.
Recommend and test
Suggested actions with estimated savings, and what-if sliders to try them first.
What your team sees
| Capability | What it shows |
|---|---|
| Cost forecast with range | Final cost and variance against budget, with a low-to-high range |
| Risk score | A 0–100 score per project, with the top factors behind it |
| Anomaly detection | Unusual readings flagged week by week, alone or in combination |
| Field-to-finance impact | Chains from an observed signal to an estimated delay and cost |
| Recommended actions | Owner, steps, target, estimated saving and break-even cost |
| What-if scenarios | Sliders that re-run the forecast, risk and schedule instantly |
| Editable assumptions | The settings behind each estimate, such as cost per day of delay |
| Trends and export | Forecast history across uploads, and an Excel export of every result |
| Clear labels | Every figure tagged Observed, Forecast, Estimate or Assumption |
From a field signal to a dollar figure
Each impact chain starts from something observed on site and carries it through to cost, with the label and assumption at every step.
Then a recommended action
Restore equipment availability: an owner, three steps and a target are suggested, and the saving is estimated by re-running the models with that target in place. Where there’s no data to price a problem, it recommends an inspection rather than inventing a number.
Illustration from the sample portfolio, not client results.
The methods behind the numbers
Every number comes from a calculation that can be checked: standard project-controls formulas, plus machine learning once a client’s own history is in.
Earned value
Cost forecast · no history neededThe project-controls standard: final cost = budget ÷ cost performance index.
Ridge regression ensemble
Cost forecast · once history existsLearns from a client’s completed projects. Exact Shapley values show what moved each forecast.
Robust z-score
Warnings · one reading at a timeCompares each week with the median of the previous 8 weeks and flags readings far outside the usual spread.
Isolation Forest
Warnings · readings in combination200 decision trees catch weeks where several readings shift together, even when none is extreme alone.
We don’t replace your ERP. We look ahead of it.
| Your ERP | Cogninexa Project Intelligence | |
|---|---|---|
| Main job | Records what happened | Predicts what will happen |
| Time view | Spend to date | Final cost and finish date |
| Data | Financial transactions | Financial data plus field data |
| Warnings | Overruns surface in cost reports | Early signals flagged from the field |
| Output | Ledgers, invoices and reports | Forecasts, risks and actions |
“Your ERP tells you what you’ve spent. Cogninexa tells you what you’re going to spend, why, and what to do about it.”
It does no accounting or purchasing, so you keep Oracle, QuickBooks or any other ERP.
Your data stays yours
Separate data per client
Each company sees only its own data. Cogninexa staff can’t see it either without an invitation.
Role-based access
Admin, Analyst and Viewer roles control who can upload, analyze or only read.
Protected sign-in
Two-step verification, lockout after repeated failures, and a device limit per user.
Full audit trail
Sign-ins, uploads, exports and access changes are all recorded.
Hosted in Canada
Microsoft Azure, Canada Central region, with encrypted connections.
Export or delete anytime
Clients can export all of their data, or delete it, whenever they choose.
Still to come: an independent security audit (SOC 2), a penetration test, and single sign-on.
Who we serve and how we start
Industries
- Construction and infrastructure
- Energy and solar projects
- Manufacturing and fabrication
- Project-based services, such as IT and ERP programs
| Engagement | What you get |
|---|---|
| Managed analysis and reporting | We analyze your data and deliver reviewed reports, one-off or monthly. No new software to learn. |
| Paid pilot | Six to eight weeks on your real project data, creditable toward a subscription. |
| Subscription | The dashboard in your team’s hands, priced per active project. |
| Oracle integration | Planned: a live link to Oracle ERP project and cost data, replacing uploads. |
Screened Oracle professionals, assessed by a senior practitioner
We source and screen Oracle Fusion professionals for consulting firms, implementation partners and enterprises, drawing on a network built over more than 20 years of delivery.
Markets
Canada, India and the United States; onsite, hybrid or remote
Hiring models
Sub-vendor partnership, contract, contract-to-hire and full-time
Every submission includes
A formatted profile, skills summary, rate, notice period and availability
Our process
Requirement intake, sourcing, screening, submission, then interview through to joining
| Area | Modules and roles |
|---|---|
| Financials | GL, AP, AR, Fixed Assets, Cash Management, Expenses, Tax |
| Supply chain | Order Management, Inventory, Procurement, WMS, GTM |
| Manufacturing | Manufacturing, Cost Management, Product Hub, Configurator |
| CX and CRM | Sales, Service, customer data model (TCA), CRM migration |
| Technical | OIC, SOA, BIP, OTBI, extensions, data conversion |
| Delivery | Program and project managers, architects, business analysts |
Why Cogninexa
We’re a small, senior-led company, run by its three co-founders. Our edge is domain depth, not size.
Deep ERP and project-controls knowledge
Co-founded by an Oracle ERP program leader with 20+ years across Oracle EBS and Fusion finance, supply chain, manufacturing and CRM.
Field and finance in one view
Most tools see either the budget or the site. We connect the two and trace each warning to a likely cost.
Honest numbers
Ranges instead of single guesses, standard methods finance teams already trust, and every figure clearly labelled.
Senior-led and Canadian
Data hosted in Canada, and every early client report reviewed by an experienced practitioner before it goes out.
Where we are and where we’re heading
Plans, not commitments: the order follows what our clients need most.
Now
- Web app live on Microsoft Azure
- Installable on phones and computers from the web
- Managed analysis for our first client
Next
- Android app on Google Play
- Industry templates, starting with solar
- Daily data uploads through Microsoft Power Automate
Later
- Live Oracle ERP connectors
- Single sign-on and an independent security audit
- Forecasts trained on each client’s own completed projects
Let’s look at your projects together.
Ask for a demo on sample data, a pilot on your own project data, or support with Oracle Fusion hiring.
Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada