Cognizant today celebrated a quarter-century partnership with Ace Hardware, underscoring its role in transforming the retailer’s core systems and customer experiences. Since 2001, Cognizant has driven Ace’s migration from legacy platforms to SAP, delivered sustained enhancements to e-commerce and supply chain tools, and rolled out Manhattan Warehouse Management across more than ten U.S. distribution centers over the past two years. These initiatives have contributed to a 450% surge in Ace’s online sales since 2019, while preserving the “Helpful Place” in-store experience for over 5,900 Ace retail locations worldwide. The deployment of an enterprise pricing solution and the rapid launch of a fully digital spring convention illustrate Cognizant’s ability to co-develop mission-critical solutions under compressed timelines.

Building on five years of collaboration, Cognizant and Kohler Co. have signed a multi-year contract to deepen their strategic alliance, integrating advanced cloud management, generative AI and cybersecurity across Kohler’s global digital ecosystem. The renewed agreement encompasses upgrades to enterprise systems, data analytics, end-user services and Kohler.com, with Cognizant Neuro® IT Operations slated to enhance observability and system reliability. Early phases of the partnership delivered double-digit reductions in system outages and cut software delivery cycles by 30%, positioning Kohler’s design-to-manufacturing operations for increased agility in response to evolving market demands.

Belcan Government Solutions, a Cognizant subsidiary, has been awarded a ceiling-value IDIQ contract of $151 billion by the U.S. Missile Defense Agency under the SHIELD program. The contract covers design, software, manufacturing, supply chain and digital engineering services to accelerate delivery of layered defense capabilities. Belcan’s scope includes rapid prototyping of next-generation interceptors, integration of advanced AI-enabled sensor processing and deployment of secure cloud-based command-and-control platforms. This award reinforces Cognizant’s position in the defense sector, leveraging Belcan’s six decades of experience to meet urgent national security requirements.