Sterling Intelligent Promising Premium Hybrid Container add-on
Sterling Intelligent Promising Premium Hybrid Container add-on extends the capabilities of the IBM Sterling Order Management Enterprise Container deployment by introducing AI and Machine Learning (ML)-powered predictive optimization services.
This offering is intended for organizations that operate fulfillment workloads within customer-managed container environments and want to augment their deployment with hosted predictive intelligence from the Sterling Intelligent Promising Premium SaaS platform.
The Hybrid architecture combines localized execution of fulfillment and inventory services with cloud-hosted AI capabilities to enable advanced optimization scenarios without moving core transactional processing outside the customer environment.
Base Container entitlement
The IBM Sterling Order Management Enterprise Container license includes the following Sterling Intelligent Promising Premium capabilities:
- Promising
- Inventory
- Deterministic Optimization
These services execute entirely within the customer-managed container deployment and support:
- Delivery promise calculations
- Real-time inventory visibility
- Rules-based fulfillment optimization
- Cost-aware sourcing decisions
Premium Hybrid Container add-on capabilities
The Premium Hybrid Container add-on extends the base entitlement with hosted capabilities delivered through the Sterling Intelligent Promising Premium SaaS environment.
Core fulfillment processing continues to execute locally, while predictive workloads are performed in the hosted environment.
Premium Hybrid Container includes access to the hosted predictive optimization service. This service enable AI and ML-powered sourcing decisions by introducing probabilistic evaluation into fulfillment calculations with the following capabilities:
- Markdown avoidance
Reduce inventory loss by incorporating predicted markdown risks into sourcing decisions.
- Stockout avoidance
Anticipate inventory shortages and optimize fulfillment strategies to reduce stockout events.
- Hosted probabilistic evaluations
Execute predictive calculations using historical patterns and dynamic variables to improve sourcing outcomes.
- Machine learning model updates
Continuously improve optimization accuracy through hosted model training and inference services.
Hybrid architecture
The Premium Hybrid Container deployment separates operational execution from predictive intelligence.
Customer-managed container environment
Executes:
- Order fulfillment processing
- Inventory visibility
- Delivery promising
- Deterministic optimization
- Transactional decision execution
Executes:
- Predictive optimization models
- Probabilistic evaluations
- Machine learning training and model updates
- AI-driven sourcing recommendations
This architecture allows organizations to maintain operational control and deployment flexibility while adopting advanced optimization capabilities.
Business outcomes
By enabling the Premium Hybrid Container add-on, organizations can:
Introduce AI-driven fulfillment decisions
Extend deterministic fulfillment logic with predictive optimization models.
Reduce inventory risk
Lower exposure to stockouts and markdown-related losses through predictive inventory intelligence.
Improve cost-to-serve
Use AI-generated sourcing recommendations to balance service levels and fulfillment costs.
Preserve deployment flexibility
Keep transactional workloads within customer-managed containers while consuming predictive services from IBM-hosted infrastructure.
Licensing requirement
The Premium Hybrid Container add-on requires an existing IBM Sterling Order Management Enterprise Container entitlement and extends it with hosted predictive optimization capabilities delivered by Sterling Intelligent Promising Premium.
For more information, see Enabling the Premium feature in containers.