Supply chain solutions

Bloomberg Media Studios and IBM present 'Built for Change Perspectives'. See how smarter supply chains drive efficiency and resilience.

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How smarter supply chains can help

Drive resiliency, agility and predictability

Evolve supply chain planning and processes to reduce operational silos, respond to market disruptions, mitigate risk, and maintain business continuity.

Explore intelligent workflows for supply chain

Enable intelligent, end-to-end supply chain visibility and transparency

Get real-time intelligence and actionable recommendations to reduce disruption mitigation time from days to hours.

Explore supply chain visibility solutions

Minimize the complexity of supplier onboarding and collaboration

Reduce the time, cost and risk associated with qualifying, validating and managing new suppliers and respond to supplier issues quickly — even in times of crisis.

Explore supplier collaboration solutions

Deliver on more customer promises

Get your customers what they need – when and where they need it – while preserving business continuity.

Explore order management solutions

Read the report to learn why IBM was placed second highest on the axis of ability to execute in the 2020 for Supply Chain Business Networks.

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Supply chain client success stories

Anheuser-Busch

IBM Business Transaction Intelligence with AI gives Anheuser-Busch end-to-end visibility into transaction lifecycles.

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BASF

IBM helps BASF support smarter supply chain operations with cognitive cloud technology.

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Farmer Connect

Farmer Connect uses IBM Food Trust to transparently connect coffee growers to the consumers they serve.

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Parker Hannifin

Parker Hannifin turns supply chain network complexity into competitive advantage through seamless selling and fulfillment.

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Coronavirus: Impact on and implications for the global supply chain

Read the latest research from IDC about how you can develop the resiliency to weather extreme disruption.

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Supply chain products and solutions

Trusted multi-enterprise business connectivity

Explore IBM Sterling Supply Chain Business Network

See, manage and act more effectively on inventory to meet actual demand

Explore IBM Sterling Inventory Control Tower

Orchestrate your entire fulfillment network

Explore IBM Sterling Order Management

Make food supply smarter and safer

Explore IBM Food Trust

Propel global trade with less friction

Explore TradeLens

Trusted source of digital identity for supplier onboarding

Explore Trust Your Supplier

Build resilience with intelligent workflows

Explore IBM Services for Supply Chain

Industry-specific supply chain solutions

Retail and consumer products

Optimize your retail supply chain with the ability to respond to trends at any scale.

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Manufacturing

Industry 4.0 taps into hidden data to help you transform supply chain planning and operations.

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News and events

Read:

COVID-19: Disruption lessons learned from an enterprise supply chain.

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Experience:

Supply Chain Academy: Learn how leading AI solutions can drive supply chain resiliency, agility and predictability.

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Watch:

Gartner and IBM discuss how digitization and multi-enterprise business network can help you build a smarter supply chain.

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Explore supply chain topics

Supply chain management

Handle the entire production flow of a good or service

Supply chain analytics

Make data-driven decisions based on trusted data

Order management

Track orders from inception to fulfillment

Inventory management

Manage inventory from raw materials to finished product

Blockchain for supply chain

Add greater visibility and efficiency across the supply chain

Supply chain optimization

Improve supply chain network efficiency and performance

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