Inventory Visibility

Inventory visibility that delivers on business goals and customer expectations
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Optimize business operations by tracking inventory in real time

Inventory Visibility is a cloud service that processes inventory supply and demand activity to provide accurate and real-time global visibility across selling channels. Optimize your business operations to enhance customer shopping experiences and prevent inventory stockout and overselling. Part of IBM Sterling® Intelligent Promising, inventory visibility effortlessly integrates with any existing commerce software.  

What you get Increased shopper conversion and revenue

Meet peak-period demand and avoid overpromising, lost sales and rush charges.

Improved inventory profitability

Flexibly manage safety stock and apply your network of stores to provide profitable omnichannel fulfillment.

Inventory insight across systems

See all inventory on hand across disparate systems and silos.

Lightning-fast inventory availability

Reduce safety stock and carrying costs and increase inventory turns.

Feature details
Check Shipping Markings and Barcodes or RFID. Male Chief Warehouse using a barcode reader to examining and confirm outer and inner package number with ERP software at loading station in a distribution warehouse.
Insight across systems and silos

See your inventory across systems and silos. Build dashboards based on geography, brands or responsibilities, and customize alerts and thresholds.


African American warehouse worker preparation or checking min max of raw materials stock balance for the production process in material warehouse.
Accurate, scalable inventory views

Get accurate inventory views and real-time updates by using Akamai gateways and Cassandra databases. Auto-scale as demand changes without IT assistance.


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Maximize inventory ROI

Track inventory turns by product to customize safety stock by location. Get current insights across your channels and locations to balance inventory.


Increased inventory accuracy by Integrate Barcode and RFID Technology. Asian Female Warehouse Engineer testing the barcode and RFID system to integrate with ERP Software to increase inventory accuracy in a distribution warehouse.
Safety stock rules

Set rules to adjust safety stock levels across nodes. Use percentages or numbers, optimizing store usage for fulfilling orders across channels and reducing stock shortages.


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