Overview

Supply chain sustainability

With solutions ranging from supply chain partner data exchange, inventory planning, end-to-end supply chain visibility, transparency and orchestration to intelligent omnichannel order fulfillment optimization, IBM® offers a complete portfolio of next-generation products and services to solve your supply chain management needs. Make your supply chain smarter, resilient and more sustainable with our state-of-the-art solutions.

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Benefits of IBM supply chain solutions

Exceed customer expectations and differentiate your brand

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

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

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

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Modern and reliable B2B data exchange solutions

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A portfolio of modern and reliable B2B data exchange solutions built for demanding workloads.

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Sense and respond to changes in demand — as they occur

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

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Under FSMA Rule 204(d), digital traceability can save lives by saving food supplies

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Case studies

JOANN Stores

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JOANN Stores

See how IBM helped JOANN Stores’ supply chain quickly respond to COVID-19.

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Farmer Connect

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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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Pandora

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Pandora

Learn how jewelry retailer Pandora accelerated the rollout of new omnichannel fulfillment and real-time inventory management capabilities.

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Hudson Bay Company

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Hudson Bay Company

IBM sits down with HBC’s Ope Bakare to talk about the pandemic, customer engagement and the changing role of IT.

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Sally Beauty

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Sally Beauty

Learn how the company implemented ship-from-store capabilities in just 3 weeks to respond to growing DIY demand.

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Supply chain services

IBM experts can help you build an adaptable and resilient supply chain with improved visibility throughout using intelligent workflows.

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Resources

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Building Autonomous Intelligence into the Supply Chain

Speed is the new supply chain imperative. Accelerate adoption of decision automation tools to combat operational roadblocks.

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The Order Management Market

In this IHL Executive Advisory Program Research Study, learn about key trends and drivers in the order management software market.

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True Cost of Out-of-Stocks & Overstocks

Can retailers handle the truth when it comes to the status of their inventory position?

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IDC Technology Spotlight

IDC explores the ways in which B2B sellers are challenged to evolve their order management to be agile and better serve their customers.

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Supply Chain blogs

Gain insights on building an intelligent, self-correcting supply chain.

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Related products

IBM Sterling® Order Management

Manage processes and data throughout order lifecycle. Get real-time visibility across all channels.

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IBM Supply Chain Intelligence Suite

Apply the power of AI and the speed of automation to improve supply chain management, resiliency and sustainability.

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IBM Sterling Intelligent Promising

Improve digital conversations and in-store sales while increasing omnichannel profitability.

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IBM Sterling Supply Chain Business Network

Trusted and scalable business-to-business network that augments the power of EDI. integration with API capabilities.

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Next steps

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Schedule a one-on-one consultation with an IBM consultant who can help you make your supply chain smarter with AI-enabled solutions.

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