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Simplify, expedite and automate supplier management
Large, complex supplier networks make it harder to rapidly respond to unexpected events. IBM and IBM Business Partners help you reduce the time, cost and risk associated with qualifying, validating and managing your suppliers. A secure, permissioned and shared view of information built on blockchain can help you assess and onboard new suppliers up to 70% faster and avoid disputes. IBM’s global business network and supplier collaboration solutions make it easier to collaborate digitally to resolve disruptions, drive efficiencies and increase supplier satisfaction for critical order-to-cash and procure-to-pay transactions. Embedded AI capabilities such as anomaly detection, cycle time prediction and next-best action recommendations enable you to respond to supplier issues quickly — even in times of crisis.
Benefits
Streamlined supplier onboarding
Accelerate supplier onboarding with quick access to validated supplier data on the IBM Blockchain Platform.
Enhanced supplier integration and collaboration
Digitize and automate B2B transactions across all suppliers to increase efficiency and productivity and reduce costs.
Improved disruption mitigation
Lower the frequency and intensity of disruptions with AI that identifies anomalies in transaction data and provides real-time insights that predict future events.
Supplier collaboration case studies
Home Depot resolves disputes faster
Home Depot uses blockchain to provide real-time, multi-party visibility into shipping and receiving processes, reducing vendor disputes and strengthening supplier relationships.
Petco improves supplier collaboration
Hear how IBM Sterling Supply Chain Business Network keeps Petco’s supply chain running smoothly with real-time AI insights and end-to-end visibility into transactions and disruptions.
Anheuser-Busch deepens visibility for B2B transactions
Anheuser-Busch, Labatt Canada, uses AI to give its business users end-to-end visibility into transaction lifecycles.
Resources
Simplify supplier onboarding with a digital passport built on blockchain
Learn how Anheuser-Busch, Cisco, IBM and others are dramatically shortening the cycle time to onboard new suppliers.
Trust Your Supplier: Blockchain for supply chain
Find out how a cross-industry source of supplier information accelerates supplier onboarding and lifecycle management.
Anomaly detection enabled by AI
Can you spot anomalies in supplier transaction data as quickly as IBM Sterling Business Transaction Intelligence?
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