Supplier Management Solutions
Partner onboarding
Enable efficient, automated onboarding and management of
partners, suppliers, and customers.
Data transformation
Automate the complex transformation and validation of data
between various formats and standards.
Blockchain for food supply
Join a network of people who work together and use a
blockchain-based modular solution to make the food supply chain
more transparent and accountable.
Supply chain transparency
Build your own blockchain ecosystem to share data with your
supply chain partners in a more trusted and efficient way.
IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager
Faster, automated partner onboarding
IBM Sterling® Partner Engagement Manager (PEM) reduces the time and resources
required to onboard new partners while managing and maintaining existing ones. By
automating the onboarding process, Partner Engagement Manager limits costly
manual errors and increases efficiency as partners can maintain their own records.
- Automated partner onboarding
- Partner self-service capability
- Enhanced visibility of the onboarding process
- Single repository for partner data
Key features
- Provides a centralised and streamlined partner onboarding process that saves time and money.
- Provides a self-service portal where both business users and partners can self-onboard and self-administer their profiles without IT involvement.
- Enhances overall performance while limiting errors and risks by implementing a secure means of managing partner data.
- Helps your users, applications, and back-end systems seamlessly interact with IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager using self-service features and cloud-standard APIs.
Benefits of IBM Sterling Partner Engagement Manager
Improve the partner onboarding process
Centrally mange contact and certificate data to eliminate manual, repetitive tasks while progress dashboards monitor activity, performance, and SLA compliance.
Reduce the time it takes to generate revenue
Reduce onboarding time across applications, help manage partner relationships across your organisation, and encourage collaboration with partner communities with an extensible self-service platform.
Containerised deployment options
Based on your IT strategy and data security needs, you can choose to deploy Red Hat® OpenShift® Certified Containers on-premise or through a cloud provider.
IBM Sterling Transformation Extender
Any-to-any data transformation
The complexity of different data formats can create challenges in achieving business
objectives. The transforming of data formats, validating data and creating value
from data have become increasingly important, while navigating changing
regulatory standards and complying with a rapidly changing industry.
IBM Sterling Transformation Extender (ITX) empowers a business to transform,
validate and ensure the compliance of data. This solution can automate, accelerate
and scale these processes while enabling an organisation to reduce complexity and
related costs.
This solution is specifically designed for high-volume, complex transformation and
validation of data across a range of different formats and standards. IBM Sterling
Transformation Extender enables consistent reusable and scalable data
transformation across your IT infrastructure, manage data transformation between
the different formats an organisation needs as data flows through it - from the
transformation of simple documents to highly complex modes, combine multiple
documents in a single pass break them apart or do both. Advanced support for
metadata mapping, validation of resulting maps, governance and compliance for
specific industries including finance, healthcare and supply chain can be offered by
this scalable and flexible solution.
Key features
- Any-to-any data transformation
- Containerized for cloud deployments
- Modern user experience
- ITX industry-specific packs
- Cloud platforms
- Certified Containers for Red Hat OpenShift
- Cloud-standard APIs
Benefits of IBM Sterling Transformation Extender
Transform any data
Industry standards, structured or unstructured data, and custom formats.
Anywhere
On premises and in hybrid, private, or public clouds.
Any way
With a robust user experience and RESTful APIs.
Key features
- Increased supply chain efficiency. Run a more efficient food network by helping to eliminate bottlenecks in the supply chain..
- Compliance confidence. Ensure safety and regulatory compliance, and avoid recalls.
- Enhanced sustainability. Increase awareness of sustainability opportunities and practises in each step of the food chain.
- Improved safety monitoring. Monitor food products in the supply chain to accurately judge their remaining shelf life.
IBM Food Trust
Data – the world’s most essential ingredient
IBM Food Trust™ is a collaborative network of growers, processors, wholesalers,
distributors, manufacturers, retailers, and others, enhancing visibility and
accountability across the food supply chain. Built on IBM Blockchain, this solution
connects participants through a permissioned, immutable, and shared record of
food provenance, transaction data, processing details, and more.
Benefits of IBM Food Trust
Brand trust
Better your reputation for safety and quality.
Food safety
Help ensure regulatory and safety compliance.
Sustainability
Help ensure the promised quality.
Food freshness
Accurately determine the remaining shelf life.
Food fraud
Avoid the chance for fraud and errors.
Food waste
Minimise hot spots for waste.
IBM Blockchain: Transparent Supply
Enable supply chain transparency
Sharing data is good for business. Sharing data on an enterprise blockchain
platform is even better because you decide who can see your data.
With a supply chain transparency solution, you can create an immutable,
distributed, and shared ledger to transact with your supply chain partners in a more
trusted and efficient way. In a world where speed, accuracy, and connectivity define
optimal supply chains, blockchain is essential.
Key features
- Quality assurance. Authenticate product origins and demonstrate brand differentiators to consumers.
- Improved forecasting. Trace inventory throughout the supply chain in near real-time. Automatic replenishment should be optimised.
- Reduced friction. Reduce the costs of dispute resolution, product recalls, compliance, and documentation sharing.
- Extensive automation. Shorten the timeframe to achieve automation.
Supply chain transparency for your industry
Manufacturing
Take on the challenges of complex global supply chains.
Retail
Meet demands for speed, convenience, accountability, and more.
Pharmaceuticals
Fight counterfeiting, adhere to changing regulations, and more.
Consumer goods
Satisfy modern consumers with an approved footprint.