New Levels of ROI Driven by the IBM® Sterling Warehouse Management System

Sterling Warehouse Management System solves business challenges and provides solutions, thus driving new levels of Return On Investment as illustrated in the following table.

Table 1. Sterling Warehouse Management System ROI
To solve the... Sterling Warehouse Management System makes it possible to... Driving a new level of ROI by...
Lack of best practices in smaller scale stocking and warehousing operations within the enterprise Internally drive WMS benefits across the internal network of operations
  • Lowering IT costs with centralized deployment
  • Lowering inventory with visibility
  • Reducing inventory errors and data entry errors
  • Increasing asset utilization
Operational inefficiencies present in channel-partner operations due to the lack of inventory control Offer WMS capabilities to the channel in order to facilitate the rollout of best practices at the network level to optimize inventory, productivity and velocity in the channel
  • Increasing end customer service level attainment
  • Lowering channel partner costs
  • Balancing network-wide inventory allocation
  • Lowering working capital and increasing network capacity and velocity
  • Addressing the multi-enterprise problem by providing the ability to manage their processes, which might be unique for each enterprise, and helping them utilize their assets that may be scattered across enterprises.
Customer burden of managing the rising cost of order administration and local inventory management at multiple locations Deploy integrated supply and manage inventory stock locations at customer sites
  • Lowering customer order administration costs
  • Increasing product availability
  • Lowering customer investments in working capital
  • Increasing margin through fee-for-service
  • Increasing sales
Ongoing supplier compliance issues and the rising costs of enforcement Deploy functionality to suppliers on an as-needed basis to enforce ASN standards, RFID mandates, label formatting, data standards, quality and packaging compliance
  • Reduced receiving errors and handling
  • Reduced inventory through direct-ship programs
  • Increased sales through better visibility