IBM to Enhance Its Supply Chain BTO Offering11 February 2006
IBM today announced that it will strengthen itsBusiness Transformation Outsourcing (BTO) capabilities in the $23.5 billionmarket for supply chain optimization and management services through theacquisition of Viacore, Inc., a leading provider of business processintegration solutions for real-time supply chain visibility. Financialterms of the acquisition were not disclosed.
Last year IBM introduced the world's first supply-chain BTO capability,tapping into its rich internal supply chain experience, consultingexpertise, and analytics technologies, to help businesses operate andmanage end-to-end supply chain processes. The Viacore acquisition expandsIBM's capabilities, specifically in the electronics and retail industries,by enabling a client and its supply chain partners to easily exchangeinformation on capacity, inventory, production, sourcing, delivery,forecasting, and planning in real-time. This ability enables communities ofsupply chain partners to reduce costs, improve responsiveness to customersand forge more tightly integrated relationships.
"Building a responsive, integrated supply chain that operates in real-timewith suppliers, partners and customers, is a highly complex propositionthat requires a unique combination of consulting, technology and servicesskills," said Bill Ciemny, Vice President for Global Supply Chain BTOSolutions at IBM. "With the acquisition of Viacore, IBM adds to an alreadywell-established portfolio consisting of internal and external partnercapabilities that offers clients the opportunity to outsource their supplychain, while they continue to focus on innovation and their corecompetencies."
"Viacore's business process integration solutions have helped our customerscreate dynamic supply chains that deliver significant cost, responsivenessand productivity improvements," said Fadi Chehadé, CEO of Viacore. "We'veenjoyed a collaborative sales and marketing relationship with IBM forseveral years, and our combined efforts will create a stronger valueproposition for companies looking to develop a competitive advantagethrough supply-chain Business Transformation Outsourcing."
IBM's Supply Chain BTO offering helps clients optimize business processesfrom procurement and logistics to strategy and planning. IBM has theworld's largest supply-chain management consulting practice, with over8,000 experts. These consultants draw on the collective knowledge of IBM's15,000 internal supply chain experts across the company to deliver BTOservices to clients.
Business Transformation Outsourcing (BTO) transforms client organizationsand delivers enterprise optimization through innovative business andtechnology approaches. Using its global network of expertise,industry-leading consulting methodologies, research and engineeringcapabilities, advanced technologies and analytical tools, IBM's BTOservices standardize, streamline and improve business processes. IBM BTOservices transform key business functions including Finance and Accounting,Customer Relationship Management, Supply Chain, Procurement and HumanResources. IBM provides BTO services to many of the world's leadingorganizations, and over the last four years has made a number of strategicacquisitions and investments to expand and strengthen its capabilities,including the acquisitions of PwC Consulting, Daksh eServices, LibertyInsurance Services Corp., Maersk Data, Key MRO, Equitant and Healthlink.
About IBM
IBM is the world's largest information technology company, with 80 years ofleadership in helping businesses innovate. Drawing on resources from acrossIBM and key IBM Business Partners, IBM offers a wide range of services,solutions and technologies that enable customers, large and small, to takefull advantage of the new era of on demand business. For more informationabout IBM, visit http://www.ibm.com.
About Viacore, Inc.
Viacore, Inc., a leader in process integration and management, providesBusinessTone, a comprehensive on-demand solution for global 2000 companiesthat need to rapidly and cost-effectively integrate information andprocesses throughout their extended enterprises. BusinessTone speedsimplementation and helps lower a company's risk by leveraging a unique toolset called the BusinessTone Management System. The BTMS was developedspecifically to address the needs of managing complex partner on-boardingprojects as well as to manage high-volume, real-time process flows.Viacore's BusinessTone clients include industry leaders such as Amkor,Arrow Electronics, Cisco Systems, The Gap and Qualcomm.
For further information please contact:
Lia PapaIBM Media Relations, U.S.Phone: 202.515.5499email: lia.papa@us.ibm.com
SOURCE: IBM
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