In our briefing we discuss how to leverage your IBM Sterling Order Management. It is a robust platform designed to give B2B and B2C organizations the power to innovate and differentiate. Our global subject matter experts will assist you on designing and planning your deployment of the latest version of Sterling Order management, based on structured services approach and deep product expertise focused on achieving your business objectives.

Our ADVISE Sterling Order Management Offering can involve version to version upgrades, help you modernize and utilize certified containers, help you adopt a hybrid / micro services approach, and/or even implement a loosely coupled micro services OMS solution.

Business Challenges (that will be discussed in the briefing) may include:

• IT cost pressures – clients looking to reducing total cost of ownership for their OMS solution • Need to move to a micro services architectures as part of an overall enterprise strategy • Performance and reliability concerns with a growing load on the Order Management Systems which may be hard to manage in-house • Order Management Systems that have been customized more and more over the last years are exponentially more difficult to manage and control

Market Drivers (that will be discussed in the briefing) may include:

• Increase velocity of change and resiliency: Clients are looking into a move to a more efficient deployment of their OMS solution, save cost while raising quality and performance • Existing Sterling clients who are facing End of Support for v. 9.5.X (which has been official as of April 2022) so migration focus needs to be prioritized • Improve the end consumer experience and accelerate business operations by leveraging cloud • Desire to upgrade to a more modern architecture with micro services but in-house IT are not sure how to tackle the execution

Outcomes Desired for the offering (that will be discussed in the briefing) may include:

Findings & Recommendations High Level Design High Level Project Plan (Time Line, Resources, Indicative Cost)