IBM: Supplying Green

Presented By: Britt-Marie Carlson, Hillary Gustafson, Sheryl Robinol

IBM: Then Dates back to the 19th Century Started in tabulation machines C-T-R=the beginning of IBM 1920-developed lock autograph recorder & Electric

Accounting Machine Thomas Watson-president 1932

IBM: Now 1992-ThinkPad laptops 2000 Dot Com bust 2006 World’s Fastest SuperComputer

BlueGene ASTRON-processing chips produced by IBM

Article Overview 28,000 suppliers in more than 90 countries install management systems to

gather data on energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and waste and recycling.

Subcontractors are to do the same if part of IBM’s 40bil global supply chain.

The suppliers must also set environmental goals and publicize progress in meeting those objectives.

Follows Wal-Mart’s announcement to require suppliers to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from the life cycle of the products it sells.

IBM’s goal is to institutionalize data-gathering systems that will collect information on a variety of measures of environmental performance

Article Overview Challenge will be working with suppliers in regions of the world where

sustainability is not as big an issue as it is in the United States and Europe IBM spends 36 of supply chain budget on suppliers in North America, & 1/3

emerging markets like Brazil, China and India. “Our overall interest is to systemize environmental management and sustainability across

our global supply chain so it helps our suppliers build their own capacity in a way that’s not only good for the environment but their business” -Balta

“Ultimately, if a supplier cannot be compliant with requirements on the environment and sustainability, we’ll stop doing business with them.” -Paterson

Focus: Smarter Planet Bend retail's global supply chain to new realities of a smarter planet

Transform the way the world works.

Financial markets crisis.

Intelligence infused into the way the world literally works

World is becoming instrumented

Sensors are being embedded everywhere: in cars, appliances, cameras, roads, pipelines…even in medicine and livestock.

Making retail smarter Accelerate supply chains. Strengthen loyalty. Improve margins

IBM sensor solutions “As a pioneer in sensor technology and a leader in IT and business strategy, our sensor

solutions unlock new business value with sense and respond capabilities to drive new insights and innovation.”

Radio frequency identification (RFID)

Enable innovation

Improve visibility. Reduce costs. Increase your sales.

Track the location of finished goods across the supply chain and within stores

Smarter Solutions for Retail What a smart supply chain looks like METRO Group is using RFID.

Each meat tray is tagged Max Bahr, Holzhandlung GmbH

German company “Do-it-yourself” retailer "The [solution] has become one of the most important business tools we have for

positively impacting sales and keeping us competitive." - Anja Schöning, project manager, Max Bahr

Yansha Chinese retailer "Exchanging our data and interacting closely will enable us to respond to the market

appropriately." - Mr. Ai Jie Ma, Director of Yansha Technical and Information Department

Cited Sources http://www-01.ibm.com/software/solutions/sensors/ http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/consumer_advocac

y/examples/index.html

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