IBS was founded in 1978 with the mission to help companies improve their profitability and competitiveness through solutions that deliver measurable business value and a fast return on their IT investment. More than 30 years later, IBS has become a leading provider of best-in-class wholesale distribution and manufacturing software and consulting services. Thousand of customers across 40 countries use IBS software to optimize their business performance. In fact, AMR Research ranks IBS as one of the top Supply Chain Management (SCM) vendors worldwide. IBS is an IBM Global Premier Alliance Partner.

Solutions for the Way You Operate

IBS operates in an global market with a focus on North American businesses ranging in size from small, privately owned organizations to Fortune 500 companies. IBS applications are developed to meet the specific supply chain requirements of wholesale distributors and manufacturers, rather than narrowly focusing solely upon the manufacturing environment with distribution inserted as an afterthought. As a result, IBS solutions address the critical issues that businesses face in this increasingly competitive marketplace such as support for multi-currency, multi-language and multi-site operations.

Global Industry Expertise

IBS’ cumulative experience in many vertical sectors has provided the company with the ability to locate value where customers did not previously recognize it. This focus empowers IBS to develop and deliver the best solutions available in specific industries, such as pharmaceutical & healthcare products; industrial equipment & supplies; medical equipment & supplies; paper, packaging & office supplies; automotive; consumer goods; publishing & book distribution; food & beverage; electrical components; and janitorial & sanitary.

IBS Enterprise Sofware Solutions

IBS Enterprise streamlines, automates and accelerates a distributor’s critical supply chain processes from inventory planning, purchasing and supplier management through warehouse optimization, value-added services, demand management and returns processing. The fully-integrated suite combines seven powerful solution areas into one platform:

Supply Management

Helps identify and work with the best suppliers; plan, forecast and manage inventories; establish the best pricing and incentive payments; handle purchase order processing; manage delivery schedules; and much more.

Logistics, Assembly and Services

Optimize in real-time all the processes for goods handling— in the yard, in the warehouse, across warehouses and on the assembly line—from the simplest of storage centers to complex multi-site warehouse facilities, DCs and assembly plants.

Demand Management

Satisfy customer requirements and increase profitable sales by planning, executing and following customer transactions from marketing and fulfillment, through to after-sales support and efficient returns handling.

CRM

A complete suite including marketing, sales and service capabilities that provide fast, familiar and flexible tools to grow more profitable customer relationships.

Financials

Makes any financial process easy-to-manage and totally transparent. The software handles any transaction volume and a range of purchase and sales payment processes, including multiple, simultaneous currencies.

Business Itelligence

A set of integrated planning, monitoring and management applications based on Cognos that puts accurate, real-time information directly into the hands of key business decision makers enabling streamlined business processes, improved customer service and increased profitability.

IBS Integrator

Powerful integration tools enable companies to streamline processes, leverage data for full performance, support legacy systems across the organization and improve decision-making with enterprise-wide visibility.