Solutions: Metals

Effective asset lifecycle management strategies help metal companies succeed in fierce business environments. IBM can help you improve operating reliability, reduce costs, integrate business processes and collaborate globally. Increase throughput and efficiency. Enhance asset value and performance.

Today's complex construction project management needs real-time and seamless collaboration among architects, engineers, contractors, onsite project managers and back office staff. IBM's complex project management solution can help you integrate business systems, allow collaboration and improve construction processes.

Effective inventory management is critical for steel companies to improve their customer service, cash flow and profit margins, while meeting the challenges of global competition. IBM can help identify inventory reduction opportunities by balancing inventory and customer service levels to support the business strategy.

The steel industry faces fierce competition. To succeed, companies must manage their extensive asset base efficiently. IBM can help you track and manage all of your assets and identify the untapped potential within them. Gain the knowledge and control to closely align your goals to help you achieve operational excellence.

The production and operations management solution for forestry and paper from IBM helps mills increase efficiency in core production processes. This solution uses advanced optimization techniques to help companies connect their enterprise resource planning (ERP) system with their production control system.

The production management solution for steel from IBM offers core production processes and optimization capability to bridge the gap between the ERP and the plant production control systems.

Production scheduling solution for mills from IBM helps improve your responsiveness and compete more effectively by gaining real-time supply chain visibility of supply and demand variation in the fluctuating forest, paper and packaging industries.