Information for suppliers includes import compliance guidelines, supplier diversity documents, Ombudsman information, environmental and packaging requirements, printed circuit board information, supplier letters, IBM standard terms and conditions, and tax forms to facilitate doing business with IBM Procurement.
Table of contents
Compliance and general guidelines
- Accessibility guidelines for suppliers
- Corporate logistics procedure 10.13 (version 7) - normal and sensitive parts security (175KB)
- Country of origin marking instructions
- Global labeling guides
- Global quality report (10KB)
- IBM Safer rack handling guidelines for Business Partners and carriers
- IBM Standard terms and conditions
- IBM Supplier notification California proposition 65 (ISN-CAP 65) (176KB)
- Instructions for exports to IBM
- Ombudsman information
- Shipping transportation guidelines
- Social and environmental management system supplier requirements
- Supplier diversity
- Supplier letters
- Supplier parts quality reporting requirements October 2005 (1KB)
- Supply chain security requirement
- Tax forms
- U.S. Contractor safety guides
Environmental requirements
- IHS PCD Supplier Support Portal
- Product content declaration for IBM suppliers (PCD) - IBM part number 46C3484
- 13 Jul 07: IBM WEEE form (24KB)
- 03 May 04: Restriction on hazardous substances (22KB)
- 28 Oct 04: IBM revision of restriction of hazardous substances (RoHS) specifications for purchased electronic components (27KB)
- 19 Jun 08 - EU Battery directive 2006-66-EC (123KB)
Packaging requirements
Packaging - environmental requirements:
- IBM ES 5897661, Aug 8: Recyclable packaging materials, selection and identification (2154KB)
- IBM ES 1041126, Aug 08: Expanded packaging materials, prohibited expansion agents (66KB)
- IBM ES 5897660, 29 Apr 11: Packaging materials, essential requirements, restricted heavy metals and other substances of very high concern (117KB)
- IBM ES 37L8024, 17 Jul 09: Wooden packing, materials treatment and marking requirements (147KB)
Packaging - environmental compliance reporting:
Deployment of IBM's new procurement system
Within IBM Procurement, a new procurement system has been deployed to manage the purchase order (PO) execution process. For details of the new procurement system and how it may impact you and to help answer some of your questions, please review the frequently asked questions (FAQs) document below: