IBM Sterling Service
and Delivery Scheduling
Effectively schedule deliveries, installation
and add-on services at the time of sale
Overcome disjointed omnichannel ordering, delivery and service scheduling processes
For many companies, tracking, executing and managing relationships between product orders, fulfillment and service appointments are a disjointed set of operations.
These complex processes are typically managed after the sale, and require a number of manual processes that don’t always lead to a fantastic customer experience. The inherent errors and delays lead to missed revenue generation opportunities and lower customer satisfaction.
In addition, coordinating product delivery, installation and service requires companies to manage an array of service specialists across locations and geographies without a common system to do so, which can be very inefficient.
The Solution: IBM Sterling Delivery and Service Scheduling
IBM Sterling Delivery and Service Scheduling, part of the IBM Sterling Order Management solution, enables you to schedule delivery, installation, and other add-on services at the time of the order. During the order process, it guides customers for their service needs, and presents options on the availability and preferred dates for execution.
It provides tools to help you coordinate with a network of service professionals—employees, external resources, or both—and provides a consolidated view of their calendars or schedules.
It ensures your delivery- and service-related commitments match inventory and resource availability in real-time. And it enables you to select an individual service provider or allocate an entire crew to ensure that all your customers’ expectations are met.
IBM Sterling Delivery and Service Scheduling Capabilities
Integrated control
of inventory, delivery and services execution
Order capture coordination
Presents a list of services based on the ordered product, the date and time of delivery and shipment milestones
Promotional offers
for products and services
Service appointment tracking and execution
Enables you to track actual start and end date and time, monitor the process for exceptions, and track service provider performance
Service offering modeling
Enables you to define geographies, service organizations (internal and external), resources, skill pools, crew capacity and availability
Management of delivery and installation services
Allows you to view resource capacity and schedule based on type of service, schedule multiple resources to a project, and sequence them based on requirements
Rules-based promising
provider selection, and crew allocation help to ensure accurate available-to-promise dates
Proactive monitoring of orders
enabling corrective measures to be applied if necessary
IBM Sterling Delivery and Service Scheduling Benefits
Key benefits of the delivery and service scheduling solution include:
Increased revenue
by providing additional service offerings at the time of sale
Optimized product and service fulfillment
based on order condition and resource availability
Improved customer satisfaction
through more accurate scheduling and access to delivery information at the time of sale
Decreased costs
associated with managing and coordinating delivery of services
Your IBM Sterling Order Management
Solution Partner
With the right implementation partner, your business can realize significant benefits from the order management solution without significantly disrupting your operations.
Working with Lightwell, you’ll benefit from a highly skilled team of professionals that understand the IBM Sterling products intimately, while also having a wealth of real-world experience to bring your business to a new operating level.
Learn more about our comprehensive IBM Sterling OMS consulting services.
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