IBM Teams Up with SAP to Help Businesses Modernize Operations and Advance AI-Readiness
IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced IBM Ready for SAP Solutions to help midsize and fast-growing organizations modernize enterprise resource planning systems.
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IBM (NYSE: IBM) announced IBM Ready for SAP Solutions to help midsize and fast-growing organizations modernize enterprise resource planning systems.
The offering combines IBM consulting expertise with SAP Cloud ERP and is designed to unify enterprise data and support future AI initiatives. Client Volumetric Building Companies reduced operational cycle times by 50% following a three-month transformation. Second Nature Brands completed a transformation that integrated its acquired Voortman Bakery business onto a common enterprise platform. Availability is currently limited to specific countries and industries; IBM plans to expand into additional industries and markets globally.
Key Figures
- Operational cycle-time reduction
- 50%
- Volumetric Building Companies; purchasing, manufacturing and inventory processes
- Transformation duration
- three months
- Volumetric Building Companies' SAP Cloud ERP transformation
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- Volumetric Building Companies cuts operational cycle times by
50% with SAP Cloud ERP - Second Nature Brands extends and strengthens their common enterprise platform following its Voortman acquisition
- Modernized ERP foundation positions clients to scale operations and support AI-readiness
Volumetric Building Companies (VBC), a global modular construction company, reduced operational cycle times by
The two transformations demonstrate how IBM Ready for SAP Solutions can support different business needs, from improving operational efficiency to integrating acquired businesses onto a common enterprise platform.
"As our business continues to grow, we needed technology that could scale with us and give our teams a more connected way of operating," said Chris Macies, COO, Volumetric Building Companies. "By modernizing our ERP environment with IBM, we now have unified visibility across our supply chain and operations, helping our teams move faster and make more informed decisions with greater visibility throughout the manufacturing process. Just as importantly, we've established a scalable digital foundation that positions VBC to support future automation and AI initiatives as we continue to grow."
"Successfully integrating an acquisition is about more than combining operations. It's about quickly implementing and expanding a unified foundation built for future growth," said Jeff O'Gradney, VP IT, Second Nature Brands. "Working with IBM, we successfully integrated the Voortman Bakery business and expanded our common enterprise platform that positions Second Nature Brands to scale more efficiently as one organization."
Bringing together IBM's industry expertise, fit-to-standard delivery, and IBM Consulting Advantage, the company's AI-powered consulting delivery platform, IBM Ready for SAP Solutions is designed to help organizations accelerate transformation at scale.
"Businesses are under increasing pressure to operate with greater speed, efficiency and predictability, and many are implementing AI to improve," said Dr. Tom Janoshalmi, Global Managing Partner, IBM Consulting. "But scaling AI requires a connected and modern enterprise foundation. VBC and Second Nature Brands started from different places, and now both run on a modern SAP platform built for what comes next."
Volumetric Building Companies and Second Nature Brands' transformations reflect a broader shift as companies focus on modernizing ERP systems to improve operational efficiency and prepare for AI. According to research from the IBM Institute for Business Value,
"Businesses can unlock the greatest enterprise-wide value from AI when they connect intelligent technologies with rich data semantics, end-to-end business processes, industry expertise, and strong governance," said Santina Franchi, SAP Corporate Segment and GROW. "VBC and Second Nature Brands recognize this opportunity and are building a modern digital core with SAP and IBM Ready for SAP Solutions as the foundation for scaling their AI ambitions with confidence, speed, and reliability. Through this partnership, we are extending our GROW Fast methodology to help customers accelerate their journey to SAP Cloud ERP, enabling go-lives in weeks and creating a strong platform to expand across the SAP Autonomous Enterprise."
IBM Ready for SAP Solutions is currently available in limited countries and for specific industries. IBM plans to continue expanding availability of the solution globally across additional industries and markets. To learn more, visit ibm.com/consulting/sap-ibm-ready.
About IBM
IBM is a leading provider of global hybrid cloud and AI, and consulting expertise. We help clients in more than 175 countries capitalize on insights from their data, streamline business processes, reduce costs and gain the competitive edge in their industries. Thousands of governments and corporate entities in critical infrastructure areas such as financial services, telecommunications and healthcare rely on IBM's hybrid cloud platform and Red Hat OpenShift to affect their digital transformations quickly, efficiently and securely. IBM's breakthrough innovations in AI, quantum computing, industry-specific cloud solutions and consulting deliver open and flexible options to our clients. All of this is backed by IBM's long-standing commitment to trust, transparency, responsibility, inclusivity and service.
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What is IBM Ready for SAP Solutions?
IBM Ready for SAP Solutions is an offering designed to help midsize and fast-growing organizations modernize enterprise resource planning systems using SAP Cloud ERP. It combines IBM's industry expertise and delivery approach with IBM Consulting Advantage, its AI-powered consulting delivery platform.