IMI Distributed Order Management and Fulfillment

IMI Order is a distributed order management (DOM) solution that globally manages orders across multiple inventory locations, suppliers, partners, customers and channels. It enables companies to maintain full control over the order lifecycle driving increased profits, shortened lead times and streamlined logistics processes.

With uniform visibility and control of inventory and orders and a single face to your customer, you can quickly and easily satisfy individual order requirements. IMI Order improves the flexibility, responsiveness and speed of order processing while ensuring the most efficient, cost-effective means for you and for your customers.

IMI Order is flexible, yet strong enough to support the high volume, complex demands of the retail value chain. With the following key capabilities, you can effectively allocate and prioritize orders, assign inventory and distribute product based on availability and customer-specific constraints.

Flexible Supply Modes: When a customer places an order, IMI Order automatically selects the optimal supply mode per individual customer order line. The selection is made based on product type and inventory location. The following four supply modes are supported on the same order:

• Stock order from warehouse direct to customer
• Stock order transit from different warehouse
• Special order drop ship from vendor to customer
• Special order transit from vendor to internal warehouse prior to shipment to customer