IBM Sterling Order Management vs. Omnipack

I would be interested to know how much is out-of-the-box and how much customization a specific organization's requirement would be

On the efficiency of logistic work (warehousing, stock-taking, sending out products to end customers) Omnipack was very efficient and we were not complaining about this. It was unfortunately way worse in the area of communication and the way we were treated by them. Our SPC was changed multiple times over the course of our cooperation (ca. 2 years) and it was difficult to sort out anything with them. A lot of invoices that we received included some strange positions that we were disagreeing with. We did not feel like we were real partners to them. All this led to our decision of resigning from cooperation with Omnipack and switch to the competition.

Incentivized

• A single view of supply and demand across channels to provide improved inventory utilization and more accurate promise dates.
• Coordinated, customized fulfillment execution to support various selling channels and both internal and external supplies.
• One source of order information to provide customers with accurate and timely alerts and updates.

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• Logistics
• Support
• Warehouse

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• Selling the product as more micro managed modules

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• Communication with the client (our SPC was changed multiple times over just 2 years).
• Different strange positions were put on the invoices and it was difficult for us to understand them.
• We did not feel like we were treated as partners in this relation.

Incentivized

It is a great product in the OMS space

Integration framework provided by Sterling OMS is much more flexible than other OMS solutions.

Incentivized

When we talk about drop shipping operations Shopify is the number 1 in the world for all the major demands, so they solve a lot of questions that are pre-requisites for the business. Omnipack came as a supplementary and additional tool to solve a logistical problem that exists because the business was previously helped by Shopify.

Incentivized

• Improved Order life cycle & Reverse logistics

• Positive: when things were going smooth, Omnipack was very efficient and timely in sending out the orders to end customers.
• Negative: endless discussions about discursive invoicing, unclear processes, etc. led to inefficient utilization of our employees.
• In case us being late with the payment, Omnipack was stopping any activities and keeping our stock (we could not take even a part of it - even though the stock value was more than 10x the amount due).

Incentivized