1. IBM: Supplying Green Presented By: Britt-Marie Carlson, Hillary Gustafson, Sheryl Robinol

2. IBM: Then  Dates back to the 19 th Century  Started in tabulation machines  C-T-R=the beginning of IBM  1920-developed lock autograph recorder & Electric Accounting Machine  Thomas Watson-president 1932

3. IBM: Now  1992-ThinkPad laptops  2000 Dot Com bust  2006 World’s Fastest SuperComputer BlueGene  ASTRON-processing chips produced by IBM

4. Article Overview  28,000 suppliers in more than 90 countries install management systems to gather data on energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and waste and recycling.  Subcontractors are to do the same if part of IBM’s 40bil global supply chain.  The suppliers must also set environmental goals and publicize progress in meeting those objectives.  Follows Wal-Mart’s announcement to require suppliers to eliminate 20 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions from the life cycle of the products it sells.  IBM’s goal is to institutionalize data-gathering systems that will collect information on a variety of measures of environmental performance

5. Article Overview  Challenge will be working with suppliers in regions of the world where sustainability is not as big an issue as it is in the United States and Europe  IBM spends 36 of supply chain budget on suppliers in North America, & 1/3 emerging markets like Brazil, China and India.  “Our overall interest is to systemize environmental management and sustainability across our global supply chain so it helps our suppliers build their own capacity in a way that’s not only good for the environment but their business” -Balta  “Ultimately, if a supplier cannot be compliant with requirements on the environment and sustainability, we’ll stop doing business with them.” -Paterson

6. Focus: Smarter Planet  Bend retail's global supply chain to new realities of a smarter planet  Transform the way the world works.  Financial markets crisis.  Intelligence infused into the way the world literally works  World is becoming instrumented  Sensors are being embedded everywhere: in cars, appliances, cameras, roads, pipelines…even in medicine and livestock.  Making retail smarter Accelerate supply chains. Strengthen loyalty. Improve margins

7. IBM sensor solutions  “As a pioneer in sensor technology and a leader in IT and business strategy, our sensor solutions unlock new business value with sense and respond capabilities to drive new insights and innovation.”  Radio frequency identification (RFID)  Enable innovation  Improve visibility. Reduce costs. Increase your sales.  Track the location of finished goods across the supply chain and within stores

8. Smarter Solutions for Retail  What a smart supply chain looks like  METRO Group is using RFID. Each meat tray is tagged  Max Bahr, Holzhandlung GmbH German company “Do-it-yourself” retailer "The [solution] has become one of the most important business tools we have for positively impacting sales and keeping us competitive." - Anja Schöning, project manager, Max Bahr  Yansha Chinese retailer "Exchanging our data and interacting closely will enable us to respond to the market appropriately." - Mr. Ai Jie Ma, Director of Yansha Technical and Information Department

9. Cited Sources  http://www-01.ibm.com/software/solutions/sensors/ http://www-01.ibm.com/software/solutions/sensors/  http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/consumer_advocac y/examples/index.html http://www.ibm.com/smarterplanet/us/en/consumer_advocac y/examples/index.html  http://www-03.ibm.com/ibm/history/history/year_2006.html  http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2008/photo/081212_ bluegene_p-hirez.jpg http://www.anl.gov/Media_Center/News/2008/photo/081212_ bluegene_p-hirez.jpg