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ArticleIntegration Services19 Sept 20268 min read
What It Takes to Run IBM Sterling OMS on Google Kubernetes Engine
Adaptive Development translates a Kubernetes-proven IBM Sterling OMS 10.0.2607.1 reference to Google Kubernetes Engine—unified ingress, IBM MQ, session and JWT hardening, and GCP security.
ArticleIntegration Services19 Sept 20268 min read
We Ran IBM Sterling OMS on Kubernetes to Cut Cost and Speed Delivery
Adaptive Development ran IBM Sterling OMS 10.0.2607.1 on Kubernetes to reduce shared-cluster cost and make OMS delivery more effective—before teams depend on OpenShift as a classroom.
ArticleIntegration Services27 Aug 20268 min read
Why One Vendor Can’t Run Your Digital Transformation
Enterprise digital transformation is no longer about buying one suite. CIOs who succeed treat technology as an ecosystem—and assemble specialized implementation partners around business outcomes, not vendor roadmaps.
Case StudyIntegration Services11 Aug 202610 min read
Cash on Delivery Across OMS, WMS, and TMS: What Breaks Without Orchestration
Cash on Delivery looks simple in the order capture screen—but payment is not collected until the driver hands over goods. Without orchestration across IBM Sterling OMS, warehouse fulfillment, transport management, and integration middleware, COD orders stall between shipped and paid.
ArticleIntegration Services19 Jul 202610 min read
Why the EU Ban on Destroying Unsold Goods Makes Modern Order Management Essential
The EU Ecodesign for Sustainable Products Regulation ends disposal as an inventory strategy for large fashion retailers—and makes inventory visibility, returns disposition, and modern order management operationally essential.
Case StudyIntegration Services18 Jul 202611 min read
When a Return Order Brings Your Fulfillment to a Halt: Solving Critical IBM Sterling OMS Production Issues
How return-order exceptions across payment, TMS, inventory, and external integrations disrupt IBM Sterling OMS—and a structured engineering approach to reproduce, diagnose, and recover production incidents.
ArticleIntegration Services17 Jun 20269 min read
Building Cloud-Native Order Management Platforms with IBM Sterling OMS
Modern order management requires real-time inventory, resilient integrations, and cloud-native operations. Adaptive Development shares practical lessons from hands-on IBM Sterling OMS implementations across OpenShift and IBM Cloud.
SolutionIntegration Services17 Jun 20268 min read
From Local Commerce to Global Omnichannel: Building the Foundation for Retail Growth
As retail brands expand beyond local stores into regional and global markets, growth depends on orchestrating orders, inventory, and fulfillment across every channel—not on selling products alone.
ArticleIntegration Services16 Jun 20268 min read
Building Custom Pages in IBM Sterling Order Hub
Custom IBM Sterling Order Hub pages can turn fragmented operational data into role-specific dashboards, accelerating decisions while preserving governance across OMS programs.
BlogIntegration Services8 Jun 202615 min read
Seamless Orchestration on IBM Cloud: A Professional Guide to Deploying IBM Sterling OMS on Red Hat OpenShift
A step-by-step enterprise guide to deploying IBM Sterling OMS on Red Hat OpenShift (ROKS)—from multi-zone cluster provisioning and DB2 SaaS over VPE to the OMS Operator, OrderHub, Call Center, and IBM MQ with production agent tuning.
ArticleIntegration Services6 Jun 20265 min read
The Enterprise Technology Behind Same-Day Delivery
When a retailer shows "Arrives Today" or "Order in the next 2h 30m for delivery tonight," enterprise OMS platforms evaluate inventory proximity, carrier cut-offs, and dispatch windows—in milliseconds, for every shopper.
ArticleIntegration Services4 Jun 20266 min read
Modern Order Management: Connecting Customers, Inventory, Warehouses, and Business Operations
How a modern Order Management System orchestrates omnichannel sales, inventory, warehouses, payments, and ERP platforms—and how Adaptive Development connects those capabilities end to end.
ArticleIntegration Services2 Jun 202616 min read
Understanding Order Management Systems - Part 3
Industry-specific OMS demands, IBM Sterling as an enterprise platform, a six-phase implementation roadmap, and the trends reshaping order management over the next five years.
ArticleIntegration Services1 Jun 202618 min read
Understanding Order Management Systems - Part 2
Seven core OMS capability domains, the business case for enterprise investment, how an OMS differs from ERP, WMS, CRM, and e-commerce platforms, and the integration architecture that connects them.
BlogIntegration Services31 May 202612 min read
From Errors to EDI 810: The TDS, Decimal and Mapping Mistakes That Cost Me Hours—and How I Fixed Them
A Map Editor transforms XML (via XSD) into EDI 810. This post documents real translation errors—missing TDS, line counters, TXI vs SAC, and N2 vs N0 decimals—and the fixes using accumulators, calculations, and validation formats.
ArticleIntegration Services31 May 202612 min read
Understanding Order Management Systems - Part 1
Modern commerce expects orders to be validated, routed, and fulfilled in seconds—an Order Management System is the authoritative orchestration layer that makes that possible across every channel and node.
BlogIntegration Services29 May 202614 min read
Storing ERP Invoice Data in IBM Sterling OMS Using Custom Attributes
Use IBM Sterling OMS Custom Attributes and a Service Definition pipeline so middleware creates ERP invoices passively while OMS persists invoice URLs on the order for storefront getOrderDetails—without a separate invoice lookup service.
ArticleIntegration Services28 May 202611 min read
Building Integration Middleware for IBM Sterling OMS
A practical enterprise guide to designing resilient IBM Sterling OMS middleware using event-driven patterns, protocol translation, observability, and production-grade governance.
BlogIntegration Services28 May 202612 min read
Configuring the RTAM Agent in IBM Sterling OMS for Real-Time Out-of-Stock Alerting
A structured walkthrough for configuring IBM Sterling OMS RTAM with distribution groups, monitor rules, item-level ATP mappings, and process-model agent scheduling.
BlogIntegration Services7 Apr 20267 min read
Is EDI Modernization Inevitable? Or Is EDI Quietly Evolving
A practical perspective on why EDI is not disappearing, but evolving through hybrid architectures that combine EDI standards with APIs and event-driven integration.