IBM researchers created a platform for gathering and managing data on pharmaceutical distribution in 2013, five years after the project's start, taking a big step towards the actual implementation of this technology. Lee Munyeon, the program's general manager, claims that pharmaceutical firms are curious to learn "how to put data about shipments at the service of my procurement teams." Whether or whether they are put in the proper container, the corporation believes that this can prevent mistakes. A system for accelerating product shipping routes through the seaports of China, Singapore, and Indonesia is the basis of IBM's business.