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Today’s Showdown is based on an industry-specific case study. Five enterprise resource planning vendors were selected for
the evaluation. All the results were based on the latest request for information (RFI) supplied to us by the vendors, and
all priorities were assigned by the client. (...)
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Today’s Showdown is based on an industry-specific case study. Five enterprise resource planning vendors were selected for
the evaluation. All the ...
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2008-03-10
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Strategies for Profitable Growth: Chemical Industry. Search for Data and Other Software for the Chemical Industry. You may
have survived the slowdown of the last few years, but you must still find new growth opportunities to stay competitive. However,
you can only cut so much. Midsize businesses in partic (...)
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Strategies for Profitable Growth: Chemical Industry. Search for Data and Other Software for the Chemical Industry. You may
have survived the slowdo...
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2010-03-11
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Chemical companies are living in a new, more complex world—one that calls for meeting demand through cooperating internally,
opening processes to partners, suppliers, and customers, and developing newfound abilities to collaborate and change. In other
words, the adaptive business network (ABN). But how (...)
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Perfecting the Recipe for Competitive Advantage: The Chemical Industry and Adaptive Business
Networks. Source: SAP. Document Type: White ...
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2010-03-11
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Chemical manufacturers are faced with change at unprecedented levels. Some manufacturers are experiencing tremendous growth,
while others are simply trying to keep their doors open. Regardless of current strengths and weaknesses, every company in
the industry faces every type of operational pressure, and (...)
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Issues and Competitive Strategies For the Chemical Industry. ... Download
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Published:
2010-03-11
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The continuous chemical industries typically share an objective of running at near 100% utilization. This and other realities
yield unique requirements for a Supply Chain Planning (SCP) system. This article discusses some of these unique needs. (...)
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The continuous chemical industries typically share an objective of running at near 100% utilization. This and other realities
yield unique requir...
Published:
2002-08-04
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Enterprise systems have brought many benefits to chemical environments, but for individual enterprises, gaining these benefits
requires selecting a solution that can deal with the unique needs of the business. (...)
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Enterprise systems have brought many benefits to chemical environments, but for individual enterprises, gaining these benefits
requires selecting ...
Published:
2006-05-12
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Abstract:
Today’s Showdown is based on an industry-specific case study. Five enterprise resource planning vendors were selected for
the evaluation. All the results were based on the latest request for information (RFI) supplied to us by the vendors, and
all priorities were assigned by the client. (...)
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management for chemical industry:
Today’s Showdown is based on an industry-specific case study. Five enterprise resource planning vendors were selected for
the evaluation. All the ...
Published:
2008-03-10
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For chemical companies, optimizing the distribution network and rationalizing inventories are the keys to an efficient supply
chain and smoother operations. They must also resolve the challenges posed by environmental regulations and the need for seamless
data integration. (...)
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For chemical companies, optimizing the distribution network and rationalizing inventories are the keys to an efficient supply
chain and smoother o...
Published:
2006-05-11
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High-tech and electronics, chemical, and oil and gas industries each have their fair share of regulatory requirements to
meet, and an increasing number include environmental directives. Enterprise applications designed to meet their distinct needs
should help pave the way to compliance. (...)
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High-tech and electronics, chemical, and oil and gas industries each have their fair share of regulatory requirements to meet,
and an increasing n...
Published:
2009-03-20
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For over a decade, SAP has offered industry-specific applications, starting with oil and gas and utilities solutions. Media,
insurance, chemicals, banking, and public sector offerings have followed, highlighting SAP's lesser-known side as a market-oriented
provider of industry-tailored solutions. (...)
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For over a decade, SAP has offered industry-specific applications, starting with oil and gas and utilities solutions. Media,
insurance, chemicals,...
Published:
2006-05-25
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Price management might improve revenue (by a few percent) and gross margin (even by an umpteen percent), but the truly amazing
benefits should only come when price management is integrated with appropriate cost information and demand management. (...)
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Price management might improve revenue (by a few percent) and gross margin (even by an umpteen percent), but the truly amazing
benefits should onl...
Published:
2006-05-05
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Not many people know of WAM Systems, a privately held supply chain management vendor situated in a Philadelphia suburb.
Emboldened by growing interest and new venture capital, the company intends to make its presence known. (...)
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Not many people know of WAM Systems, a privately held supply chain management vendor situated in a Philadelphia suburb. Emboldened
by growing int...
Published:
2001-01-08
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For chemical producers Akzo Nobel, managing a complex supply chain producing more than 2,000 chemical products was an extremely
complex task. Akzo Nobel decided to implement a multi-user sales and operations planning (S&OP) system that would be available
company wide. Increasing its forecast visibility r (...)
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... Source: Supply Chain Consultants (SCC). Document Type: Case Study Description: For chemical
producers Akzo Nobel, managing a complex supply chain producing more ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Aceto Corporation, a global importer and distributor of chemical-related products, was operating on a legacy system that
didn’t allow the company to meet new compliance demands. To increase automation and improve real-time performance, Aceto implemented
the Sage ERP X3 Process enterprise resource plann (...)
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... Aceto Corporation, a global importer and distributor of chemical-related products ...
about how Aceto’s needs for compliance and industry-specific functionality ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Chemical companies struggle with outdated manufacturing and financial systems, often not reaching their profitable goals.
How can they give customers high-quality chemical products while improving the bottom line? Industry best practices can help
you gain control over every aspect of your business by inc (...)
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... How can they give customers high-quality chemical products while improving the bottom
line? Industry best practices can help you gain control over every aspect ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Due to the inherent challenges of the industry, most chemical companies are still unable to profitably respond to highly
variable demand, or to execute predictable product supply strategies. (...)
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Due to the inherent challenges of the industry, most chemical companies are still unable to profitably respond to highly variable
demand, or to ex...
Published:
2007-12-24
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Packaged solutions for the chemicals industry are available from SAP and selected partners. Still, given a number of other
viable solutions, prospective users will have to decide whether SAP would indeed be the best solution without the packaged
option. (...)
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Packaged solutions for the chemicals industry are available from SAP and selected partners. Still, given a number of other
viable solutions, prosp...
Published:
2006-05-30
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For a vendor, focus is good, as it often results with more value to its targeted customers. A highly focused vendor can
also remain profitable even in difficult economic times. One example of a vendor delivering more by covering less is Ross
Systems. (...)
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... The chemical industry accounts for 19% of the company's customers.
Chemical specific functions include co-product and by-product management, MSDS (material
...
Published:
2002-04-10
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You may not yet have heard of ICICI-Infotech or its ERP offering, ORION. Well, for some time the rest of the world has. ICICI-Infotech
is starting to make its presence felt in North America and raise some ERP eyebrows. Read on as to why you may want to take
a closer look at this vendor and its product. I (...)
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You may not yet have heard of ICICI-Infotech or its ERP offering, ORION. Well, for some time the rest of the world has. ICICI-Infotech
is starting...
Published:
2004-11-22
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Abstract:
Combining process industry–oriented product lifecycle management capabilities with process manufacturing–oriented enterprise
resource planning ones can help alleviate many of the challenges particular to the process manufacturers, especially in the
areas of product development and regulatory complian (...)
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Combining process industry–oriented product lifecycle management capabilities with process manufacturing–oriented enterprise
resource planning one...
Published:
2009-03-16