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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...
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2002-08-04
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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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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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Get insight into manufacturing production metrics and best practices in the US, and benchmark your operations to better understand
how to improve in today’s difficult economic climate. The Manufacturing Performance Institute (MPI) presents its findings,
comparing and contrasting the responses of plants (...)
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... Source: Infor. Document Type: White Paper Description: Get insight into manufacturing production
metrics and best practices in the US, and benchmark your ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Driving Costs Out of the Supply Chain: Inbound Logistics.Reports and Other Software Program to Use In Your Complex System
for Driving Costs Out of the Supply Chain. One of the most neglected areas of the manufacturing and retail supply chain is
the inbound logistics segment. Following best practices and c (...)
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Driving Costs Out of the Supply Chain: Inbound Logistics.Reports and Other Software Program to Use In Your Complex System
for Driving Costs Out of ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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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...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Invensys must communicate its successes and strategy to the marketplace, and must aggressively invest in customer satisfaction,
marketing, and sales. IPS must convince customers and prospects that it is here to stay; while the functionally rich products
are great advantages, many other considerations mak (...)
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Invensys must communicate its successes and strategy to the marketplace, and must aggressively invest in customer satisfaction,
marketing, and sal...
Published:
2003-05-14
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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 ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerings increase customer retention, and draw new service business, providing an additional, low risk and likely
repeated revenue stream over a long period of owner (...)
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Improved service management boosts revenue from both service offerings and new product sales, while improved customer service
and enhanced offerin...
Published:
2005-08-02
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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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... Description: For chemical producers Akzo Nobel, managing a complex supply
chain producing more than 2,000 chemical products was an extremely complex task. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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In today's competitive engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment, procuring components on time and within budget
is crucial. With rising fuel costs and increased international trade, supply chain management software can help ETO organizations
get—and stay—ahead of the competition. (...)
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In today's competitive engineer-to-order (ETO) manufacturing environment, procuring components on time and within budget
is crucial. With rising f...
Published:
2008-07-18
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Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies. Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Relevant and Time-Bound. Process industries (chemicals, food and beverage, oil and gas, etc.) face rising manufacturing and
logistics costs. And they’re finding that the old strategi (...)
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supply chain management for chemical production:
Your Challenge: Get Decision Makers' Approval for Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies. Specific, Measurable, Achievable,
Relevant and Time-Bound. ...
Published:
2010-03-11
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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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Production supervisors and plant managers are constantly fighting problems within a plant because they lack visibility in
the supply chain and do not have an automated exception-based management system. However, a value-adding processing layer
can create transparency and link information to unify company (...)
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Production supervisors and plant managers are constantly fighting problems within a plant because they lack visibility in
the supply chain and do ...
Published:
2005-11-22
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Abstract:
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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supply chain management for chemical production:
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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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in making an uninformed decision. Part four discusses the difficulty in predicting the future. (...)
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Managers weighing an investment in software for supply chain face pressure to be right. Looking for a precise calculation
of ROI often results in ...
Published:
2001-07-18
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Founded in 1981 as a developer of computer-aided chemical engineering software, Aspen’s growth has resulted in a wide variety
of applications for management and execution-level process manufacturing. Fiscal 2000 marked Aspen’s entry into the collaborative
digital marketplace business in hopes of cap (...)
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Founded in 1981 as a developer of computer-aided chemical engineering software, Aspen’s growth has resulted in a wide variety
of applications for ...
Published:
2000-11-27
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Invensys has created a new group within its Production Management Division called Invensys Production Solutions. The group
includes the PRISM and Protean process ERP products plus the resources of Invensys Validation Services group. While the unit
should have much strength, it also has certain liabilit (...)
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Invensys has created a new group within its Production Management Division called Invensys Production Solutions. The group
includes the PRISM and...
Published:
2003-05-13
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Abstract:
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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supply chain management for chemical production:
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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Manufacturing processes for an integrated steel plant typically encompass three distinct types of manufacturing: flow manufacturing,
process manufacturing, and mill manufacturing, meaning that such a plant is effectively a mixed-mode manufacturer. Software
systems for these manufacturers' diverse needs a (...)
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... The product requirements (chemical and physical properties of ... At
each stage of production, product properties ... many areas related to supply
chain management (SCM ...
Published:
2008-09-10