This opportunity allows us to work collaboratively with our service providers to drive innovation and achieve our goals more quickly than ever.

John Wheeler Former CIO NOVA Chemicals

The Industry Value Network group for chemicals brings SAP together with SAP customers and partners to focus on key priority business needs and opportunities in the chemical industry.

The group drives strong collaboration among members to accelerate co-innovation and provide integrated, multivendor solutions and services to support key end-to-end business processes for our customers. This enables customers to benefit from a new level of interoperability, reduced total cost of ownership, as well as increased transparency and productivity across the entire value chain.

The Group for Chemicals – In Action

Chemical industry giants, such as Celanese, Dow Corning, DuPont, Eastman Chemical Company, Hexion Specialty Chemicals, and NOVA Chemicals, are working with SAP and leading-edge partners in the chemical industry to deliver innovative solutions and new, extended integration scenarios that address the key challenges in the chemical industry. Find out more about the SAP partners helping to address these challenges:

• Intellectual property management
• Independent software vendors – Linx/AS
• Supply chain design and inventory optimization
• Independent software vendors – SmartOps
• System integrators – Accenture and IBM
• Process and asset optimization
• Independent software vendors – IBM, Invensys, Meridium, NRX, OR Soft, OSIsoft, Pavilion, and Tata Consultancy Services
• System integrators – Accenture, Atos Origin, IBM, and Tata Consultancy Services
• Price and margin management
• Independent software vendors – Vendavo
• System integrators – Accenture and IBM
• Compliance management
• Independent software vendors – Technidata
• System integrators – Accenture and IBM