Industry Value Network Group for Chemicals
Solutions and Services for Supply Chain Design and Inventory Optimization
For chemical companies, the key to customer satisfaction is meeting delivery targets on time. But the targets get even harder to meet as supply chains become extended and more complex and high inventory-carrying costs tie up working capital.
By developing new solutions and integration scenarios, the Industry Value Network group for chemicals can help chemical companies optimize their supply network and their inventory targets across the entire enterprise, minimize inventory and logistics costs, and increase customer satisfaction.
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Enterprise Inventory Optimization
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Inventory Management
The Enterprise Inventory Optimization (EIO) solution developed by SmartOps provides a comprehensive, enterprise-scale process for optimizing inventory-stocking levels for each finished product and raw material component at each stocking location in a multi-tier distribution or manufacturing supply chain. It enables companies to pursue perfect product availability while significantly reducing inventory and working capital as the business innovates and grows. The solution is a key component of effective integrated demand and supply planning and optimization and of dynamic sales and operations planning (S&OP) processes.
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Accenture, a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, is committed to delivering innovation. SAP and Accenture continue to drive innovation for the chemical industry by ensuring seamless system integration to reduce the total cost of ownership and to maximize the return on investment for their mutual customers.
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SAP and IBM have had a close relationship for the past three decades, maintaining partnership links to benefit their mutual customers.
As the chemical industry increases its focus on developing innovative new business models, processes, and products, the need for speed and flexibility also increases. Therefore, IBM is working with SAP to create assets and innovative composite applications that can address the customer's most difficult challenges in migrating to a flexible enterprise service-oriented architecture.
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More Information
You can look up additional information about an SAP partner or a partner solution in the partner directory.
To find out more about SAP's offering for the chemical industry and how SAP solutions can support your business processes, see the SAP Business Maps for Chemicals.