Get an outside perspective on how SAP can help you solve business challenges specific to chemical companies. Analyst reports illustrate how SAP business management software can help you accelerate revenue across all channels and achieve supply and demand balance.
ANALYST REPORTS:
Best Practices in Extending ERP: A Buyer's Guide to ERP Versus Best of Breed Decisions
As the enterprise resource management market matures, more and more companies are exploring the boundaries of ERP and weighing decisions that balance integration and upgrade efforts against extended features. This Aberdeen report reviews the decision-making process for ERP – and includes recommendations for actions. Aberdeen Group (November, 2006)
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Compliance and Traceability in Regulated Manufacturing Industries Benchmark Report
The lack of metrics to measure success and a focus on document rather than process management are two of the most common pitfalls of compliance and traceability initiatives. In this report, Aberdeen highlights how successfully responding to these challenges is central to transitioning compliance and traceability from the typical "cost of business" to a competitive advantage. Aberdeen Group (December, 2006)
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The Role of ERP in Globalization: A Low-Cost Approach to Reaching New Markets
For global organizations, the information made available through ERP is key to providing visibility to key performance indicators (KPIs) and meeting corporate objectives. In fact, companies that automate and streamline workflows across multiple sites – including suppliers, partners, and manufacturing sites – see more improvement in reducing total time from order to delivery. This Aberdeen report reviews the reasons for utilizing enterprise resource planning software to manage global operations – and includes recommended actions. Aberdeen Group (February, 2007)
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WHITE PAPERS:
Perfecting the Recipe for Competitive Advantage: The Chemical Industry and Adaptive Business Networks
Adaptive business networks (ABNs) can help companies better respond to changes in demand through faster product development, more responsive manufacturing, better integration of sales and marketing, and increased supply chain flexibility. Continuing SAP's thought leadership in manufacturing, this white paper explores the how chemical companies can better respond to changes in their external environment through ABNs – and how SAP software supports ABN development.
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BUSINESS TRANSFORMATION STUDIES:
Elmer's Products
This leading manufacturer of adhesive products facilitated its ascent to category-leader status with its customers by enabling analysis of key business data with help from the SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver BI) component. The company can now react more quickly to market changes.
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State Industrial Products
This manufacturer of products and services for the chemical industry improved its ability to act strategically by deploying the SAP Customer Relationship Management and SAP ERP applications to consolidate systems, cut software licensing costs, optimize productivity, and increase the pace of acquiring new business.
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Tessenderlo Kerley
This global leader in production and marketing of specialty chemical products chose SAP software to support its aggressive growth plan. The company consolidated customer service, distribution, and inventory management functions; gained visibility into inventory and the supply chain; and reduced transportation costs.
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Vertellus Specialities
This leading provider of specialty chemicals, formed through a two-company merger, implemented SAP software to support the new organization and a more market-oriented structure. Use of best practices resulted in a rapid upgrade from 10-year-old software in just 16 weeks.
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