Organizations from different parts of the world are taking advantage of solution extension to improve the way their businesses operate -- including the companies presented here.

SAP Central Process Scheduling by Redwood

• Freudenberg IT KG (PDF, 347 KB), Germany -- Investigate how the IT services arm of the multinational Freudenberg group simplified operations and cut processing times with SAP Central Process Scheduling, based on the SAP NetWeaver platform. The IT group streamlined batch update jobs and reduced administration overload.
• Basell Polyolefins (PDF, 310 KB), Netherlands -- Consider how this multinational manufacturer of polypropylene and advanced polyolefin products improved productivity with Redwood scheduling software powered by the SAP NetWeaver platform. The company improved processes and business productivity while reducing TCO.

SAP Visual Information for Plants by NRX

• Conectiv Energy (PDF, 175 KB), United States -- Explore how this utility company partnered with SAP and NRX to integrate disparate information and systems, which enabled plant staff to access critical functionality and asset content quickly and easily through intuitive role-based views in a workflow-centric fashion.

SAP LoadRunner by HP

• Linde Gas AG (PDF, 269 KB), Germany -- Explore how SAP LoadRunner by HP helped Linde Gas spot weaknesses in its online sales channel system by detecting bottlenecks -- resulting in a 1,700% improvement in system performance.
• The Hershey Company (PDF, 193 KB), United States -- Consider how this international provider of chocolate and other confectionary products implemented the SAP Load Runner application to help eliminate the disparity between the company's the Mexican and U.S. telecommunications networks -- which resulted in improved efficiencies.