For details about the benefits and capabilities of SAP for Chemicals, check out the following information:

Strategies for Success

• "Chemical Industry" (PDF, 1.1 MB) – Find out from industry experts what strategies and practices are right for chemical companies – and what solutions are best for enabling new strategies, from plant-level process improvement to product and process innovation.

Solution Briefs

• "REACH Compliance" (PDF, 126 KB) – Read how process manufacturers must deal with regulations such as Registration, Evaluation, and Authorization of Chemicals (REACH) – and learn how the SAP REACH Compliance application can enhance your ERP software and help you efficiently maintain REACH compliance.
• "SAP Manufacturing – Manufacturing Intelligent Dashboards" (PDF, 78 KB) – Examine how the SAP Manufacturing solution offers intelligence dashboards that provide the visibility that production employees need to rapidly respond to changes in demand or supply and run manufacturing processes at the speed of business.
• "mySAP Customer Relationship Management" (PDF, 86 KB) – Learn about the comprehensive capabilities of SAP Customer Relationship Management. The solution enables companies in the chemical industry to get closer to customers and partners, foster innovation and responsiveness, and boost top-line revenue growth.
• "SAP Best Practices for Chemicals" (PDF, 255 KB) – Discover why SAP Best Practices for Chemicals provides a proven method for implementing an ERP solution – for businesses of any size – supporting processes such as demand and production planning, sales order processing, batch production, and plant maintenance.
• "SAP ERP Chemicals Packaged Solution" (PDF, 114 KB) – Read about SAP's packaged solution based on SAP Best Practices for Chemicals. The solution can be deployed in as little as 15 weeks – and is an affordable option for any organization that wants to rapidly implement a set of business processes within an ERP system.

White Papers

• "In Pursuit of the Perfect Plant" (PDF, 246 KB) – Learn how you can minimize operating costs, optimize return on asset usage, meet delivery targets, and satisfy compliance and quality standards to achieve the perfect plant by using SAP software. Log-in required.
• "Perfecting the Recipe for Competitive Advantage: The Chemical Industry and Adaptive Business Networks" (PDF, 513 KB) – Explore how you can develop adaptive business networks to integrate manufacturing, planning, and execution processes – and respond to demand spikes, tougher customer requirements, and global competition. Log-in required.

Analyst Reports and Related Information

• "More Than a Vision: SAP's Perfect Plant in the Chemical Industry" (PDF, 646 KB) – With the introduction of SAP and partner products and initiatives, significant portions of SAP's Perfect Plant vision are becoming achievable. Leading manufacturers are already using them to outdistance their competitors. ARC (November 2008). Log-in required.
• "Supply Chain Cost-Cutting Strategies" (PDF, 751 KB) – See why Best in Class companies are much further ahead in closed-loop integration of supply chain planning and execution, in addition to data and process visibility across their end-to-end supply chain and from plant floor to top floor. Aberdeen (March 2007). Log-in required.
• "Collaborative Asset Maintenance Strategies" (PDF, 503 KB) – See how collaborative asset maintenance strategies enabled by SAP partner MERIDIUM can help to enhance overall maintenance process effectiveness – optimizing asset performance, utilization, and life cycle. Aberdeen (December 2006). Log-in required.
• "Compliance and Traceability in Regulated Industries" (PDF, 409 KB – Understand why lacking metrics to measure success and focusing on document rather than process management are two of the most common pitfalls when implementing compliance and traceability initiatives. Aberdeen (December 2006). Log-in required.
• "The Manufacturing Intelligence Benchmark Report: Bridging the ERP and Shop Floor Divide" (PDF, 509 KB) – Learn why manufacturers are looking for automated solutions to enable the aggregation of plant to enterprise data for enhanced decision-making. Aberdeen (October 2006). Log-in required.