Chemical companies in North America and around the world are taking advantage of the stability and power of SAP for Chemicals and the broad portfolio of business management software that SAP offers. Get to know some of our customers and their successes.

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Read the following customer success stories and business transformation studies to learn how chemical companies like yours are improving business processes – from ERP to compliance – with SAP solutions:

Enterprise Resource Planning

• Chemtura Corporation (PDF, 917 KB), United States – See how one of the world's largest producers and marketers of plastic additives used the SAP ERP application to support rapid growth in the Asia-Pacific Japan (APJ) region.
• NewMarket – (PDF, 141 KB), United States – Discover how the SAP ERP application helped this global producer of petroleum additives ease the challenges of rapid growth – and establish the foundation for easier incorporation of new functionality, applications, and services.
• Rohm and Haas (PDF, 122 KB), United States – Discover how a strategic partnership with SAP enabled this specialty chemicals manufacturer to take better advantage of its global presence. Using SAP solutions, Rohm and Haas transformed its processes and organization to achieve better efficiency and decision-making support. Log-in required.
• Tessenderlo Kerley Inc. (TKI) (PDF, 609 KB), United States – See how this worldwide leader in the production and marketing of specialty chemical products improved decision making and business processes with SAP solutions. With a SAP infrastructure in place, TKI has all the support it needs for continued growth and expansion. Log-in required.

Business Intelligence and Performance Management

• Eastman Chemical Company (PDF, 547 KB), United States – See how this worldwide manufacturer and marketer of chemicals, fibers, and plastics is responding faster to market conditions and pricing requests with the SAP Price and Margin Management by Vendavo application, which works with the company's existing SAP software. Log-in required.
• Elmer's Products (PDF, 531 KB), United States – Read how this leading manufacturer of adhesive products facilitated its ascent to category-leader status with its customers and the rank of a US$1 billion company by enabling analysis of key business data with help from SAP NetWeaver Business Intelligence (SAP NetWeaver BI). Log-in required.

Manufacturing and Supply Chain Excellence

• Eastman Chemical Company (PDF, 775 KB), United States – Consider how Eastman Chemical used the SAP xApp Manufacturing Integration and Intelligence composite application to aggregate data from multiple systems and deploy applications that employees can use to make effective decisions to deliver superior performance. Log-in required.
• Olin Corporation (PDF, 288 KB), United States – Read how the SAP Railcar Management Component helped the Olin Corporation improve overall efficiency and make cost-saving business decisions. Olin increased employee efficiency by 10% and streamlined railcar and route management, as well as reporting and analyses.

Customer Management

• AirGas (PDF, 107 KB), United States – View how this producer of specialty gases transformed its static Web site to an online sales channel with a product-driven catalog – with the SAP NetWeaver Master Data Management (SAP NetWeaver MDM) component – increasing online accessory sales by 40%. Log-in required.
• Dow Corning – (PDF, 94 KB), United States – See how this world leader in the chemical industry freed up 25% of related capital by implementing the SAP Dispute Management application to help pinpoint root causes and save dispute resolution time and costs.
• State Industrial Products (PDF, 98 KB), United States – Read how a 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 and optimize productivity. Log-in required .

Governance and Regulatory Compliance

• BASF (PDF, 316 KB), Germany – Read how this global chemical corporate giant used SAP software to provide data management support for its efforts to comply with the new REACH legislation. As a result, BASF has automated tracking of substance volume, realized time and cost savings, and further sharpened its competitive edge.
• Rohm and Haas Company (PDF, 3.3 MB), United States – Read how this global manufacturer of specialty materials prepared for compliance with the sweeping new EU chemical regulations (REACH) by implementing substance volume tracking functionality within the SAP Environment, Health & Safety (SAP EH&S) application.

Business Restructuring

• Air Products and Chemicals (PDF, 253 KB), United States – Learn how SAP ERP became a catalyst for change – helping Air Products transform its business groups into a single organization with shared applications and present a single face to customers with consistent business practices.
• BASF (PDF, 4 MB), Germany – Discover how this leading chemical firm migrated 65 separate sites from a newly acquired company, each with different legacy software implementations, to SAP software and business processes in just one year. The shift resulted in millions of dollars in savings and a greater market presence.
• Monsanto Company (PDF, 599 KB), United States – Learn how Monsanto reduced the number of ERP software instances it uses to run a US$7.3 billion global business from six to one – the SAP ERP application – and improved operational efficiency and financial functions and cut costs for compliance and transactional processing. Log-in required .
• Vertellus Specialties (PDF, 596 KB), United States – Discover how this leading provider of specialty chemicals implemented SAP software to support its 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. Log-in required .

IT Architecture and Management

• DuPont (PDF, 564 KB), United States – See how this chemical company implemented the SAP Solution Manager application management solution in only four months and optimized system performance, reduced operational costs by $11 million a year, and redeployed staff to more value-added tasks.