To achieve profitability, regardless of business cycle, chemical companies must more effectively react to short-term fluctuations and position themselves for the next stage of the cycle. Whether growth is elusive or in full swing, chemical companies need to meet customer service levels, while minimizing the total cost of quality, compliance, and cost to serve. Integrating improved sustainability and lean principles into all planning and executing is critical to meet these objectives. So shouldn't your enterprise software make it easier for you to manage all of these needs? This is especially critical in these times when mounting regulatory compliance and global pricing pressures threaten your bottom line.
Infor has helped numerous leading chemical companies save millions through inventory reductions, shortened time to scale, streamlined compliance, and improved fill rates.
Infor Chemicals Essentials includes:
Infor ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning)—an integrated ERP software system specifically built for chemical manufacturers with comprehensive manufacturing and multinational financial management capabilities.
Infor SCM (Supply Chain Management)—integrates leading process planning and scheduling optimization that minimize reaction time to market changes, ensure supply, and optimize profitability across the extended enterprise.
Infor PLM (Product Lifecycle Management)—integrates all product lifecycle phases so you can develop differentiated products in less time, improve product success rates, and drive profitable and sustainable growth.
Infor EAM (Enterprise Asset Management)—improves the performance of assets to meet customer demands, ensure quality, and improve profits.
Infor PM (Performance Management)—corporate performance management and business intelligence software for promoting effective business decisions and improving performance across chemical companies.
Infor MyDay and Decisions- To meet ever increasing time pressures, Infor MyDay's role-based KPIs and metrics provide proactive leading indicators. You can drill into Infor Decisions to use slice and dice to quickly identify risks and actions. You drill into ERP Adage and take immediate action.
Infor CRM (Customer Relationship Management)—a CRM solution that helps you manage your chemicals sales and marketing activities more effectively.
Infor Open SOA (Service-Oriented Architecture)—an architectural approach that helps chemical organizations enhance the agility of their Infor solutions for greater business efficiency.
Infor Chemicals Essentials incorporates comprehensive compliance control into every phase of chemical development and manufacturing. You’ll simplify track and trace down to the sub-lot level and gain the visibility to handle regulatory requirements more profitably—from automating MSDS and hazard labels to ensuring only allowable materials are included in products.
Infor has years of embedded industry expertise acquired by partnering with global chemical companies including GE Plastics, Akzo Nobel, and TRONOX. Our business-specific, integrated solutions are tailored to chemical manufacturers. They ensure that your enterprise software is aligned with your business strategy so you can achieve top-line growth and bottom-line savings ... and be more enterprising.
Contact us to learn how Infor’s enterprising software will make a difference in your chemicals business.
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