SAP for Chemicals Functionality
Olin Thompson and PJ Jakovljevic - May 31, 2006

SAP for Chemicals Functionality

SAP has been delivering on its chemicals industry strategy by expanding its capabilities for manufacturing and supply chain management (SCM), broadening its composite package applications in areas such as emissions management, pricing management, and manufacturing dashboards, and focusing on mid-market companies. In fact, the composite applications SAP xEM, SAP xPMM (Price and Margin Management), and SAP xMII (Manufacturing Intelligence and Integration) were all spearheaded by SAP's chemicals unit. In the chemicals industry, SAP is focusing on the mid-market (defined as companies with annual sales between $50 million [USD] and $1 billion [USD]), via SAP ERP Chemicals Packaged Solution's preconfigured templates for reducing implementation times and costs...