CIMdata PLM Industry Summary Online Archive
3 September 2007
Implementation Investments
IFS in the UAE Provides Operational Support to New Petrochemical Plant
IFS' Middle East office has signed an operational support agreement with a greenfield petrochemical plant which produces ethylene gas and polyethylene plastics. The contract includes consulting services related to IFS Applications components for maintenance, manufacturing, supply chain management, financials, and human resource management and follows the successful implementation of these components. The value of the contract is US $2.4 million.
The plant is in now in the production phase. As with most large-volume, capital-intensive operations, output and reliability are the dominant determinants of profitability, and the selected ERP system is seen as critical in supporting the operations.
The process industry is one of IFS' seven targeted markets. IFS provides industry-specific functionality for enterprises in chemicals, food & beverage, pulp and paper, and metals segments. IFS Applications for the chemical industry provides support for all critical business processes, including material compliance, batch balancing, recipe management, quality management and demand planning. The application suite includes a complete asset as well as product lifecycle management solution.
IFS customers in the chemicals industry include DuPont, Jotun, Flint Group, Willamette Valley Company, Akzo Nobel and Becker Industrial Coatings. Other IFS process industry customers include Pepsi, Iams, V&S Absolut Spirits, Imerys, SSAB, Hutmen, Nucor Corp, Holmen Paper and SCA Graphics.
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