Chemicals & Life Sciences

3form, Inc.

After implementing Infor ERP VISUAL, a manufacturer of chemical resin materials for the architecture and design industry boosted revenues from $3 million to $70 million within five years, increased productivity in sales and all accounting processes, improved accounting accuracy of each product cost, and developed a more seamless engineering process.

AstraZeneca

A merged pharmaceutical company that deployed Infor10 Expense Management saw dramatic results in outstanding expense reports and receipts over 45 days old—a number decrease from 7,977 to 1,000, and a dollar amount decrease from $8 million to $1.4 million.

Biogen Idec

A world-class biotechnology organization implemented Infor SCM Advanced Scheduler to overcome its scheduling challenges to enable 100 percent utilization of existing manufacturing facilities to efficiently launch and supply new and existing products.

BioMarin

After implementing Infor EAM, the biopharmaceutical developer provided enterprise-wide access to calibration, maintenance, and reliability data using software specifically configured to meet its needs. The company has streamlined data maintenance by minimizing paper records representing thousands of pages, and has boosted its level of GMP compliance. Using Infor EPAK, BioMarin performed user acceptance testing and documented end-user training.

CPAC, Inc

When changes in the global supply chain meant stretching out lead time for ordering materials from a few days to at least 30 days and sometimes 120 days, CPAC chose Infor ERP SyteLine to automate inventory transactions, a crucial step in reducing the rising number of rush shipments and minimizing inventory numbers.

Croda Europe

Croda Europe, a specialist in the field of oleochemicals, needed a supply chain management (SCM) solution to help the company with production planning. Since implementing Infor SCM Advanced Scheduler, Croda has done away with manual work processes, saving the company an immense amount of time and significantly reducing errors. Using Infor SCM Advanced Scheduler, Croda can ascertain the amount of demand it’s facing and the origin of its raw materials. The company can also see which plants are available to process incoming orders, and find out when order processing will be completed.

Immucor

Immucor, which manufactures blood reagents that test 35% of the world’s blood supply, was able to expand globally and handle the related growth in orders, inventory, and financial processing as well as deal effectively with multiple currencies, languages, and tax systems, all while maintaining costs, with help from Infor ERP Baan.

Meridian Bioscience

Infor ERP XA enables Meridian Bioscience to run its global business units on one system in one location. Streamlined operations result in the development of innovative medical diagnostic and treatment products at lower cost and improved shop floor control through an integrated inventory system.

Organon

A global health care company implemented Infor SCM Demand Planning and Infor SCM Advanced Planner with resulting 30 percent improvement in forecast accuracy, as measured 6 months prior to sale. Stock at the sales affiliates and manufacturing sites decreased by 25 percent, and product obsolescence decreased 20 percent.

RPM International

A holding company with subsidiaries that are world leaders in specialty coatings and sealants chose Infor PLM Optiva to help it further improve its purchasing practices. The solution has helped to improve efficiency levels, resulting in bottom-line savings and time savings in each business unit after streamlining material analysis and acquisition.

Singapore Petroleum

A leading integrated oil and gas company in Singapore, listed on the Stock Exchange of Singapore, implemented Infor PM to improve the efficiency of its management profit and loss reporting, budgeting, forecasting, and costing processes.

Yara International ASA

Yara International ASA is a global firm specializing in agriculture products and environmental protection agents. As the world's largest supplier of mineral fertilizer with sales in more than 120 countries, Yara faced extraordinary supply chain management challenges. Yara International implemented Infor10™ Demand Planning and Infor10 Advanced Planning as the cornerstone of its centralized sourcing strategy. Yara is using Infor10 Advanced Planning to analyze all production capacities, stock levels, and raw material sourcing options across the enterprise. The company is using Infor10™ Demand Planning to significantly improve its insights into demand and do more sophisticated statistical forecasting.

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