http://www.accenture.com/Global/Research_and_Insights/By_Industry/Chemicals/default.htm Our Chemical Industry group, teams with chemical companies to enable high performance by developing and executing innovative solutions that deliver revenue growth and shareholder value. We collaborate with leaders as a chemical consulting business innovation partner to help organizations resolve some of their most complex problems with solutions that deliver measurable results. en-us Business http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/s0SHGkt0bcY/Industrial-Process-Optimization.htm Cost pressures, environmental issues, the need for sustainable operations and the growing demand for value-added products present constant challenges to industrial companies. At the same time, rapid changes in the economic landscape and intense competition in the market require a relentless focus on achieving high performance through enhanced efficiency, productivity and quality.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/s0SHGkt0bcY" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 01:37:00 GMT http://www.accenture.com/Global/Research_and_Insights/RSS_and_Podcasts/By_Industry/Chemicals_RSS_Feed/Industrial-Process-Optimization.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/i6H0pBrpi14/Improving-Return-on-Assets-to-Achieve-High-Performance.htm Manufacturers work constantly to increase asset utilization and reduce loss in the ongoing effort to achieve high performance. Pressure from shareholders is greater than ever and the funds available to invest in improvements are limited. To remain competitive, companies must get more from their assets while keeping costs down.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/i6H0pBrpi14" height="1" width="1"/> Thu, 01 Oct 2009 10:23:00 GMT http://www.accenture.com/Global/Research_and_Insights/RSS_and_Podcasts/By_Industry/Chemicals_RSS_Feed/Improving-Return-on-Assets-to-Achieve-High-Performance.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/_tu7wks3jEU/chem-succeed-challenging-times.htm Download brochure [PDF, 3.4MB] PDF Help<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/_tu7wks3jEU" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 05 Aug 2009 05:26:00 GMT http://www.accenture.com/Global/Research_and_Insights/RSS_and_Podcasts/By_Industry/Chemicals_RSS_Feed/chem-succeed-challenging-times.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/epwO-cpDjpA/A41396E9-B71D-45E7-916F-7693852481FC.htm Download brochure [PDF, 3.4MB] PDF Help<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/epwO-cpDjpA" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 26 Jun 2009 13:46:40 GMT http://www.accenture.com/NR/exeres/A41396E9-B71D-45E7-916F-7693852481FC.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/7dta7_6JzjA/72FFE396-54F3-4A89-8A78-F97369F5655D.htm Sustainability’s implications for business will continue to evolve. Amid the current economic uncertainty, sustainability’s role in helping enable high performance is becoming more and more clear. In the end, no one knows when the economy will turn around. Yet important signs suggest that sustainability will play a large role in corporate success and getting the economy back on track.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/7dta7_6JzjA" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 10 Jun 2009 23:58:55 GMT http://www.accenture.com/NR/exeres/72FFE396-54F3-4A89-8A78-F97369F5655D.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/XNqNSozknXI/98958DF9-8156-49A6-8862-0FC092ED883A.htm Sustainability’s implications for business will continue to evolve. Amid the current economic uncertainty, sustainability’s role in helping enable high performance is becoming more and more clear. In the end, no one knows when the economy will turn around. Yet important signs suggest that sustainability will play a large role in corporate success and getting the economy back on track.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/XNqNSozknXI" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 19 Aug 2009 05:36:00 GMT http://www.accenture.com/NR/exeres/98958DF9-8156-49A6-8862-0FC092ED883A.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/UzK2s_mTWL8/Driving-Sustainability.htm Sustainability’s implications for business will continue to evolve. Amid the current economic uncertainty, sustainability’s role in helping enable high performance is becoming more and more clear. In the end, no one knows when the economy will turn around. Yet important signs suggest that sustainability will play a large role in corporate success and getting the economy back on track.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/UzK2s_mTWL8" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 18 Sep 2009 04:22:00 GMT http://www.accenture.com/Global/Research_and_Insights/RSS_and_Podcasts/By_Industry/Chemicals_RSS_Feed/Driving-Sustainability.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/1wjywfPGB2c/TransformingPerformance.htm The outsourcing of activities in the chemical industry is not new. Third parties have long been contracted to deliver activities such as maintenance, warehousing, distribution and site security in the plant. The industry has a history of working with outside parties to support business processes in and around the supply chain. What is new, Accenture believes, is the industry’s increasing uptake of business process outsourcing.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/1wjywfPGB2c" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 20 May 2009 06:07:13 GMT http://www.accenture.com/Global/Research_and_Insights/RSS_and_Podcasts/By_Industry/Chemicals_RSS_Feed/TransformingPerformance.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/uFQuqFq3rQk/F56C2C50-116A-4B47-88D5-9BB626E7A860.htm The outsourcing of activities in the chemical industry is not new. Third parties have long been contracted to deliver activities such as maintenance, warehousing, distribution and site security in the plant. The industry has a history of working with outside parties to support business processes in and around the supply chain. What is new, Accenture believes, is the industry’s increasing uptake of business process outsourcing.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/uFQuqFq3rQk" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 07 Apr 2009 03:01:00 GMT http://www.accenture.com/NR/exeres/F56C2C50-116A-4B47-88D5-9BB626E7A860.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/rvLJp6nH4dM/HelpsAcademy.htm The Accenture Supply Chain Academy helped the Dow Chemical Co. meet its growth and leadership goals by building critical competencies and skills that ensure supply chain operational excellence, thus laying the foundation for high performance.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/rvLJp6nH4dM" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:51:00 GMT http://www.accenture.com/Global/Research_and_Insights/RSS_and_Podcasts/By_Industry/Chemicals_RSS_Feed/HelpsAcademy.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/MXyYw02-_xs/CibaManagement.htm Accenture helped Ciba transform certain categories of its indirect procurement procedures, achieving significant cost savings in the process. Ciba then asked Accenture to implement its methodology across further categories of indirect procurement to help it achieve superior supply chain performance—and thus lay the foundation for becoming a high-performance business.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/MXyYw02-_xs" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 03:15:00 GMT http://www.accenture.com/Global/Research_and_Insights/RSS_and_Podcasts/By_Industry/Chemicals_RSS_Feed/CibaManagement.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/vfp-cZVy8q4/WeylChemSystem.htm Located in Griesheim, Germany, WeylChem Frankfurt GmbH emerged from the fine chemical division of Clariant AG. Being one of the privately-held International Chemical Investors Group’s mid-size chemical businesses, WeylChem focuses on custom manufacturing, providing a range of fine and specialty chemicals used in pharmaceuticals, dyes and pigments, agrochemicals and cosmetics.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/vfp-cZVy8q4" height="1" width="1"/> Tue, 30 Jun 2009 07:53:00 GMT http://www.accenture.com/Global/Research_and_Insights/RSS_and_Podcasts/By_Industry/Chemicals_RSS_Feed/WeylChemSystem.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/ttY15za2L_k/ApproachHPBC.htm Every day brings news of another company that has fallen victim to the contracting economy—usually, a company that lacked the agility to meet shifting market conditions. Times are tough all over, and now is the time for chemical companies to pursue a new path—to let a new approach to sales and marketing take on new emphasis.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/ttY15za2L_k" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 20 May 2009 13:03:00 GMT http://www.accenture.com/Global/Research_and_Insights/RSS_and_Podcasts/By_Industry/Chemicals_RSS_Feed/ApproachHPBC.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/5SleO2-jXn8/POV-Supply-Chain-Agility-Index.htm How can businesses protect against the adverse effects of a stormy economy without handicapping their ability to grow once recovery begins? To help provide guidance, Accenture has drawn on its extensive research to create a supply chain agility index—a measure of businesses’ ability to anticipate, detect and respond to changes in the supply chain environment.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/5SleO2-jXn8" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 02 Oct 2009 06:47:00 GMT http://www.accenture.com/Global/Research_and_Insights/RSS_and_Podcasts/By_Industry/Chemicals_RSS_Feed/POV-Supply-Chain-Agility-Index.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/xK2UVgRQHJs/B7F9F537-E1F4-484D-A0B2-0B51BEDD1371.htm How can businesses protect against the adverse effects of a stormy economy without handicapping their ability to grow once recovery begins? To help provide guidance, Accenture has drawn on its extensive research to create a supply chain agility index—a measure of businesses’ ability to anticipate, detect and respond to changes in the supply chain environment.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/xK2UVgRQHJs" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 14 Aug 2009 02:53:00 GMT http://www.accenture.com/NR/exeres/B7F9F537-E1F4-484D-A0B2-0B51BEDD1371.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/hS3eJyxRtCU/C59A4C1E-F823-4EA0-8423-FD19CEF4BE78.htm Today’s chemical company executives have much to contend with. The global economy has become more complex. The contours of the industry landscape are reshaped by unprecedented levels of ongoing consolidation and restructuring, cyclicality, environmental concerns, shifting demographics and increased globalization. Companies also must find new ways to grow value, manage the impact of volatile oil prices and contend with the rapidly increasing importance of new markets and economies, like China and the Middle East.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/hS3eJyxRtCU" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 16 Mar 2009 06:21:00 GMT http://www.accenture.com/NR/exeres/C59A4C1E-F823-4EA0-8423-FD19CEF4BE78.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/PwzIxClRfj8/ChemicalExecutiveSeries.htm Today’s chemical company executives have much to contend with. The global economy has become more complex. The contours of the industry landscape are reshaped by unprecedented levels of ongoing consolidation and restructuring, cyclicality, environmental concerns, shifting demographics and increased globalization. Companies also must find new ways to grow value, manage the impact of volatile oil prices and contend with the rapidly increasing importance of new markets and economies, like China and the Middle East.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/PwzIxClRfj8" height="1" width="1"/> Mon, 11 May 2009 06:39:53 GMT http://www.accenture.com/Global/Research_and_Insights/RSS_and_Podcasts/By_Industry/Chemicals_RSS_Feed/ChemicalExecutiveSeries.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/DVuuN2QIkuE/ChemicalMarket.htm For the chemical industry, the recent downturn was caused by the already mature chemical industry cycle combined with a premature forced bottoming of demand due to the credit crisis.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/DVuuN2QIkuE" height="1" width="1"/> Fri, 15 May 2009 07:28:30 GMT http://www.accenture.com/Global/Research_and_Insights/RSS_and_Podcasts/By_Industry/Chemicals_RSS_Feed/ChemicalMarket.htm http://feeds.accenture.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~3/HrwEm013H4o/500AC42D-AF9C-4642-86B8-9669F751CAC2.htm For the chemical industry, the recent downturn was caused by the already mature chemical industry cycle combined with a premature forced bottoming of demand due to the credit crisis.<img src="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~r/Accenture_Chemicals_Research/~4/HrwEm013H4o" height="1" width="1"/> Wed, 01 Apr 2009 04:01:00 GMT http://www.accenture.com/NR/exeres/500AC42D-AF9C-4642-86B8-9669F751CAC2.htm