Operational Excellence through Digital in Manufacturing Industries

July 29, 2017

Manufacturing companies have historically had an on-off relation with technology. Most have aggressively adopted traditional technologies such as Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP). However, they have been slow in adopting recent digital technologies such as big data analytics, real-time order confirmation, Web-EDI among others. Moreover, most have adopted technologies to a varying extent creating a connectivity gap in their operations.

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LyondellBasell

LyondellBasell (NYSE: LYB) is one of the world’s largest plastics, chemicals and refining companies and a member of the S&P 500 Index. With operations on five continents, we are a major global manufacturer of ethylene, polyethylene, propylene, polypropylene, propylene oxide, oxygenated fuels and acetyls.

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