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INEOS O&P USA cuts operational SAP costs by 20 percent in the cloud
技术
- 应用基础设施与中间件 - 数据库管理和存储
- 基础设施即服务 (IaaS) - 云计算
适用行业
- 化学品
适用功能
- 商业运营
用例
- 预测性维护
- 过程控制与优化
服务
- 云规划/设计/实施服务
- 系统集成
挑战
INEOS O&P USA 是一家高密度聚乙烯和聚丙烯的主要生产商，该公司希望简化并提高其 SAP 环境的可靠性，以增强关键业务流程。该公司的 SAP 和其他应用程序在大量专用服务器上运行，随着时间的推移，这些服务器变得越来越复杂，运营成本也相对较高。该公司正在寻找一种灵活、敏捷的基础设施，能够快速适应新的需求。基于每个应用程序的专用服务器的传统架构往往会蔓延，并逐渐变得越来越难以管理，这对 INEOS O&P USA 来说并不理想。
关于客户
INEOS Olefins & Polymers USA（INEOS O&P USA）是全球性 INEOS 集团的一部分，是北美第三大高密度聚乙烯和聚丙烯生产商，也是其第二大乙烯贸易商。该公司在北美的五个工厂每年生产 75 亿磅烯烃和聚合物，拥有近 1,000 名员工，年收入达 50 亿美元。该公司的主要产品——乙烯、丙烯、丁二烯、混合丁烯、粗苯、聚乙烯和聚丙烯——均由石油和天然气中的碳氢化合物制成。水力压裂（或“压裂”）技术已经开发出来，可以从页岩油矿床中提取以前无法开采的碳氢化合物——以低得多的成本提供丰富的原材料。
解决方案
INEOS O&P USA 决定通过采用 IBM Cloud Managed Services for SAP Applications 构建完全灵活的 IT 环境，从而能够快速且经济高效地开发新功能。IBM 全球技术服务部 - Cloud Managed Services 团队帮助实施了基于 IBM Power 770 服务器的新 SmartCloud 架构。基于云的环境对 SAP 的优势非常显著，尤其是对于像 INEOS O&P USA 这样专注于开发和创新的公司而言。当需要开发或投入生产其他 SAP 功能时，可以使用 IBM Cloud Managed Services for SAP Applications 创建新的虚拟服务器，并调整内存和 CPU 需求以满足特定要求。
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