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Leading chemicals manufacturer Boosts business performance with IBM and SAP
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
- 离散制造
用例
- 自动化制造系统
- 预测性维护
服务
- 系统集成
- 软件设计与工程服务
挑战
这家领先的化学品制造商面临着快速获取洞察力的挑战，因为员工和系统分布在许多不同的业务部门，而这些洞察力是提高业务绩效和盈利能力所必需的。该公司还遇到了可用性问题，经常不得不将系统离线进行软件升级、备份和修补。由于内部重组，该公司的 SAP 应用程序用户群预计将增加数千名用户，这使得获取运营洞察力变得更加困难。该公司认识到需要减少停机时间，确保用户的高可用性和可靠性，并寻找一个可以依赖的稳定平台来保持全天候平稳运行。
关于客户
这家领先的化学品制造商为全球各行各业和消费者生产和供应油漆、涂料和特种化学品。该公司为全球各地的客户提供服务，这些客户对产品的质量和价值有着极高的期望。为了满足如此高的期望，该公司必须确保其运营链中的每个环节都尽可能高效地运行。然而，由于员工和系统分布在许多不同的业务部门，因此，快速获得洞察力以提高业务绩效和盈利能力往往是一项挑战。
解决方案
为了降低复杂性，领先的化学品制造商选择将其所有 SAP 实例整合到一个单一的中央解决方案中。该公司对潜在解决方案进行了严格的评估，并根据公司对可靠性、性能和成本的具体要求对它们进行排名。该公司选择了运行 IBM AIX 的 IBM Power Systems 来支持 DB2。IBM AIX 软件只需进行几次更新即可运行一整年，使公司能够保持数据库和业务流程正常运行，而计划停机时间却大大减少。从单一供应商采购数据库、操作系统和硬件大大简化了系统管理。通过在 IBM DB2 上运行单个 SAP ERP 实例，该公司获得了高性能、高度可扩展且可靠的集中式解决方案。
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