The specialty chemicals industry faces many global challenges. Rising fuel and commodity costs place pressure on gross margins at a time when manufacturing and R&D costs are increasing. Add to the mix stringent quality and regulatory compliance requirements and process manufacturers face an uphill battle to profitability and growth.
Many suppliers find it difficult to identify areas of inefficiency on their own. Even those that know where they need to improve often lack the process agility to make it happen. To break through the barriers to change, many leading global manufacturers turn to Cognizant’s EMS practice.
What We Offer
Our skilled practitioners leverage technology as an enabler for operational excellence across the process value chain. As a result of implementing our proven solutions and best practices, you’ll see gains from efficient scheduling to optimize customer service, inventory levels and the manufacturing process. You’ll also achieve new insight from laboratory information management that’s integrated with process and schedules.
The benefits to your business can be significant. For example, asset performance is maximized, in part due to a reduction in machine downtime. Production development costs can be reduced due to closer collaboration between process, design, production and labs, while tighter process control and higher process visibility can drive production costs lower. You’ll also find it is much easier to adhere to environmental and safety regulations.
In addition, EMS also offers consulting services that can provide valuable insights into current operations and future initiatives. These services include:
- Business Case Development – Analyze key business considerations for a new initiative and identify organizational requirements
- Plant Systems Maintenance Assessment (PLASMA) – A thorough analysis of a plant systems portfolio to answer key questions related to systems maintenance management outsourcing and off-shoring
- Operational Performance Benchmarking (OPB) – Analysis of plant operations by comparing key performance metrics with industry peers to identify areas of improvement
- Package Evaluation and Selection – A template-based methodology to evaluate various manufacturing systems or packages like MES, EAM and PLM
- Sustainability Assessment – A framework-based assessment of sustainability levels in various areas, including facilities/buildings, manufacturing/operations, logistics, enterprise and energy (utilities)
Success in the 21st century rests on leveraging best-in-class technology solutions to maximize ROI and achieve sustainable growth. This is why more specialty chemicals manufacturers are turning to Cognizant’s EMS practice and its focus on solutions that leverage the future of work -- globalization, virtualization, cloud technologies and the skills of millennial workers.