Chemical Industry Blog
Highlighting the impact of information technology on the chemical industry
Monsanto Case Study on Unified Communications
Just before the holidays, we released a case study on Monsanto's use of Microsoft Office...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 02/01/2008
Join us for a Webcast on Innovation for Competitive Advantage in the Chemical Industry
On February 28, 2008, I am hosting a webcast on how Microsoft is helping chemical companies deliver...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/23/2008
The First Ever RFID Solution Days (featuring BizTalk Server 2006 R2) in Bellevue, WA
If you are currently evaluating RFID platforms for your business, or are starting to do RFID...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/18/2008
New Solution Showcase Content for Innovation Process Management
More and more, my chemical industry discussions have turned to innovation and supporting the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/09/2008
Cytec - Using a Windows Mobile solution to help them improve customer focus
I am back from the holidays, and wanted to kick-off the new year highlighting a story that was...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 01/04/2008
Shutting down for the holidays and some thoughts heading into 2008
I'm heading off for the holidays after today, and will return to blogging in the new year. Marc...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/14/2007
More information on Siemens Teamcenter Express integration with Microsoft Office
A colleague of mine, Todd Meadows, sent me a link to this newsletter which provides more details on...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/11/2007
Siemens Releases Demo of its Teamcenter Express Office Business Application
Siemens has posted a demonstration of the document management capabilities inside of their Office...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/10/2007
Operational Excellence article in ChemWeek
Nancy Seewald wrote a nice piece on Operational Excellence in the November 21st edition of ChemWeek....
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/06/2007
Lean Adoption in the Chemical Industry
As chemical companies continue to focus on attaining the next level of operational excellence, more...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 12/01/2007
ChemSpider - My first step in proving my previous post wrong
While sitting around watching a lot of college football this weekend, I started to do some searching...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/27/2007
Web 2.0 for the Chemical Industry - Where is the online presence and community building?
I was with one of my chemical customers this week in a strategy briefing around improving their...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/17/2007
Marc Monplaisir Has a New Job
I was fortunate to have Marc Monplaisir running our marketing strategy for the chemical industry -...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/11/2007
How Great Customers Can Energize You...
Sorry for the lack of posts last week, but I had a hectic travel schedule which included spending...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/11/2007
Air Products and their Office Communications Server deployment
Another chemical collaboration case study was released - this time is about the Air Products...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 11/01/2007
A Rainy Friday Afternoon
I'm staring out the window at the 3rd straight day of rain. Sounds gloomy, except when you live in...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/26/2007
Live Search 411 Launched
I tried out the new Live Search 411 we launched this week. It connects you with any business...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/17/2007
Demand Planning Capabilities in Duet for Microsoft Office and SAP
Have you heard of Duet? Duet is a software solution from Microsoft and SAP that allows users to work...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/17/2007
Microsoft at Council for Supply Chain Management (CSCMP) Annual Conference
In less than two weeks we will be at the annual CSCMP event in Philadelphia as the Premier sponsor...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/09/2007
Final LogiChem 2007 Thoughts and pointer to the Microsoft and SAP Alliance site
I can't believe a week has already passed since LogiChem ended. I am still catching up on things...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 10/04/2007
Report from Day 2 of LogiChem
Today kicked off with Brian Willson, Chemicals Industry Director from Microsoft, hosting the morning...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/27/2007
Morning Report from LogiChem 2007
Hello from the LogiChem 2007 conference in Scottsdale, Arizona! The morning kicked off with Jack...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/25/2007
New Recipe and Formula Management Partner - Selerant - Running on SQL Server
Good news on the collaborative product development and recipe and formula management front: Selerant...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/21/2007
New Case Study on J. R. Simplot
This is a new case study highlighting how J. R. Simplot used BizTalk server and SQL Server to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/19/2007
BizTalk Server 2006 R2 - Value for the chemical industry (RFID and CIDX Chem eStandards)
It's been a lot of fun to watch our BizTalk Server product grow over the years. I was fortunate to...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/18/2007
Microsoft ISV Software Contest - Clean Technology
Microsoft is sponsoring a software development contest that is of interest to the chemicals industry...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/11/2007
Dow Chemical Cuts the Cost of Vendor Collaboration
We published this case study earlier this summer. Global chemical companies like Dow Chemical are...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 09/04/2007
How do you find experts in a global company that's active in M&A?
To continue highlighting some good chemical company case studies, I've included a case study on how...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/27/2007
How iGPS uses BizTalk Server's RFID capabilities for Real-Time Asset Tracking and Visibility
Microsoft and Xterprise are sponsoring a webcast on Wednesday, August 29th at 2pm EST covering how...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/23/2007
PPG Case Study on Vista and Office 2007...and another kind of Vista
Some of what we will do early on is highlight recent case studies from our chemical customer base -...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/19/2007
Join us at LogiChem 2007 !
Join Microsoft at the LogiChem 2007 conference focusing on Chemicals supply chain and logistics...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/16/2007
Improving Your Innovation Process with Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and DataLan Corporation...an Ampacet Case Study
I want to draw your attention to a case study on how Ampacet improved their innovation management...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/15/2007
Source of My "Strong IT = Strong Business Growth" Data Points from ChemWeek SFO Conference This Week
At the conference Marc wrote about below, I was part of a panel on challenges aligning IT with the...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/09/2007
Price Management Office Business Application (OBA) - Reference Application Pack
Back in May, we posted a new Office Business Application (OBA) Reference Application Pack for Price...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/09/2007
Report - Chemical Week Senior Financial Officers Conference, New York, August 7
I attended the 12th annual ChemWeek SFO conference in New York yesterday along with my colleague...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/08/2007
Welcome to the Microsoft Chemicals Team Blog!
Welcome...this blog is shared by members of the Chemicals Industry Team at Microsoft. It will...
Author: MSDN Archive Date: 08/06/2007