Case Study: Nouryon achieves a harmonized One-Plan S&OP process with Arkieva

Nouryon Achieves a One-Plan Harmonized S&OP Process with Arkieva

Nouryon, a global chemical manufacturer, faced a fragmented, non‑integrated planning environment with business units using a mix of systems and spreadsheets and needed a harmonized S&OP process and cross‑functional collaboration. Arkieva was engaged to provide its One‑Plan S&OP Software suite—including Demand Planner, Inventory Planner, Supply Planner, Financial Planner and S&OP dashboards—to create a common planning system across Ethylene & Sulfur Derivatives, Industrial Chemicals, Pulp & Performance Chemicals and Surface Chemistry.

Arkieva implemented an integrated, collaborative One‑Plan solution with bidirectional SAP ERP/SAP BW/COPA integration, embedded statistical forecasting and scenario‑driven capacity models, giving 1,500+ global users a single source of truth. As a result, Nouryon reduced manual forecasting hours, achieved a dramatic reduction in inventory costs, improved visibility of key inventory metrics (Days of Coverage, excess/slow‑moving stock), enabled integrated financial budgeting and improved asset and raw‑material utilization.

Nouryon

Jo Shepherd

VP Supply Chain Specialty Chemicals