Case Study: Albemarle achieves streamlined global operations and a single source of truth with SAP HANA

How Can a Digital Transformation Help Drive the Future of Innovation and Power People’s Potential

Albemarle, a global producer of lithium, bromine, and catalyst solutions (~5,900 employees, US$3.3B revenue), needed to consolidate multiple ERP systems and simplify a highly customized legacy landscape after a recent acquisition. Disconnected processes caused slow financial closings, manual shipping and invoicing, regional misalignments, and limited ability to upgrade or innovate.

Partnering with SAP, Albemarle deployed SAP S/4HANA and related solutions using industry best practices (>95% standard processes, zero core code changes) to create one enterprise-wide source of truth for ~5,000 users. In an 18-month rollout (with a flawless upgrade) the company achieved real-time reporting, faster finance and order cycles, improved logistics and compliance, increased safety, reduced spend leakage, and a modern platform to drive future innovation.

Albemarle

Larry East

Vice President Business Transformation