Case Study: Albemarle achieves streamlined, future-ready operations with SAP S/4HANA and SAP software

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

Albemarle, a global producer of lithium, bromine, and catalyst solutions, wanted to consolidate multiple ERP systems and standardize disconnected business processes that were causing slow financial closings, manual shipping, and invoicing inefficiencies. To support its growth and innovation goals, Albemarle partnered with SAP and used SAP S/4HANA and other SAP software.

SAP implemented a modern, integrated platform with streamlined standard processes, minimal customization, and support for trade, transportation, compliance, and analytics. The result was a single source of real-time truth for 5,000 global users, faster decision-making, improved logistics and employee safety, and easier upgrades; Albemarle also achieved over 95% use of standard SAP processes with zero core code modifications.

Albemarle

Larry East

Vice President Business Transformation