In this free webinar, AspenTech’s Supply Chain Management (SCM) and Manufacturing Execution Systems(MES) groups will share how NEW features in the recent V11 release close the gap between supply chain planning and manufacturing execution. During this webinar we will take a close look into each process and how they overlap, the people involved, and show how AspenTech’s industry-leading technology extends vertical integration capabilities and changes the way manufacturing organizations operate.

Digital transformation seeks to use technology to achieve your goals: fewer errors, more production, better product quality and improved customer service. The vertical integration of enterprise and IT technologies — also known as "smart manufacturing" or Industry 4.0 — synchronizes commercial systems, such as production orders from the ERP, with manufacturing systems like the DCS, weigh scales or barcode readers. This webinar will show you how can reduce product quality errors, batch cycle times and operating costs

J.M. Huber has been leveraging Aspen Collaborative Demand Manager™ to improve forecast accuracy for over 3 1/2 years. During this webinar, Deborah Morris, supply chain process improvement and demand planning manager at J.M. Huber, will share how they evolved their demand planning process, leveraging demand segmentation analysis and other advanced forecasting techniques. The company also worked closely with the sales organization in a coaching and advisory capacity.

What is a digital twin? Why is it an essential building block for your organization’s initiatives, such as sustainability, operational excellence and improved margins? Leading energy and chemical companies are leveraging digital twin technology to model the behavior and performance of assets to improve their bottom line. In this on-demand webinar AspenTech’s Market Strategy Director and industry expert Ron Beck shares how digital twin technology provides the following benefits:

Leveraging process modeling tools is vital for accelerating the journey to market for new products, or for optimizing the margins of existing processes. Often, a single tool does not have the capabilities to model entire specialty and fine chemicals processes due to their complexities (batch or mixed batch/continuous, integrated fluid and solid sections, complex reactive systems). As a result, specialty and fine chemicals companies often rely almost exclusively on expensive experimentation and plant trials when innovating their products and processes. View this webinar to learn from AspenTech experts about best practices for end-to-end batch modeling in Aspen Plus.

Agile has traditionally been used for software product development, however, it can also be applied as a key enabler for supply chain transformation. Hexion, a global specialty chemical company, has applied Agile to improve supply chain processes, driven by Sales and Operations Execution (S&OE), across 45 global production sites.

While most chemical companies have sustainability initiatives in place with varying reliance on digital technologies to achieve these goals, challenges remain. What are the key enablers to eliminate emissions and waste, extend material use and regenerate natural systems? How do new innovations accelerate this effort?

Sustainability remains top-of-mind for most executives as they work to balance environmental concerns with business performance. Digital solutions have emerged as a key enabler to help companies make progress toward their sustainability goals.

Pharma and biotech companies face a pivotal next step in addressing the increased complexity of production while balancing mounting cost pressures with the need to ensure product quality, security of supply and regulatory compliance.

Hear from industry veterans Stuart Forrest and Paul Talley, on how organizations are increasing uptime, efficiency and utilization with focused attention on high-value problem areas. Find out how AspenTech MES solutions can help you achieve a new level of asset management.