Industrial chemicals, value chain

A. Terminological-descriptive Value Chain Management Chemical Industry and Value Chain Characteristics Define the research field and basic terms Use of descriptive studies to narrow problem area investigated within research field Definition of types and relevant dimensions in the scope... 

The chemical industry is presented in an overview with chemical value chain structures, industry specifics, market structures and trends before focusing on commodities. 

CHAMPION AND FACILITATE THE EXTENSION OF RESPONSIBLE CARE ALONG THE CHEMICAL INDUSTRY S VALUE CHAIN. 

The principal objective of technical service in the chemical industry is to provide timely and professional information and support to downstream customers regarding chemical products and thek uses. It is neither cost-effective nor necessary for a consumer of chemical products to develop a staff of speciahsts having detailed expertise in all aspects of chemical raw materials and thek uses, particularly in a time of increa singly complex and rapidly technologically driven economies. Rather, this variety of expertise is provided in the chemical marketplace by technical service professionals whose knowledge and skills are made available by chemical products suppHers. As such, successful chemical companies provide technical service as a critical element of thek offerings to the marketplace making use of this aspect of the value chain to enhance thek competitiveness. 

The problem to monthly plan a global value chain for commodities in the chemical industry puts specific requirements considering on the aspects of values, sales, distribution, production and procurement planning in a global network. Recent research related to value chain planning can be clustered into global-oriented, chemical industry-oriented or commodity-oriented research. 

Developed frameworks are applied to the specific industry problem to monthly plan a global chemical commodity value chain by volumes and values. Sub-objectives are to elaborate characteristics and planning requirements for a global commodity value chain in the chemical industry and to develop, implement and evaluate the respective model. Research question 2 is directed to a real industry case study demonstrating the real existence of formulated requirements, showing the applicability of the developed model in reality and evaluating the model using industry data. 

The value chain management framework is used as conceptual basis for developing a global value chain planning model for the specific scope of a global commodity value chain in the chemical industry. 

The chemical industry is the application field for the study and the development of a global value chain planning model. General characteristics of the chemical industry as application field are described in this chapter. Particularities of chemical commodities are described in more detail being relevant for the considered case. 

Fig. 26 Chemical products in the chemical industry value chain...

Global Commodity Value Chain in the Chemical Industry... 

The global value chain network for commodities in the chemical industry is composed by locations, resources and transportation lanes as illustrated in fig. 39... 

Relevant characteristics of the chemical industry and the considered global value chain network have been presented in more detail. Results can be summarized ... 

The chemical industry has a significant importance with respect to volumes and economic values. Value chain planning methods applied on this basis can have significant influence and lead to respective improvements. 

The globalization is a key trend in the chemical industry especially between traditional industry markets in Europe and NAFTA and emerging markets in Asia. Planning and managing these flows is a further area, where value chain planning can provide significant decision support to overall volume and value optimization. 

Models in literature with relation to the scope of this work are reflected by the key words in the title planning, global, commodity and chemical industry in the context to value chain management. Given the comprehensive scope of the value chain planning problem, literature analysis is grouped into these four groups ... 

Chemicals-related models related to value chain management and the chemical industry specific requirements... 

Chemical-industry related literature addressing value chain management focuses on production and supply chain management as well as selectively procurement. Companies in the oil and chemical industries have been leaders for almost 50 years in the development and use of linear and mixed integer programming models to support decision-making at all levels of planning (Shapiro 2004). 

While production and distribution are intensively investigated due to the complexity and cost-importance of capital-intensive production assets in the chemical industry, procurement and demand management in the chemical industry value chain is less investigated. 

In this study, two research questions have been investigated 1. How volumes and values within the value chain can be managed in an integrated way and, especially, 2. How a global commodity value chain within the chemical industry can be planned by volumes and values. 

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