AkzoNobel Improves Capacity with Chemical Manufacturing Software Customer Story Bar Share 20% Increase in capacity LEAD TIMEDecreased lead time to customer delivery TRACEABILITYIncreased traceabilty Load More Customer Information Introduction Company AkzoNobel Industry Chemicals, Manufacturing & Digital Plant Products Proficy Plant Applications, MES - Manufacturing Execution Systems, Proficy Industrial Software Introduction AkzoNobel’s Pulp and Performance Chemicals plant in Columbus, MI manufactures and sells expandable microspheres around the world. Challenges A need for better traceability and schedulingThe chemical site was still managing its raw material information, processes, and finished products on paper, and didn’t have a system that was able to trace the batch number for each customer delivery. Solutions 02:53AkzoNobel : Connecting People, Plants, and Data Around the WorldVideo credit: GE Vernova Results A vision for global planningBy leveraging Proficy Plant Applications, AkzoNobel was able to transform its operations—increasing capacity by 20%, decreasing lead times, and improving traceability to better serve its customers.