Chemical Industry Blog

Highlighting the impact of information technology on the chemical industry

A Pause for the Blog

Hi everyone, I’m posting this to let you know that I took on a new challenge at Microsoft and that...

Date: 11/11/2009

Microsoft Acquires Process Manufacturing Solution

I’m excited to write that yesterday we announced the acquisition of four industry solutions...

Date: 09/23/2009

Medway Plastics Case Study – Online COllaboration

We posted a new video case study of Medway Plastics’ use of Microsoft Office Live Meeting to help...

Date: 09/04/2009

Coca-Cola Enterprises Moves to Cloud Computing with Microsoft Online Services

Cloud computing, in particular the move of email and other business productivity services out of...

Date: 07/10/2009

Supply Chain Visibility and Collaboration Using SharePoint 2007

Guest blogging today is Dave Lassiter.  Dave is our Solutions Director for Manufacturing &...

Date: 06/22/2009

Webcast Question Follow-Up: Scalability of Dynamics CRM

I just received all the questions that were on the webcast.  I’ll go through those over the...

Date: 06/11/2009

Replay of ChemWeek Dynamics CRM Webcast Featuring Arch CHemicals

For those who couldn’t attend the live webcast, the replay is available on the ChemWeek site at...

Date: 06/10/2009

ChemWeek Sales Productivity Webcast on Dynamics CRM

Thank you to everyone who joined today’s webcast highlighting Arch Chemical’s experience deploying...

Date: 06/02/2009

Tackling the Sales Productivity Challenge

I was invited by ChemWeek to contribute a blog entry for the upcoming webcast on June 2nd @ 10:00am...

Date: 05/29/2009

Enabling the Agile Supply Chain

Join AMR Research, Microsoft and Infosys for a June 9th webcast about supply chain visibility &...

Date: 05/21/2009

Join Arch Chemicals and Microsoft on Dynamics CRM Webcast with ChemWeek

Arch Chemicals is a long time user of Microsoft Dynamics CRM for both sales and customer service,...

Date: 05/14/2009

Unified Communications in Manufacturing – With New Dow Corning Case Study

Back in late 2007, I posted a case study highlighting Dow Corning’s deployment of unified...

Date: 05/12/2009

Archer Daniels Midland Launches New Customer Experience on SharePoint 2007

Archer Daniels Midland (ADM), a global agricultural processing company, recently launched their new...

Date: 04/27/2009

AspenTech Event and Upcoming User’s Conference

We co-hosted a fun, informal networking event with AspenTech on Wednesday evening at the...

Date: 04/24/2009

Chem4Word Sighting

I blogged back in August about a Microsoft Research collaboration with Dr. Peter Murray-Rust on...

Date: 04/09/2009

I Thought I Was in ShapE…

That’s what I told a group of tourists at the top of Lombard Street in San Francisco last week after...

Date: 04/06/2009

Accelrys Announces SUpport for Office SharePoint Server

Yesterday, Accelrys, a provider of scientific business intelligence software and services, put out a...

Date: 03/24/2009

Manufacturing Future Vision Video

I was with a customer this week up at our Executive Briefing Center in Redmond.  In fact, I am...

Date: 03/13/2009

Global Energy Forum Decks Posted

Happy Friday.  The customer presentations from the Global Energy Forum are now posted. ...

Date: 03/06/2009

Last Week at the Global Energy Forum

What a great day at the Global Energy Forum last week, and what a fantastic turnout.  I was...

Date: 02/26/2009

This Week at the GLobal Energy Forum…

I’ll be in Houston this week for the Global Energy Forum.  Nalco Company is speaking with...

Date: 02/16/2009

More on OSIsoft DOBA Accelerators

As promised, I am following up with more information about OSIsoft’s Dynamic Office Business...

Date: 02/06/2009

Connecting with Someone Who Reached Out To Me Last Week

Sorry to use this for a blog post, but if you sent me an email last week through the contact form...

Date: 02/05/2009

Re-Cap of THE UMT Portfolio Management Webcast Featuring FMC

UMT delivered a nice webcast yesterday featuring Blaik Halling, Project Manager and Senior Research...

Date: 01/29/2009

Reminder: Webcast Tomorrow Featuring FMC – Portfolio Management for Research and Development

Just a reminder about tomorrow’s webcast on best-in-class portfolio management in R&D, featuring...

Date: 01/26/2009

OSIsoft’s Microsoft Solution Accelerators On vCampus

A popular topic during my customer visits is about improving manufacturing operations.  Many of...

Date: 01/19/2009

Eastman Chemical Videos Posted – Collaborating Across The Enterprise

In a previous post, I referenced a new case study highlighting Eastman Chemical’s use of SharePoint...

Date: 01/12/2009

Chemical R&D Portfolio Management Webinar Featuring FMC and Partner UMT

Welcome to 2009!  We will kick-off the new year with a webinar titled “Best in Class Portfolio...

Date: 01/08/2009

Shutting Down for the Year – And a Note About Twitter

Just a quick note to wish everyone a happy holiday season.  I will likely be off the blog until...

Date: 12/19/2008

Paul Hodges’ Chemicals And The Economy Blog

If you are looking for some insight into how the economy is impacting the chemical industry, I...

Date: 12/19/2008

Chemical Companies Embracing New Concepts Like Software PluS Services

We sponsored a CIO Magazine virtual conference called “The Intelligent Enterprise” back in...

Date: 12/12/2008

Watch The Change with Unified Communications

As a follow up to my post about saving money with Unified Communications, I stumbled across a site...

Date: 12/02/2008

American Chemistry on Facebook

I am now one of 147 fans of American Chemistry on Facebook.  I’m really, really glad to see...

Date: 11/19/2008

The Social Media for Scientists Conversation Continues…

Okay, I’ve learned not to drift away from the blog for too long as conversations roll on without...

Date: 11/14/2008

Benefits of Plastics Summit Blog From the American Chemistry Council

A year-or-so ago I blogged about the (seemingly) lack of social networking going on in the chemical...

Date: 11/06/2008

NCH Streamlines Research and Analysis of new Technologies

We released a case study with NCH Corporation about their experience in building a custom...

Date: 11/05/2008

Owens-Illinois Cuts Excess Inventory by 50 Percent and IMproves On-Time Delivery

We released a case study earlier this month that you might find interesting. The case study is based...

Date: 10/27/2008

InformationWeek Article on BASF and Application Virtualization

Charles Babcock, from InformationWeek wrote a nice article on BASF's use of Microsoft application...

Date: 10/17/2008

Eastman Innovation Lab and Kor One

The inaugural Strategic Marketing and eMarketing in the Chemical Industry event finished...

Date: 10/10/2008

Day 1 of Strategic Marketing and eMarketing in the Chemical Industry Conference

I was in Atlanta today for day 1 of the Strategic Marketing and eMarketing in the Chemical Industry...

Date: 10/08/2008

AspenTech Announces BASF Is First Customer to Deploy AspenONE Using Microsoft Application Virtualization Technology

If you are an AspenTech customer using aspenOne software, this press release will interest...

Date: 10/07/2008

David kepler wins Chemweek CIO of the year award

The highlight of the ChemWeek IT forum this week was not my presentation with Colin Masson, rather...

Date: 10/03/2008

great microsoft rfid blog

If you're interested in a deeper view of Microsoft's RFID platform, check out Sudhir Hasbe's...

Date: 09/29/2008

Thoughts from Logichem 2008 in Atlanta

Last week, Microsoft sponsored LogiChem 2008 in Atlanta. Enrique Andaluz and Greg Walker represented...

Date: 09/29/2008

ERP Plus in Process industries - webcast with Fullscope and aberdeen

Yesterday, Steve Reed from Fullscope led a webcast on ERP Plus in Process Industries. Included in...

Date: 09/26/2008

Strategic Marketing and emarketing in the chemical industry

On October 8th and 9th in Atlanta, Georgia, Microsoft is sponsoring the Strategic Marketing and...

Date: 09/23/2008

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