We all have a perfect world, a world where our personal pet peeves would not exist. I’m the person who re-organizes the dirty dishwasher so the plates and bowls line up – it’s not an OCD thing for me, it’s merely a capacity issue. I want to maximize ...

SAP and IBM hosted an intimate blockchain for chemicals forum in Newtown Square on August 13th 2018. Companies in attendance included Dow, DuPont, Braskem, Air Products, Axalta Coatings, Infinium, Benjamin Moore, St. Gobain, and Covestro. SAP’s obje...

Just three weeks ago, I was asked an age-old question – ‘can you help a customer get to a single set of numbers to drive their plan? The CEO wants a single set of numbers!’ I wanted to reply that THAT is not the right question, but I wasn’t sure how ...

Every year, we host a series of research roundtables with chemical industry customers.  This year, the roundtables will be held at the SAP offices in Houston (August 17th) and in Newtown Square (August 19th).  The output of the roundtables forms the ...

When I was 14, I started working my first real job with a professional painter where I grew up in Vermont.  We used to paint old farm houses and barns, restoring single-paned windows by caulking by hand, and giving the Vermont landscape that quaint l...