Our Customers' Perspectives

Staying Ahead of REACH Compliance
Complying with Registration, Evaluation, Authorization, and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulations presents chemical companies with a significant challenge. Covering over 30,000 substances, the legislation requires registration and detailed reporting of volumes produced within – or imported into – the European Union.

Read how three SAP customers are staying ahead of REACH compliance:

• BASF
• Rohm and Haas Company
• Momentive Performance Materials

Collaborating with Customers, Partners, and Suppliers
BusinessWeek Research Services recently conducted an exclusive survey and research program to discover and analyze the views of executives on collaboration with third parties. Listen to what some of our customers had to say about the importance of collaboration with customers, partners, and suppliers in their industries.

Listen to the podcasts:

• Dave Kepler, CIO, Dow Chemical
• Susan Nelson, Vice President, Strategic Alliances, Sprint Nextel
• Jeff Weedman, Vice President, External Business Development, Procter and Gamble
• Tom Roloff, Senior Vice President, Global Services, EMC
• Russ Buchanan, Vice President, Worldwide Alliances, Xerox

Nike's Transformation: Orchestrating a Customer-Centric Business Network
Nike is a perfect example of a customer-centric business network transformation. In this video, Roland Paanakker, CIO of Nike, illustrates how business network transformation is changing the interaction among Nike's manufacturers, retailers, and logistic providers in a global supply chain.

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CEOs on Business Network Transformation
Globalization and the Internet present companies all over the world with new opportunities and new challenges. Business network transformation (BNT) is the way forward. But what exactly does BNT mean for today's organizations? CEOs offer their insights on how BNT has changed their perception and their business.

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