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Shell Chemicals Case History Receives 3rd Editor's Choice Award from
Plant-Design.Com
Review Documents ROI of 10:1 of Revenues from E-Commerce Investment Houston, TX, October 1, 1999. Information Assets, Inc. (IAI) has announced the Plant-Design.Com September, 1999, "Editors' Choice" award for Case Histories goes to Shell Chemicals, Houston, Texas. The award acknowledges high returns on automation investment and superior quality in documenting results. Plant-Design.Com hosts news, case histories, employment, and events of interest to the plant design and engineering community. The case history documented a 10 to 1 increase in revenues over their e-commerce investment in Supplier Managed Inventories (SMI), called SIMON TM -- Supplier Inventory Management Order Network Dr. William G. Beazley, President of IAI and Editor of Plant-Design.Com, said, "Plant-Design.Com searches for high return applications of automation technologies supporting plant design. Shell Chemicals is our first e-commerce selection and was chosen for its superior return on a production supply chain application. We are proud to select them as another Editors' Choice award recipient." Shell used IBM Lotus technology to manage chemical customer inventories and eliminate excess paperwork and delivery delays. Their case history documents the manual methods they replaced and the work practices used to work with their client. About IAI Information Assets, Inc., specializes in E-Commerce and Web-based Engineering Applications. IAI offers a broad range of web page development and hosting products and services. IAI consults world-wide, from its offices in Houston and Beaumont, TX.
Plant-Design.Com's review of the case history can be found at
http://www.plant-design.com/ and browsing "case histories" on the navigation
menu. The case history is published on IBM/Lotus' web site at:
http://houns54.clearlake.ibm.com/scmpub.nsf/detailcontacts/shell_chemical_re_defines?OpenDocument,
and is copyrighted by them. For more information about IBM/Lotus, contact:
1-800-IBM-7080. Shell Services International now markets SIMON to other
companies. For more information, contact: Tom Eade, 713-245-3176,
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