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Elemica Hosts eBusiness Workshop for Executives at 3rd Annual eChemicals Conference in Brussels

EXTON, Pa., BRUSSELS, Belgium and FRANKFURT, Germany, Oct. 14 /PRNewswire/ -- Elemica, the industry-leading business process network for the external supply chain, announces it will host a 3-hour workshop for business executives at the 3rd Annual eChemicals Conference at the Hotel Le Plaza in Brussels, Belgium, October 28-30, 2008. Elemica's workshop entitled, "From eBusiness to Business with the Elemica Network - Lessons Learned from 10 Years Leadership in eBusiness," features presentations and case studies that highlight the growth of eBusiness activities within chemical companies.

Simon Hardy, EU Director of eSolutions at Elemica, will lead the Elemica workshop. "Chemical companies are realizing that eBusiness is the fundamental way to do business on a global basis," said Simon Hardy. "In the Elemica workshop, attendees will learn how the automation evolution over the last decade has brought to companies a vastly increased sophistication around working with partners along the supply chain. We will be sharing how this collaboration reduces costs and errors."

Elemica's workshop takes place on October 28, 2008 at 14:00 - 17:30. Elemica will present, "Moving from Point to Point Connections to Hubs - But Also Consolidating to One Business Process Network," followed by two workshops on Business Process Networks and Exception Management. A senior executive from a major chemical company will discuss how to take your eBusiness experiences into on-going roles. Feedback from an eBusiness benchmark survey of the chemical industry and how this is shaping the industry will be highlighted, including information on how to fulfill key eBusiness goals in a cost effective manner. A Q&A session, hosted by Elemica, will close the session.

The 3rd Annual eChemicals event, a preferred meeting place of industry professionals, will embrace discussions around new ways of using e-commerce, e-collaboration, new approaches to customer relationships and different e-tools and e-solutions. Case studies on latest strategies and developments, moderated discussions and plenty of networking opportunities will serve participants to update their knowledge on the e-environment in the chemical industry, and gain valuable insights from exchange with industry peers, which subsequently can be implemented and serve to optimize an e-business strategy.

Many of Elemica's clients will also be speaking at the conference, including Bayer MaterialScience, BASF, DSM, LyondellBasell, Vopak, Penta Chemikalien, and others. For more information on the conference or to register, contact Nadja Lannert: nadja.lannert@elemica.com. The conference takes place at the Hotel Le Plaza, Boulevard Adolphe Max 118-126, 1000 Bruxelles, Belgium.

About Elemica

Elemica was founded by 22 leaders of the global chemical industry to deliver best-in-class order management and supply chain applications and services that powerfully impact bottom-line cost savings. With one connection to the Elemica Network, clients drive operational excellence by automating the execution of key trading partner business processes resulting in improved efficiencies, superior service, and greater profitability.

By providing optimal connectivity between all trading partners of the network, Elemica offers the world's leading platform for driving service optimization and excellence throughout the value chain. From order entry to invoice processing for logistics, planning, and purchasing, the Elemica network enables a high degree of automation in real-time data exchange, which improves productivity, decreases errors, and increases the ease of doing business.

Elemica has connected more than 1500 companies across multiple industries and processes over $50B in annual spend. Clients include Dow, BP, Rohm & Haas, Shell Chemicals, BASF, and Lanxess. For more information, visit http://www.elemica.com.

SOURCE Elemica