Chemicals & Energy

Going Live: Supply Chain Execution Gets Strategic With Real-Time, Contextual Data

June 17, 2016

Aspen Technology Issues Update of aspenONE Software

June 14, 2016

Aspen Technology, Inc., a provider of software and services to the process industries, has made generally available Version 9 of two applications, aspenONE Engineering and aspenONE Manufacturing and Supply Chain.

Chemical Industry to Be Transformed by Continuous Collection, Analysis of Data - PwC

June 10, 2016

ICIS

The advent of continuous data collection and analysis has the potential to change the face of the chemical industry, and will create the need for platforms allowing companies to analyse a material throughout its value chain, consultants at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) said.

Import Patterns Uneven, But 'Plenty of Merchandise' Expected for Back-to-School Sales

June 10, 2016

NRF

Import cargo volume at the nation's major retail container ports is expected to be mostly down through the summer but should see a significant uptick just before the winter holiday season, according to the monthly Global Port Tracker report released by the National Retail Federation and Hackett Associates.

With Insurance Picture Clearer, More Foreign-Owned Vessels Shipping Iranian Oil

June 10, 2016

Maritime Executive

More than 25 European and Asian-owned supertankers are shipping Iranian oil, data seen by Reuters shows, allowing Tehran to ramp up exports much faster than analysts had expected following the lifting of sanctions in January.

Electrical Distributors, Manufacturers Need to Work on Relationship, Study Finds

June 7, 2016

TED Mag

After surveying 246 National Association of Electrical Distributors companies (102 distributors and 144 manufacturers) for the recent Reimagining Distributor and Manufacturer Relationships study, the message came through loud and clear: Both distributors and manufacturers need to put more time and effort into strengthening their supply chain relationships.

Clean Energy Could Reduce Cost of Desalination Process

June 3, 2016

Environmental Leader

Desalination is typically an energy-intensive - and thus expensive - way to produce freshwater, which is one of the reasons it has been slow to take off as a widespread solution to water shortages.

marcus evans to host the 6th Annual Process Safety Management for Chem, Petrochem & Refining Conference

June 3, 2016

Obama Approves Tariff Relief for Imports of Raw Materials for Chemicals Industry

June 1, 2016

Chemical & Engineering News

President Barack Obama has signed legislation that will provide tariff relief to U.S. chemical producers that import raw materials and intermediate products.

Drop in Fuel Prices Causes Fleet Vehicle Costs to Decline 14 Percent in 2015

May 31, 2016

Element Financial Corp.

The total cost of having a vehicle fleet fell by 14 percent from 2014 to 2015 due primarily lower fuel prices, according to the inaugural Element Fleet Total Cost of Ownership Index.

Chemicals & Energy

The latest supply-chain news, analysis, trends and tools for executives in the chemicals and energy industries. Learn how chemical and energy companies and their suppliers around the world are managing the flow of products across all channels of the enterprise. Experts sound off on forecasting and demand planning, supply-chain visibility, logistics outsourcing, inventory optimization, transportation management, warehouse management, supply-chain security, corporate social responsibility and more.