WILMINGTON, DEL. – March 25, 2009 – Supply Chain Consultants (www.supplychain.com), designer and supplier of the Zemeter suite of supply chain management (SCM) software products, announced today that Hexion Specialty Chemicals, Inc. has implemented the Performance Management module of Zemeter. Performance Management provides managers at Hexion with a detailed view of the organization's supply chain using metrics for demand, supply and financial performance.

Hexion Specialty Chemicals, as the world leader in thermoset resins, manages millions of dollars in inventory and thousands of SKUs in the worldwide delivery of its binding, bonding, coating and leading products. The company has 94 manufacturing facilities located in the Americas, Europe and Asia Pacific.

"In these challenging economic times, we realized that more than ever we had to keep a close eye on the key metrics," said Paul Johnson, vice president of Global Plan Processes at Hexion. "SCC showed us some very effective ways to keep an eye on the health of the supply chain using the Performance Management module of Zemeter. The tool saves a great deal of time, and it has helped us operate with considerably lower working capital."

Another advantage of Zemeter Performance Management is the minimum resources it requires. During development and implementation, all that is required is for the IT department to provide servers and set up access.

"We were looking to provide a quick solution to the supply chain team's need for a place to monitor important business metrics," said Rich Wagner, director, Business Process and Systems. "With Zemeter Performance Management, the implementation was very fast, and SCC's team managed their work without disrupting our day-to-day operations."

Zemeter Performance Management Dashboard allows anyone from C-level executives to hands-on supply chain practitioners to gauge the health of the supply chain at a glance by presenting current states versus objectives. Displays are business-specific, key metrics (KPIs),...