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E-INVOICE: A SPEEDY WAY TO CONNECT
BUSINESS PARTNERS
Invoices without
the paperwork
THE PROJECT. A smart new functionality on
Solvay’s ERP system is making time-consuming
administrative transactions a thing of the past.
e-Invoice does away with manual data entry,
printed documents and snail-mail by automating
this process and delivering offi cial documents
to trading partners in a secure digital format via
the Elemica Network, a third party provider
dedicated to the chemicals industry. By sharing
this service, partners enjoy interconnected
communications, automatic integration of data
in their ERP systems, and transparent order
management. e-Invoice delivers signifi cant
economic and environmental savings by reducing
the time spent on everyday administrative tasks
and eliminating paper, printing and postage costs.
CC SIS, CC LEGAL AND
COMPLIANCE, BSC SUPPLY CHAIN
EUROPE, CC CORPORATE FINANCE
> Michel Adant; Bernard Boucher;
Francesco Dilillo; Enrique Iglesias; Chantal Liesse;
Michel Tonnon; Richard Verlaque; Haimo Zekoll.
INTEGRATED ACCESS TO ELECTRONIC
SCIENTIFIC RESOURCES (E-LIBRARY)
Single window for
the electronic library
THE PROJECT. Ordering any type of article or
document from one’s own computer, using a
single intranet portal, has become possible, even
with a partial bibliographic reference.
The e-library system fi rst checks all current
subscriptions at Solvay and the internal
databases. If the article is available, a link to the
document in pdf format appears in a few seconds.
Otherwise, the system compares the availability
of the document from selected publishers,
chooses the least expensive and then proposes a
pre-fi lled form to confi rm the order. A confi rming
click and the article is e-mailed within 48h.
It couldn’t be more simple!
Until now, the various electronic resources
(e-magazines, databases, document orders)
proposed to the Solvay group by the
documentation management of Intellectual Assets
Management and Pharma Scientifi c Information
were not inter-linked. Users had to move from one
site to another and copy / paste document
references. The integration project has brought
together all these tools, enabling users to navigate
easily from one source to another, whatever their
point of entry (Internet, databases...).
This device is also designed to collect statistics
that allow optimal management of subscriptions.
The heart of the system is the OpenURL link
resolver “SFX”, coupled with the identifi cation
of the user, his entity, as well as the publications
which he has access to. SFX offers a context
menu to each user according to his access
permissions, opening the way to literature
accessible at all times.
CC IAM
> Valérie Lecharlier; Antoine Amory;
Pierre Drijvers; Verena Jess; Reinhard Leicht;
Christian Thiriaux; Natalie Wenderich.
HIGH PRESSURE REINFORCED
THERMOPLASTIC PIPE (RTP), FOR ONSHORE
AND OFFSHORE SERVICE
Soluforce:
a pipeline of ideas
THE PROJECT. Smaller marginal gas and oil
fi elds lying close to shore, mainly in northern
Europe, the Gulf of Mexico, the Persian Gulf and
the Caspian Sea, have not so far been exploited,
owing to low productivity in relation to operating
costs including that of essential corrosionresistant
steel piping.
Pipelife has already gained experience with
Soluforce, a range of thermoplastic pipes which
are much cheaper in use, resistant to pressure,
designed to carry water or oil and in which
constant pressure is maintained by the use
of aramid (a type of nylon) fi bers.
But this is not enough for the deposits in question,
where resistance to pressure, temperature and
corrosion are required.
Soluforce has therefore been improved as follows:
to increase pressure resistance the aramid fi bers
have been replaced by a lattice of high strength
steel; for average temperatures, an inner layer of
nylon 12 has been introduced; and fi nally for high
temperatures and highly corrosive environments,
the inner layer is in PVDF, the fl agship product
of Solvay Solexis.
The Soluforce based on nylon 12 was developed
in partnership with Wintersall / BASF for exploiting
an oilfi eld in the Netherlands. It has been certifi ed
by Bureau Veritas and should be approved by
the Dutch authorities during summer 2009.
The fi rst sales of this high performance pipe are
planned for 2010.
SBU PIPELIFE
> Bert Dalmolen; Lennert Bakker; Peter Cloos;
Hielke Hoekstra; Maarten Kruijer; John Newbert.