Zeon products are used in the manufacture of hoses, seals, gaskets, belts, and other parts for automotive, industrial, oil field, and printing products. Zeon customers are served from plants in Louisville, as well as Hattiesburg, Mississippi, and Bayport, Texas. Zeon uses PP-PI to develop production schedules from information such as customer demand, formulation recipes, material and capacity constraints, and process instructions. The system, linked to other SAP solution components, determines the production flow and schedule, issues purchase orders for necessary raw materials, and reduces demand against the forecast as finished goods are produced. Zeon has real-time visibility into information like material consumption.
Financial users see costs hitting their cost centers.