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GrafTech Extends Supply Chain, Maximizes Plant Uptime And Resources

Source: JD Edwards

GrafTech International Inc., one of the world's largest manufacturers and providers of high-quality natural and synthetic graphite and carbon-based products and services, has 13 plants in seven countries, each with expensive-to-maintain legacy ERP systems and competing business processes. "The steel industry is always a bellwether for the world economy," says David Hilmer, director of IT for GrafTech. "As global economic conditions tighten, we have to get smarter, faster to maintain our competitive edge." GrafTech chose the J.D. Edwards OneWorld Enterprise Foundation, Advanced Planning software, and Strategic Network Optimization (SNO).

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