PolyOne deploys OSIsoft's RtPM PI Historian and RLINK Interfacing to integrate real-time plant production data with SAP R/3 System

"The result has been vastly improved inventory management, better customer order management and more timely response to customer needs."
Roger McKinney
Senior Manufacturing Systems Analyst
PolyOne IT Department

• Not originally seeking measurable dollar-based ROI but application performance
• Had to meet existing SAP transactional requirements with flexibility to handle recipe downloads and uploads of new custom transactions
• Had to be responsive to future SAP upgrades
• Has vastly improved inventory management, customer order management and customer needs responses
• Has helped create best-of-breed external connectivity to materials suppliers and customers (via the Internet)