e-Channels

Solvay Chemicals e-Business Policy

After nearly 10 years of internet hype, the e-channels of today are well integrated into Solvay Chemicals International’s multi channel offers.

Our e-channel offers are adapted for different business processes, whether on order-to-cash or on VMI/VMOI, and for different partners, customer or logistics service providers in various market segments, and are listed below :

a)  System to System integrations with our partners, preferably through Elemica, THE Chemicals Industry’s global B2B-Hub (www.elemica.com). We prefer Elemica due to its “connect once – connect to all” approach, which in itself is the best and most cost effective way to do a system to system integration for all partners in the value chain.

b)  www.solvay4me.com is our Extranet for versatile and individual information exchange with customers; our web-solutions for Logistics service providers (www.internet4hauliers.com); and our terminal and warehouse management provider (www.stock4solvay.com). These all offer multiple services over the complete order-to-cash cycle :

- ordering, order tracking and call-off management
- statistics and document management
- financial account status

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c)  Electronic Billing Services, in full compliance with the European Directive 2001/115/EC as well as the main national laws having transposed that directive,

- either as PDF-format in an e-mail attached with advanced electronic

       signature
- or in xml-format as well attached with advanced electronic signature for

       System-to-System-Integration.

The Solvay e-billing solution is today validated in more than 15 European countries and offers a considerable value for our partners.

d)   Development of further new Business models using the Internet as the driver for new business opportunities. Recent example is the go-live of the new direct sales channel Esolion (www.esolion.com), which serves specific customer segments under well defined rules and attractive pricing.

As e-business is today part of the Multi-Channel-Management of Solvay Chemicals International, we are proud to be counted worldwide amongst the Chemical Industry Leaders in this field.