PMLA (product marketing and lifting agreement) is a contract between Dow and Sadara Chemical Company, a joint venture between Dow and ARAMCO, that defines terms and conditions under which Dow will take in various products from Sadara and sell them in the marketplace. To remain in compliance with the PMLA agreement, Dow has developed a solution called MARS (Marketing Agreement Reporting Systems) by leveraging SAP ECC, BRF plus, BODS, and SAP Process Orchestration technology. The MARS system tracks Sadara products at the batch level from lifting through the internal stock transfer and repackaging until final sales and consumption by both Dow and third-party customers, along with capturing the supply chain cost at a detail level. Finally, it will report all the sales and costs back to Sadara based on the PMLA agreement. This solution is fully automated and integrated with the Sadara System to help Dow stay compliant with the PMLA agreement, which is the foundational system for Dow to run this important business.
Key Business Benefits:
- Helps Dow stay in compliance with the PMLA agreement to run this business
- Improves the operational excellence at the speed of the business
- Reduces the manual effort
