| COMPANY: | Dow Corning Corp. |
| HEADQUARTERS: | Midland, MI |
| SIZE OF COMPANY: | 1,000 or more employees; more than $1B in revenue |
| INDUSTRY: | Chemicals |
| PRIMARY PRODUCT LINE: | Silicon-based products, such as adhesives, insulating materials, lubricants for aerospace, automotive, and electrical uses |
| NAME OF PROJECT: | EWI Program for Batch Manufacturing |
| PROJECT OBJECTIVE: | To move global manufacturing sites from manual, paper-based systems to drive out non-value activities, ensure employee safety, improve product quality, and drive supply chain productivity |
| TECHNOLOGIES EMPLOYED: | Performix xMES suite, SAP ERP and MII ERP, OSIsoft |
| ACCOMPLISHMENTS/ROI: | Improved MES processes by transferring data to mobile device on shop floor; eliminated errors, increased operator effectiveness, improved long-term archiving, compliance, and auditing. Also, real-time alerts improved customer response time |