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Dow Chemical. Presented By: Chris williams Sugi Terbish Carl smith. Business Background. Dow Chemical is a world-wide leading supplier of plastic resins and material science innovations As of 2008 Annual sales $57.4 billion 46,000 employees worldwide 150 manufacturing sites in
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Dow Chemical Presented By: Chris williams SugiTerbish Carl smith
Business Background Dow Chemical is a world-wide leading supplier of plastic resins and material science innovations As of 2008 • Annual sales $57.4 billion • 46,000 employees worldwide • 150 manufacturing sites in 35 countries • Produce 3,300 different products
Business Background • Dow Houston Operations located in Deer Park, TX • Complex covers 139 acres • Produces and sells more than 500 million pounds of product annually • Products are shipped via rail, truck, and pipeline • Employs more that 375 employees and contractors.
Business Need • Provide a business database to keep better track of incoming and outgoing shipments of raw materials and product • Keep track of the raw materials used in production of Dow’s products: • what vendors the product was purchased from • how it was delivered to the company (via truck, train, or pipeline) • how it was delivered to the buyer (via truck, train, or pipeline) • Determine the ROP based on flow of inventory per quarter
PHYSICAL DESIGN • CUSTOMER (Cust_ID, Cust_Fname, Cust_Lname,Cust_Address, Cust_City, Cust_State, Cust_Zipcode, Cust_Phone, Cust_PrimaryContact) • ORDER(Order_ID, Cust_ID*, Order_Quantity, Order_Shipmethod) • INVENTORY(Inv_ID, Inv_Category, Inv_Quantity, Inv_Price, WH_ID*, Order_ID*, Inv_ROP, Inv_Target, Inv_Discontinued)
PHYSICAL DESIGN cont’d • VENDOR(Vendor_ID, Vendor_Prod,Vendor_Fname, Vendor_Lname, Vendor_Address, Vendor_City, Vendor_State, Vendor_Zipcode, Vendor_Primarycontact , Inv_ID*) • INVOICE (Invoice_No, Order_ID*, Dow_Address, Dow_City, Dow_State, Dow_Zipcode, Dow_Phone) • WAREHOUSE(WH_ID, WH_State)