For the last three decades, the chemical industry have seen a steady expansion of the global chemicals supply chain. Spurred by a number of factors, supply chain globalization has opened new market opportunities and broader avenues for partnership and collaboration. But this growth has also brought increased complications, so chemical companies face a major challenge with global supply chain complexity. To address increasing complexity while delivering on customer demands more effectively and efficiently, chemical companies are now looking to enhance their supply chain capabilities. This means going well beyond achieving functional excellence in traditional models plan, source, make, deliver and return to adopting advanced data-driven and cloud-based capabilities that enable faster, more flexible and personalized customer experiences.