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Photo of Powerhouse Solar Shingle

I blogged about DOW's newly released solar shingle. Here's a photo I did not have at the time. Powerhouse Solar Shingle, courtesy DOW. Here's how one investment site looks at the sector of Building Installed Photovoltaics and their makers. Dow is putting out the tip that they...

Tags: Powerhouse, The Dow Chemical Co., Photograph, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-06

The new way to get rooftop solar installed: standard-sized shingles

DOW is beginning to market its new solar shingles. They can be integrated into the standard-sized asphalt shingle roofs common over much of America. The DOWâ„¢ POWERHOUSEâ„¢ Solar Shingles are photovoltaic solar panels in the form of shingles. The groundbreaking technology from Dow Solar Solutions DSS...

Tags: Photovoltaics, The Dow Chemical Co., Dow Solar Solutions, Powerhouse Solar Shingle, Powerhouse Shingles, Manufacturing, Harry Fuller

Blog posts 2009-10-05

Having Fun On The Market Today

This could be one of those really bloody days on Wall Street, given the implosion of the rescue of automakers, piled on top of all the credit/economy/general weakness of nerves that the events of the last 18 months have spawned. So it's interesting to find that traders...

Tags: The Dow Chemical Co., Manufacturing, Games, Personal Technology, Tom Steinert-Threlkeld

Blog posts 2008-12-12

I secretly always wanted to see capitalism collapse . . .

. . . but I thought it would be gradual, that it wouldn't happen so quickly. I'm usually a glass half-full type of person but I'm not these days. I recently pointed out in a twit on twitter that seven out of ten of the largest jumps...

Tags: The Dow Chemical Co., Jump, Tom Foremski

Blog posts 2008-10-29

Dow and AAPL down big in early trading (updated)

The Dow Jones Industrial Average is down 300 points on a report that consumer spending is down. Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) is down US$20 (around 16 percent) as of this writing â€" its largest drop in over 8 months. Apple fell $17.97 to $110.27 at 10:10 a.m. New York...

Tags: Apple Inc., The Dow Chemical Co., Investment, Finance, Jason D. O'Grady

Blog posts 2008-09-29

Dow Corning Uses Enterprise Rights Management to Help Protect Intellectual Property

Dow Corning is a global leader in silicon-based technology and innovation. The company is based in Midland, Michigan. Dow Corning needed to make it easy for employees to share information while following the company's information protection policies, which dictate how intellectual property must be protected. The company deployed Active Directory...

Tags: Corning Inc., Rights-management, The Dow Chemical Co., Intellectual Property, Digital Rights Management (DRM), Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Research & Development, Business Operations, Security, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software

Case studies 2008-02-27

Dow Chemical Assesses Sales Efficiency to Boost Effectiveness Globally

The Dow Chemical Company wanted to maximize efficiency and effectiveness of its global sales organization and address key issues regarding sub-optimal user adoption of its sales application. The challenge was to assess the change management effort associated with its transition from a product-centric to a customer-centric organization and determines the...

Tags: Oracle Corp., The Dow Chemical Co., Sales Strategy, Change Management, Sales Force Management, Sales, Tools & Techniques, Management

Case studies 2007-10-01

Silicon-Based Technologies Leader Improves Collaboration Using Communications Solution

Dow Corning is a worldwide leader in the silicon-based technologies industry. The company recognized that the disparate communications tools used by its dispersed work force were hindering collaboration and productivity. To improve employee communication, Dow Corning deployed a solution based on Microsoft Office Communications Server 2007. Employees connect by using...

Tags: Silicon, Collaboration, Leader, Corning Inc., Microsoft Corp., The Dow Chemical Co., Microsoft Office, Office Suites, Software

Case studies 2007-10-01

Scaling for Success: How One Manufacturer Developed an Automated Sourcing Solution to Increase Productivity and Improve Metrics

Haworth, Inc., a world leader in the design and manufacture of office environments, operates in more than 120 countries and employs nearly 9,000 members worldwide. In 2005, Dow Chemical selected Haworth to be the global solutions provider for furniture products and services. A new system was required to enable Dow,...

Tags: Sourcing, The Dow Chemical Co., Purchasing & Procurement, Performance Management, Leadership, Manufacturing, Strategy, Business Operations, Human Resources, Workforce Management, Management

Case studies 2007-07-19

Dow Chemical Accelerates and Cuts the Cost of Vendor Collaboration

The Dow Chemical Company was using a Web-conferencing solution to communicate with customers and vendors - in fact, it was using five solutions. Employees viewed the solutions as relatively difficult to use and unreliable. At the same time, the company was ready to adopt a unified instant-messaging solution across its...

Tags: Solution, IM, Microsoft Corp., The Dow Chemical Co., Web Conferencing, Instant Messaging, Collaboration, Internet, Online Communications

Case studies 2007-06-01

The Dow Chemical Company: Extending Global Reach

Over 10 years, Dow and HP have transformed a traditional IT help desk environment into a Global Service Desk through the implementation of a Management of Change methodology.

Tags: Hewlett-Packard Co., The Dow Chemical Co., Help Desk, Call Centers, Strategy, It Operations, Management

White papers 2007-01-01

IBM concocts a deal with Dow Chemical

IBM concocts a deal with Dow ChemicalProvide security? I guess we know which OS they WON'T use!Most of IBM is scheduled to go Linux.. I wonder if they will "save" Dow and switch them?They even have Linux software support on their internal "software installation" servers!

Tags: Linux, OPEN SOURCE, Operating systems, Tools & Techniques, UNIX, The Dow Chemical Co., IBM Corp.

Discussion threads 2004-08-03

mySAP SCM at Dow Corning

Since its founding in 1943, Dow Corning has made revolutionary contributions to the development of silicon-based technology. Dow Corning has learned from its customers that it can best serve them by helping them gain a competitive advantage in their respective markets. To this end, Dow Corning's strategy is to help...

Tags: mySAP, Corning Inc., SAP AG, The Dow Chemical Co., mySAP SCM, SCM, Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), Performance Management, Enterprise Software, Software, Human Resources, Workforce Management

Case studies

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Sun & Symantec: A New Breed of Sustainability Leadership?

The passage of the Waxman Markey Bill through the US House of Representatives Energy and Commerce Committee this week has left behind it some hard feelings and a split in the business lobby. The US Chamber of Commerce came under severe pressure for lobbying against the...

Tags: Sustainability, Symantec Corp., Sun Microsystems Inc., Duke Energy Corp., Climate, Chamber, Bjorn Lomborg, Globalization, Security, Strategy, Management, James Farrar

Blog posts 2009-05-24

Why the ban on mandatory RFID implants should be Federal

Why the ban on mandatory RFID implants should be FederalWho is requiring an implant?Can you please cite some examples of actual companies requiring RFID implants?Lastly, do you honestly think employees will be rushing to work for a company that requires one?If you really want to get yourself into a tizzy,...

Tags: RFID Implant, RFID, mandatory RFID implant

Discussion threads 2007-09-14