Smarter Onshore and Offshore Warehouse Management for Upstream Oil & Gas Operations
For upstream oil and gas companies, success depends on timely and error-free delivery of materials through a very complex and high-value supply chain. A failure or even the shortest delay anywhere along this chain can immediately ripple into a significant loss. Material management and spare parts provisioning present unique challenges.
Onshore and offshore maintenance spares inventory storage facilities each deal with specific location and space constraints that define their different operating environments. The problem is, these warehouse facilities exist in silos: Each individual site operates as a unique purchasing and inventory management entity. Along with the tendency toward outdated methods to determine re-order levels, this situation encourages overstocking, unnecessary inventory holding costs, and inefficiencies like wasted time searching for parts.
The lack of proper coordination between the different inventory warehousing and distribution facilities encourages excess and obsolete inventory. Warehouse overcrowding is not only inefficient and unnecessarily expensive but also potentially unsafe. Oil and gas companies need to operate their functions in a more efficient and cost-effective manner to optimize operations and maximize production.
Rationalizing maintenance inventory with analytics optimizes warehouse space and resource time and eliminates the compulsion to overstock. Inventory rationalization means stocking warehouses by business unit, instead of managing each facility as a unique entity.
This keeps both onshore and offshore warehouses working optimally. Doing the math manually is humanly impossible – that’s why you need sophisticated analytics technology.
Fortunately, cloud-based maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) analytics solutions like Oniqua’s make powerful MRO intelligence easily accessible and simple to use, with fast and measurable bottom-line benefits.
By leveraging analytics to automate processes and optimize outcomes, inventory rationalization boosts warehouse efficient, eliminates waste, improves worker productivity and safety, and ensures high service levels. Work smarter and return value to your organization.
Rationalizing inventory can also reduce the working capital tied up in inventory and spare parts – and those cost savings directly impact profitability.
Visit us at www.edms-consultants.com or call us at +603 7831 9660 to know more about our partner Oniqua’s MRO Intelligence.
Source: Oniqua
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