Offshore staff
ABERDEEN, UK – Deloitte and Oil & Gas UK’s 2018 UKCS Upstream Supply Chain Collaboration survey suggests that activity levels across the basin are picking up and the desire for collaboration remains high.
More than 200 respondents from across theUK offshore industry participated in the survey, in disciplines ranging from logistics and the supply chain, procurement and operations functions, and engineering and projects to finance, human resources, and legal.
More than 90% of respondents said collaboration was integral to business performance, trust being cited as the most important reason, although many added that collaboration was difficult to implement in practice.
Graham Hollis, senior partner for Deloitte in Aberdeen, said: “This year’s survey results should prompt the industry to redouble its efforts and build on the positive changes seen in the past three years. This would entail extending them across the basin and making them ‘business as usual’ so they add value in an upturn as well as a downturn.
“We expected to see greater awareness among respondents about the value of digital technologies which has the potential to drive a new wave of productivity across the industry. Organizations do not necessarily need large upfront investments of time and capital to test and roll out new technologies and processes.
“Effective collaboration should not be forgotten when oil prices rise, and the industry gets busier; this will only lead to a reversal of the efficiency gains of the last three years.”
Oil & Gas UK’s Supply Chain and HSE Director, Matt Abraham, said: “We have seen some positive news for industry this year, with more projects approved in 2018 than in the last three years combined along with more attractive investment conditions for the basin, but we cannot become complacent.
“OGUK’s Efficiency Task Force remains focused on driving further business improvement through collaboration and shared learning.”
12/12/2018
