Supply Chain
Procurement & Supply Chain Services
We offer procurement services that provide the equipment and material meeting the ever-increasing standards of our clients.
The two main objectives of procurement outsourcing are a reduction in cost and a tightening of focus on core competencies.
Strategic planning
Planning for and acquiring the organisation's current and future material and service needs, managing the supply base effectively and using ERP to achieve the organisational mission.
Supplier partnership
Building relationships that contribute to competitive advantage through strategic procurement partnering and alliances.
Cost reduction
Conducting joint cost reduction with suppliers, so savings are engineered into the supply base rather than negotiated after the fact.
Activities
- Supplier identification, selection and development
- Negotiation and contracting
- Supply market research
- Supplier measurement
- Purchasing systems development
- Joint cost reduction with suppliers
- Building relationships that contribute to competitive advantage
Benefits
Expertise without building the team.
Procurement outsourcing allows companies to benefit from the experience, expertise and support offered by procurement specialists.
It avoids the creation of an internal team, and the time involved in structuring that team, its processes and its expertise — so the capability is available from day one rather than after a build-out.
How it runs
From requirement to delivered material.
Sourcing for a live operation is a scheduling problem as much as a commercial one — the right item at the wrong time still stops the job.
- 01
Define the requirement
Establish the technical specification against the standard the item must meet, so that what is quoted is genuinely comparable and genuinely fit for the well.
- 02
Identify and qualify the supply base
Research the supply market, identify candidate suppliers and develop them against our requirements — capability, capacity, quality record and the ability to deliver to the location.
- 03
Negotiate and contract
Agree commercial terms and put them into a contract that carries the specification, the inspection requirement and the delivery obligation through to the supplier.
- 04
Inspect before acceptance
Material is inspected against the agreed acceptance criteria by our QC segment — the same DS-1, API and ISO standards applied to our own equipment — before it reaches the wellsite.
- 05
Measure and improve
Supplier performance is measured, and cost reduction is pursued jointly with suppliers rather than extracted from them — which is what makes the relationship durable.
Next step
Ready to plan your next operation?
Share the well, the field and the scope. Our operations and engineering teams will scope the right package and crew.
