Operational Business Review

Operational Business Review

OPERATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW An Operational and Organisational Business Review for an Oil Services Company CLIENT Divisional President and Executive Board ACTIVITY Major subsea services company “ONE OF THE LARGEST SUPPLIERS OF SYSTEMS, PRODUCTS AND SERVICES TO THE UPSTREAM OIL AND GAS SECTOR” KEY ISSUES: The key issue for this company was a substantial increase in…

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Operational Cost Reduction

Operational Cost Reduction

OPERATIONAL COST REDUCTION Making Operating Cost Reductions and Improvements in Productivity for an Oilfield Services Company CLIENT CEO and Executive Board ACTIVITY Major subsea services company KEY ISSUES: The key issues for this division were productivity and performance. Overhead costs were too high to sustain the number of projects the division was likely to have…

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Operational Business Review

Operational Business Review

OPERATIONAL BUSINESS REVIEW Operational Business Review for a Financial Consortium CLIENT Private Equity ACTIVITY Subsea Oilfield Services Company KEY ISSUES: A consortium of private equity backers were in the process of buying the subsea division of a large manufacturing corporation. They were concerned that the purchase price had been inflated to include a major machine…

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Measurable Productivity Improvements

Measurable Productivity Improvements

MEASURABLE PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENTS Delivery of Measurable Productivity Improvements From 17% to 44% OEE CLIENT SVP Global Operations ACTIVITY Global manufacturing company KEY ISSUES: This was a business that had suffered the catastrophic effects after failing an external audit of its most critical quality systems. The company was paralysed by an overzealous quality function and the…

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Increased Throughput

Increased Throughput

INCREASED THROUGHPUT Doubling Production Through Optimisation of the Supply Chain and Planning Processes CLIENT CEO and Executive Board ACTIVITY Oil Field Services Company KEY ISSUES: The key issue for this organisation was low levels of productivity caused by process inefficiencies. At the time of starting the assignment, the facility was able to assemble 4 units per…

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ROV

ROV Design and Manufacture

ROV DESIGN AND MANUFACTURE To resize the global manufacturing footprint for a subsea technology company whilst sustaining productive capability CLIENT Private Equity ACTIVITY Subsea Technology KEY ISSUES: This company was financed by private equity and had grown very quickly through a buy and build strategy. The core of the company was a subsea technology niche…

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