Upstream Maintenance and Operations Management

Oil and gas companies across the globe are trying to make sense of the shifting Asset Management methodologies / philosophies - and then adopt those that seem the most appropriate. So, how can oil and gas companies embed the latest thinking into their solutions; thus making them fit for purpose, future proof, and of the maximum benefit to the business / users?

How Wipro Helps
Wipro's Maintenance and Operations Management Practice specializes in helping clients make efficient and effective use of their investments in physical assets.

• Identify operational constraints and improve throughput
• Optimize life cycle support costs
• Deliver outputs with reduced safety and operational risks

Wipro knows from experience that Asset Management is changing at a very rapid rate and pride ourselves on keeping as current with the latest thinking as possible. For instance, we have consultants that have implemented maintenance strategies for large corporations (e.g. Reliability Centered Maintenance, Failure Mode Analysis, Stock Optimization, Critical Spares Analysis, etc.) and are able to provide pragmatic guidance on how they are best utilized. Similarly, we are actively involved with many of the leading professional institutions across the world.

We work with our clients to improve Asset Management, Maintenance, Production, Engineering and Supply Chain processes.

This is where Wipro and our clients really work together in building the very best solutions found in the oil and gas sector. To make this happen we look to engage some of our most experienced consultants with those that develop client's Asset Management strategies and then give them ownership to drive direction into our solutions. If too much emphasis is placed on technology, then it is easy to lose the principles that should underpin the purpose of any tool. An Asset Management solution is not a piece of software – it is an end- to- end process that involves; process, people, data, and the desire for it to work.

We also believe that continuous improvement is best delivered in a 'step-by-step' manner. It is far more sensible, and holds a lot less risk, to keep checking progress from a 'known' foundation before moving on to the next step. Taking big leaps can lead to a loss of belief from the workforce, due to apparent changes in direction, which can lead to large projects never fully satisfying their original justifications. Culture and buy-in from client user groups will be as important as the tools we deliver, so Wipro always works with clients to make sure that change management is always at the forefront of our thinking.

Finally, although Asset Management principles translate perfectly well around the globe, there will always be a need to make sure that the culture of each user group is ready to 'accept' the latest thinking of the company. For example, even in modern times, there are plenty of maintenance engineers that don't fully understand how things fail. Acceptance of a change will make it much easier to deliver – certainly in an area where the direction appears to be changing very quickly. This is even more important if the proposed changes involve some new technologies (or black box solutions) that need a lot of explanation before being adopted properly.

• Enterprise Asset Management