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	Migration to Current Version of glovia Simplifies Customizations and Enhances Operational Visibility and Supply Chain Management

Migration to Current Version of glovia Simplifies Customizations and Enhances Operational Visibility and Supply Chain Management

Technology Category	Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)
Applicable Industries	Oil & Gas
Use Cases	Inventory Management Supply Chain Visibility
Services	System Integration Training
Challenge	As Oil States Industries expanded internationally, they needed additional functionality not available in their older version of glovia to continue effective support of their operations. The company needed to gain tighter control of their inventory and increase operational responsiveness to maintain their competitive advantage. Their older version of glovia became very difficult and time intensive to navigate due to the tremendous number of customizations created during the initial implementation. Oil States needed to streamline their customizations and enhance the system to gain better control and visibility into their supply chain and keep up with the increasing demand for their technologies, products and support. In addition, as their business expanded internationally, the need for having glovia in multiple currencies and languages was becoming apparent and the older version did not have these capabilities. Read More
About Customer	Oil States Industries is a leading manufacturer and developer of technologically advanced products, services and integrated solutions for the greater oil and gas industry. In business for more than 60 years, Oil States operates in four market segments: Offshore Oil and Gas, Land Oil and Gas, Defense, and General Industry. These four markets are serviced by Oil States’ three divisions: The Offshore Construction Group, the Elastomer Group and the Marine Pipelines Group. Oil States is headquartered in Arlington, Texas, with locations in six countries and more than 1,500 employees worldwide. The company manufactures downhole products for drilling and production as well as oil and gas pipeline products. Oil States uses hydraulic force to form immediate full-strength structural connections used to support offshore drilling platforms. A premier supplier to the defense industry since 1972, Oil States has supplied metal elastomeric FlexJoints, incorporating steel, copper-nickel, and titanium for piping systems aboard surface ships and submarines. Read More
Solution	To improve management of their continually growing operations, Oil States migrated to the current version of glovia to take advantage of the additional operational visibility and supply chain management functionality. The migration process involved selecting team leaders for all aspects of the solution at each of the locations the new system was being implemented. This was followed by five months of comprehensive training and testing for both users and team leaders to make sure everyone was comfortable with the new system. Before, during and after migration, Oil States set up procedures and kept very strict records to satisfy Sarbanes-Oxley’s extensive requirements. Oil States began their migration in March 2005 and went live just 5 months later. Read More Log in to view content
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Technology Category

Functional Applications - Enterprise Resource Planning Systems (ERP)

Applicable Industries

Oil & Gas

Use Cases

Inventory Management

Supply Chain Visibility

Services

System Integration

Training

Challenge

As Oil States Industries expanded internationally, they needed additional functionality not available in their older version of glovia to continue effective support of their operations. The company needed to gain tighter control of their inventory and increase operational responsiveness to maintain their competitive advantage. Their older version of glovia became very difficult and time intensive to navigate due to the tremendous number of customizations created during the initial implementation. Oil States needed to streamline their customizations and enhance the system to gain better control and visibility into their supply chain and keep up with the increasing demand for their technologies, products and support. In addition, as their business expanded internationally, the need for having glovia in multiple currencies and languages was becoming apparent and the older version did not have these capabilities.

About Customer

Oil States Industries is a leading manufacturer and developer of technologically advanced products, services and integrated solutions for the greater oil and gas industry. In business for more than 60 years, Oil States operates in four market segments: Offshore Oil and Gas, Land Oil and Gas, Defense, and General Industry. These four markets are serviced by Oil States’ three divisions: The Offshore Construction Group, the Elastomer Group and the Marine Pipelines Group. Oil States is headquartered in Arlington, Texas, with locations in six countries and more than 1,500 employees worldwide. The company manufactures downhole products for drilling and production as well as oil and gas pipeline products. Oil States uses hydraulic force to form immediate full-strength structural connections used to support offshore drilling platforms. A premier supplier to the defense industry since 1972, Oil States has supplied metal elastomeric FlexJoints, incorporating steel, copper-nickel, and titanium for piping systems aboard surface ships and submarines.

Solution

To improve management of their continually growing operations, Oil States migrated to the current version of glovia to take advantage of the additional operational visibility and supply chain management functionality. The migration process involved selecting team leaders for all aspects of the solution at each of the locations the new system was being implemented. This was followed by five months of comprehensive training and testing for both users and team leaders to make sure everyone was comfortable with the new system. Before, during and after migration, Oil States set up procedures and kept very strict records to satisfy Sarbanes-Oxley’s extensive requirements. Oil States began their migration in March 2005 and went live just 5 months later.

Impact #1	Increased supply chain visibility
Impact #2	Improved accounts receivable functions
Impact #3	Expanded document printing and archiving functions

Impact #1

Increased supply chain visibility

Impact #2

Improved accounts receivable functions

Impact #3

Expanded document printing and archiving functions

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Migration to Current Version of glovia Simplifies Customizations and Enhances Operational Visibility and Supply Chain Management

Operational Impact