Drilling into supply chain efficiencies: Managing growth and retaining talent in the oil and gas industries

摘要

Companies in the energy, utilities and mining fields are juggling increasingly complex demands in their supply chains as they struggle to support growth, compete for resources, secure supply and recruit and retain talent. The prairie provinces are seeing increases in capital investment across these sectors, driven by the commodity crisis (with the exception of gas). Projects are underway to increase extraction capacity in Alberta's oil sands and its conventional resource plays. In the utilities marketplace, the expansion of transmission and other generation assets is driving growth. In mining, investment in new mines in Saskatchewan for resources like uranium and potash is growing. That macro impact is driving those industries and activities to rely heavily on their supply chains to deliver results. Organizations must be innovative and creative in dealing with the challenges of increased demands and tight supply for their resources - whether those resources are equipment or people.