How SAP Field Logistics is Transforming the Oil and Gas Industry

摘要

As the clock ticks towards the impending end of SAP ERP Central Component (ECC) maintenance in 2027, SAP's Oil and Gas customers must now chart their next steps. While the scheduled end of ECC support in four years may seem distant to IT departments, making the transition effectively will require a significant amount of preliminary work. This encompasses creating a business case and allocating funds, collaborating with SAP to agree a licensing agreement, selecting an implementation partner, implementing the solution itself, putting the solution into action, and ultimately encouraging the integration of the solution to realise the intended business benefits. The complexity of the industry, the scale of operations, and the high production costs may require precise control of logistics and equipment management in order to achieve sustainable growth. As such, these decisions boil down to a choice between adopting an on premise system with limited innovation pathways, or transitioning to SAPs S/4HANA solution, available on premise or in a private or public cloud. Adopting the new tool from SAP presents an ideal answer to that conundrum.