Our Case Studies“Proof in the Field”

Examples of in-depth engagements · five sectors · measurable, verified outcomes

Downstream

Day In Life Of - Time-on-Tools Optimization

23–56% wrench time on tools

Petrochemical

Model Contract Library

~80% self-serve contracting

Upstream

Scope, Risk & Value Review

~35% CAPEX compression

LNG & Midstream

Reliability & Maintenance Must Win

40–60% faster repair

LNG

Project-to-Operate Startup Readiness

15 MTPA startup readiness

Upstream

Security of Supply

zero single points of failure

Deepwater

Strategic Sourcing & Tender Evaluation

~30% lower value burn

Regas & Wind

Criticality-Led Inventory Optimization

30% leaner inventory

Time-on-Tools Optimization
Downstream
DOWNSTREAM
Time-on-Tools Optimization
23–56% wrench time on tools
01 · The Challenge

Idle Time, Rising OPEX

Idle
Maintenance backlog at a major refinery
CONTEXT
A major refinery and petrochemical complex running heavy maintenance in-house across all units.
ISSUE
Crews lost hours to permit delays, mismatched parts and hand-offs between shifts before reaching the tools.
RISK
A growing maintenance backlog and rising OPEX threatening reliability and license to operate.
02 · The Approach

Time-on-Tools, Reengineered

DILO
Day-in-the-Life work-front studies
MODEL
Time-and-motion observed across full shifts to separate true wrench time from waiting.
METHOD
Permit-to-work, materials/kitting and logistics streamlined across the entire work-front.
MEASURE
Tool time tracked work-front by work-front against a clear, agreed baseline.
03 · The Result

More Wrench Time, Less Waste

23% → 56%
Wrench time on tools
WRENCH
Time on tools more than doubled, from 23% to 56% of shift.
CAPACITY
The equivalent of about 20% more labor capacity from the same crews.
SAFETY
Delivered with no compromise to safety or license to operate.
Scope, Risk & Value Review
Upstream
UPSTREAM
Scope, Risk & Value Review
~35% CAPEX compression
01 · The Challenge

Capital Tied, Clock Ticking

Stalled
Stuck in pre-FEED and FEED
CONTEXT
A portfolio of major capital projects stalled in early phases.
ISSUE
Scope had grown, contingencies stacked and FEED was running well past schedule.
RISK
Capital tied up and time slipping, eroding project returns before a final investment decision.
02 · The Approach

MAX-Scope, MAX-Risk, MAX-Value

5-Day
A focused five-day review
MODEL
Every scope item challenged against need, seeded with a clear plan and design intent.
METHOD
Risk and spend hard-wired to a coherent risk profile.
MEASURE
Options ranked by their impact on IRR to align on the highest-value design.
03 · The Result

Capital Efficiency, Protected Returns

~35%
CAPEX compression
CAPEX
Roughly a third of projected capital taken out of the design.
PROJECTS
Projects moved toward sanction with stronger, clearer IRR.
ASSURANCE
Compression delivered without materially protecting safety and the license to operate.
Project-to-Operate Health Check
LNG
LNG
Project-to-Operate Health Check
15 MTPA startup readiness
01 · The Challenge

From Build to Run

Handover
Construction nearing commissioning
CONTEXT
A new LNG plant moving from construction into commissioning and start-up.
ISSUE
Supply chain readiness lagged the pace of mechanical completion.
RISK
A shaky first 200 days could cause delays throughout ramp-up and delay ramp-up profile.
02 · The Approach

Project-to-Asset 360 Health Check

360°
End-to-end readiness review
MODEL
A 360-degree health check spanning the path from project handover to steady-state operations.
METHOD
Spares, MRO and procurement readiness mapped ahead of first production.
MEASURE
Operating plans stress-tested against the day-one production ramp-up profile.
03 · The Result

Asset Supply Chain Readiness

15 MTPA
LNG startup readiness
CAPACITY
Supply chain readied to support a 15 MTPA LNG operation.
RAMP
A smooth, controlled ramp-up through the critical early days.
PERFORMANCE
Top-quartile performance over the first 200 days of production.
Strategic Sourcing & Tender Evaluation
Deepwater
DEEPWATER
Strategic Sourcing & Tender Evaluation
~30% lower contract value burn
01 · The Challenge

Demand Unchallenged

Guesswork
Value left on the table
CONTEXT
Large deepwater business with multiple platforms, sourced and tendered in-house.
ISSUE
Specs accepted unchallenged; tenders ran on 50+ criteria.
RISK
Equal weights hid risk and inflated multi-year cost.
02 · The Approach

Should-Cost, Sharper Criteria

Should-Cost
Demand-led sourcing and tendering
MODEL
Should-cost models and demand profiling built before every award.
METHOD
Fewer, risk-weighted criteria, commercial-led weights.
MEASURE
Scored on real demand, not equal weights.
03 · The Result

Faster, Fairer, Cheaper

~30%
Lower contract value burn
VALUE
~30% lower contract value burn (3+2yr term).
GAP
~25% gap-to-potential closed.
CRITERIA
50+ criteria cut to the vital few.
Model Contract Library
Petrochemical
PETROCHEMICAL
Model Contract Library
~80% standard deals self-served
01 · The Challenge

Legal Bottleneck

Bottleneck
Legal stuck on routine deals
CONTEXT
High volume of routine agreements alongside high-stakes Oil & Gas contracts.
ISSUE
Legal bottlenecked on standard deals, slowing the business.
RISK
Value leaked on the high-stakes 20% that needed real attention.
02 · The Approach

A Pre-Vetted Clause Library

Guardrails
Self-service with guardrails
MODEL
Pre-authored, pre-vetted Oil & Gas clause library for routine deals.
METHOD
Knock-for-knock risk sharing and guardrails built within self-service.
MEASURE
Buyers self-serve standard contracts within set guardrails.
03 · The Result

Self-Serve Contracting

~80%
Standard deals self-served
VOLUME
~80% of standard deals now self-served.
FOCUS
Legal freed to focus on the high-risk 20%.
SPEED
Standard agreements turn around far faster.
Reliability & Maintenance Must Win
LNG and Midstream
LNG & MIDSTREAM
Reliability & Maintenance Must Win
40–60% faster mean time to repair
01 · The Challenge

Pumps Down, Money Out

Downtime
Unplanned shutdowns, daily
CONTEXT
Rotating equipment central to keeping LNG production online.
ISSUE
Frequent breakdowns and unplanned shutdowns.
RISK
Lost production costing millions of dollars per day.
02 · The Approach

Map the Repair Flow

Lean VSM
Waste stripped from every step
MODEL
Value-stream mapping of parts, information and technician walk.
METHOD
Removed wait time across the repair workflow.
MEASURE
Streamlined procurement and dispatch cycles for spares.
03 · The Result

Pump Cure, Uptime Secured

40–60%
Faster mean time to repair
MTTR
40–60% lower mean time to repair on rotating equipment.
UPTIME
Protected production uptime on rotating spares.
COST
Lower operating cost per repair.
Security of Supply
Upstream
UPSTREAM
Security of Supply
Zero single points of failure
01 · The Challenge

One Break Stops Supply

Fragile
One break halts supply
CONTEXT
Critical long-lead parts and MRO inventory across a complex upstream chain.
ISSUE
Single points of failure throughout the supply network.
RISK
High exposure to disruption on critical assets.
02 · The Approach

Diversify and See It All

Dual-Source
Hubs + live control tower
MODEL
Multi- and dual-sourcing of critical parts.
METHOD
Regional hubs with a real-time control tower.
MEASURE
What-if scenario planning and dynamic rerouting.
03 · The Result

Supply Secured

Zero
Single points of failure
AVAILABILITY
Critical-spares availability secured.
RESILIENCE
Disruptions de-risked through dynamic rerouting.
VISIBILITY
Real-time visibility across the supply network.
Criticality-Led Inventory Optimization
Regas and Wind
REGAS & WIND
Criticality-Led Inventory Optimization
~30% working capital freed
01 · The Challenge

Stocked by Habit

Habit
Register blind to criticality
CONTEXT
Production and safety-critical assets without a shared criticality register.
ISSUE
Spares stocked by habit, disconnected from how criticality was actually assessed.
RISK
Duplicate parts and excess stock sat idle while critical spares went unstocked.
02 · The Approach

Criticality-Led Materials

Criticality
From register to warehouse
MODEL
Mapped every asset by production- and safety-critical consequence.
METHOD
Linked criticality-ranked equipment to bills of materials.
MEASURE
De-duplicated the catalog and right-sized min/max holdings.
03 · The Result

Leaner, Reliable Warehouse

30%
Working capital freed
INVENTORY
Inventory down ~30% with duplicates removed.
CAPITAL
~$33M of every $100M freed into working capital.
RELIABILITY
100% of critical equipment ranked, spares on time.
VALUEFINDER / SUPPLY CHAIN

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Co-Pilot to the Business

Supply strategy linked to business strategy, creating and capturing value.

  • Is your supply chain helping the business win — and what gets in the way?
  • How do you compare to peers, and what is the gap to potential?
  • Which technical & commercial levers lower total cost of ownership?
  • How is business need — demand & specification — scoped and optimized?
  • Are you harnessing the supplier ecosystem for innovation?
  • Are you leaving money on the table?

Great People, Mindset & Behaviors

Talent, mindset and brilliant basics that make performance repeatable.

  • Are your supply chain leaders also business, safety & E&C leaders?
  • Is procurement partnering with the business to co-create value?
  • Are you negotiating effectively and efficiently?
  • Are you risk-appetite calibrated and deep commerciality executed?
  • Are you managing suppliers & contracts effectively?
  • Are you developing talent and executing brilliant basics?

Data-Driven Resilience & Insight

Single-source-of-truth data, AI insight and resilience that protect value.

  • How resilient is your supply chain to disruption and uncertainty?
  • Is master data a single source of truth enabling operational excellence?
  • Are you carrying optimal inventory for your asset context?
  • Are you using AI & analytics to manage the supply chain?
  • Are you turning data into actionable insight to continuously improve?
  • Are you aligning materials strategy to reliability strategy?
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E2E Deal Deep Dive — Major Upstream Operator

Contract drift — value leaks from strategy to award to implementation. The systemic break sits at Source & Award, compounded by weak demand management upstream and poor contract management post-award.

Pre-Award Post-Award
Strategic Contracts Assess Demand Category Strategy Source & Award Mobilize & Implement Manage & Realize
Gas Turbine CSA
Ref: CW-6x
 ~ + ~ + ~
Drilling & Completions Services
Ref: CW-5x
 + ~ + + ~
Maintenance Services
Ref: CW-4x
 − + − + −
Vessels
Ref: CW-2x
 + − − + +
Waste Management
Ref: CW-3x
 ~ − − − −
Strength (+) Developing (~) Gap (−)