SONGA OFFSHORE STANDARDISES OPERATIONS WITH IFS AND PREPARES FOR DIGITALISATION
Songa Offshore, an international midwater drilling contractor, active in the harsh environment of the North Atlantic basin, uses its integrated ERP foundation as a springboard for digital innovation: the next generation maintenance.
ABOUT SONGA OFFSHORE
Songa Offshore is an international midwater drilling contrac- tor with a strong presence in the North Atlantic basin. Operating a fleet of seven semi-submersible rigs, Songa Offshore and its 900 employees leverages specialist com- petence, technological leadership, and a robust Norwegian offshore heritage. The company’s mission is to provide cost-effective and high-quality service to ensure uninter- rupted operation of all the rigs.
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s an early adopter within IoT, Songa Offshore now plans to go from calen-
dar-based to condition- based maintenance to ensure uninterrupted, cost- effective operation of all the rigs. “Our new modern fleet
is now in place and we will soon be a dominant con- tractor in Norway,” says Cato Sola Dirdal, IT/IS Director at Songa Offshore. For drilling contractors,
long-term assets manage- ment and maintenance are a top priority, since down- time directly affects the overall result. In 2014, alongside extensive compa- ny growth, Songa Offshore chose IFS Applications to support onshore and off- shore operations within maintenance, supply chain, document management and financials. The choice was a result of Songa Offshore’s company-wide efficiency and improvement initia- tives. As the business owner
of the IFS Applications delivery, Sola Dirdal explains, “It was important to get a software platform that could help us standard- ise our business processes, to analyse our business activities for better efficien- cy and for future improve- ments, and at the same time
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help us improve decision- making through data analy- sis.”
BROAD SCOPE IN PROJECT When Songa Offshore expanded its fleet with four top-modern and highly spe- cialised rigs, IFS Applications was imple- mented both there and part- ly on the legacy rigs. The scope of the project was ambitious; it involved the whole company, and numerous activities were to be executed during the peri- od. Despite the challenges, the implementation was completed thanks to both the usage of IFS’s standard business software and a dedicated team. Now, IFS Applications has 150 users onshore and nearly 550 off- shore. Any lessons learnt? “The organisation really
needs to be prepared for change, especially the key people who will continue to drive future improvements,” says Sola Dirdal.
CROSS-FUNCTIONAL AND PRO- CESS DRIVEN The overall benefits of the new, integrated ERP solu- tion include more connect- ed processes – stretching across departments and functions – consolidation of systems, easier integration with other systems, improved TCO monitoring,
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