Swire Oilfield Services

Project Scope

Swire Oilfield Services is the world’s largest supplier of specialist offshore cargo carrying
units to the global energy industry and a leading supplier of offshore cargo carrying
solutions, modular systems, offshore aviation services and fluid management. It has
operations in over 31 countries, and a team of 1000 staff working from 50 bases around the
world.

The Project.

When Kev Cooper became CIO of Swire Oilfield Services, he had a vision to take the organisation from one of disparate applications, hard-to-find information and file-shares, to one where the technology infrastructure would be useful to everyone, visually pleasing and cost effective to run – a bit like the clocks that feature in every Swire Oilfield Services office world-wide.

“The clocks were something we discussed a lot amongst the project team because no matter which one of the Swire Oilfield Services sites you were
visiting, there was a consistent visual cue that connected you to the company values and our global reach. I wanted our technology platform to have the same impact.”

Requirements and Issues

Need to be able to rapidly and effectively share information across our organisation.
Replace the outdated file-share environment with something that would allow our teams across the globe to upload, share, store and collaborate on documents with ease.
Seamless access to legacy data on a day to day basis
Visually appealing dashboards that quickly disseminate information
Simple to manage but robust systems
Availability across multiple devices

Our Solution

Effective combination of Lync over Office365 to communicate and share desktops
Through some initial analysis and data cleansing we created a set of data repositories in SharePoint which allowed users to not only search and find documents quicker but also to collaborate more effectively
All relevant data was moved into the cloud
Bespoke designed dashboards fit the clients exact requirements
Leveraged the benefits of managed Office365 cloud solutions
Access applications and associated data anytime anywhere on any device through browser based solutions using a responsive interface

Outcomes.

Considerable reduction in the reliance on emails and attachments
Engagement in people from all levels of seniority
The successful creation of a low cost, highly effective, cloud-based technology infrastructure
Delivery of a set of workflow tools that revolutionise the working practices of the whole company