dc.contributor.author | Czachorowski, Karen V. | |
dc.contributor.author | Haskins, Cecilia | |
dc.contributor.author | Mansouri, Mo | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-04-27T07:44:54Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-04-27T07:44:54Z | |
dc.date.created | 2023-03-12T18:51:39Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2023 | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1098-1241 | |
dc.identifier.uri | https://hdl.handle.net/11250/3065218 | |
dc.description.abstract | The offshore oil and gas upstream supply chain operations are part of a complex system with many stakeholders and intricate relationships. Traditionally, these operations are managed manually, which leads to inefficiencies. Despite the innovative and engineering-orientated approaches adopted in other technical operations of the industry, the supply chain activities remain unchanged, relying heavily on legacy systems. However, cutting-edge technology opportunities are available for adoption in supply chain management systems in the oil and gas industry. Such a transformative upgrade relies on first understanding the operational inefficiencies and preparing an accurate picture for how these operations should be performed. This study adopts a systemic approach to examine the oil and gas offshore supply chain operations of a case company to identify areas for improvement. The objective is to address the following research questions: (1) what is the current “AS-IS” supply chain operations support; and (2) what is the desired “TO-BE” state for these operations. This research adopts a soft systems lenses applied in an action research project to capture and analyze existing operations. The research revealed that information exchange is a major barrier, and that technology and organizational gaps are the primary hindrance for a digital transformation. The conclusion is that there is a need for a higher level of data exchange and increased data quality in any proposed transformation. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | eng | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wiley Periodicals LLC. | en_US |
dc.rights | Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internasjonal | * |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/deed.no | * |
dc.title | Minding the gap between the front and back offices: A systemic analysis of the offshore oil and gas upstream supply chain for framing digital transformation | en_US |
dc.title.alternative | Minding the gap between the front and back offices: A systemic analysis of the offshore oil and gas upstream supply chain for framing digital transformation | en_US |
dc.type | Peer reviewed | en_US |
dc.type | Journal article | en_US |
dc.description.version | publishedVersion | en_US |
dc.source.journal | Systems Engineering | en_US |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1002/sys.21652 | |
dc.identifier.cristin | 2133294 | |
cristin.ispublished | true | |
cristin.fulltext | original | |
cristin.qualitycode | 2 | |