The optimization of human and material resources to increase competitivity of oil and gas service companies

Abstract

This work has as basis subjects related to resource planning tools such as Sales and Operations Planning (S&OP) and Enterprise Resources Planning (ERP) software and Lean. In this context, the guiding question is: How could human and materias resources be best optimized to deliver an operation with less safet risks, less emissions, less suceptability to market fluctuation condistions, profitability and competivitivty for both operators and service oil and gas companies? The objective of this study was to review existing methods to optimize the use of human and material resources on oil and gas service companies to prevent unavailability of assets or its failures over time. For this, it was adopted as methodology the bibliographic review and an example of a service company create through another article as a study case. As conclusion there is a proposition of best practices and a methodic process that can be directly used on the resource planning of other industries.