Workforce Management for Oil & Gas
Workforce management for oil & gas is becoming the key to managing important aspects of the processes of exploration and production in this industry. In fact, the need to drive more efficiency and cost-effectiveness into these processes is causing the oil & gas industry to seek new methods, such as workforce management, to improve these processes.
The capacity to maximize workforce utilization and efficiency is critical to reducing costs and improving performance. Which is where Kronos comes in. Specifically, the Kronos for Manufacturing solution helps oil field service and equipment companies to overcome key business challenges and increase market share.
Oil & gas workforce management: cut costs, boost productivity
Oil & gas workforce management is ideal for reducing costs and increasing productivity. Kronos for Manufacturing helps organizations increase operational efficiency by giving managers the capacity to monitor projects as they move through production. The Kronos for Manufacturing solution, applied to oil & gas workforce management, cuts down the time it takes to complete projects by enabling managers to identify and eliminate waste every step along the way.
Oil & gas workforce management capabilities that are part of Kronos for Manufacturing feature the Overall Labor Effectiveness™ (OLE) metric, a unique KPI developed by Kronos that is similar to OEE (Overall Equipment Effectiveness). OLE provides a window into the productivity of your workforce and permits you to expose the impact of both direct and indirect labor and take action to reduce costs and identify opportunities for increasing overall labor productivity and profitability, which could include Lean and Six Sigma initiatives.
The O&G workforce: how to monitor employee certifications
Managing O&G workforce certifications has become a significant challenge in the industry as the decline of skilled workers — due to the low price of oil in the 1980s and 1990s and the retirement of experienced, senior-level workers — has made it difficult to consistently staff deadline-driven projects. Even a single expired certification can prevent an employee from working on a job. Oil & gas workforce management is the answer; Kronos for Manufacturing tracks employee skills and certifications automatically. By issuing an automated alert in advance of a certification’s expiration, the solution gives managers time to assemble a crew to fill the anticipated gap. The solution also prevents delays that would otherwise result from the need to remove an employee in the middle of a job. This capability is especially helpful in the case of offshore environments.
O&G — and how to simplify compliance administration
O&G compliance management is crucial in an era of escalating local, state, federal, and international regulations. In addition to government regulations, there are industry mandates that often must be followed with respect to various types of work and pay rules. The challenges associated with all of these aspects of compliance are significant, as are the risks associated with failure to comply. The flexibility of Kronos labor management for oil & gas solutions can help streamline the administration of unique labor laws, union requirements, and work and pay rules — protecting your organization from possible fines or delays in doing business.
Learn more
For more information on how Kronos for Manufacturing can help your business, read the free white paper, Flexing the Workforce: Using Overall Labor Effectiveness to Manage Fluctuating Demand.
Or contact a Kronos representative.
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