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Joint industry project – New ways of working post covid 19

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New ways of working post COVID-19

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As we plunge into a new year, it is clear that many knowledge workers in Energy operations will be working in different ways going forward. While it is tempting to simplify the impact by  just saying that people can work remotely, we think there is more that can be done to maintain or even improve on previous ways of working.

  • Is it possible to work in a remote or distributed way and still maintain the positive characteristics of teamwork and team situational awareness?
  • How can we better utilize competence independent of location?
  • What will future operation centers look like?
  • How can we use digital technologies for offshore field workers to make them part of the virtual teams?

Epsis has established the structure for a JIP (Joint Industry Project) to pursue these questions and many more related to this topic. The JIP is called “New operating models and way of working post COVID-19” and is open to a small number of companies to collaborate and set the agenda for this program.

Click here to get more information and submit an indication of interest.

Epsis employee Bart Stafford

Bart Stafford

Epsis employee Ådne Tveit

Ådne Tveit

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Epsis talks at NORWEP digital operations webinar

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Interested in digital solutions for operating oil & gas facilities?

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The recordings from Norwep‘s webinars where they have put together a number of Norwegian vendors that present some of the technologies and novel approaches in the energy sector are now available here.

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NORWEP writes the following on their website:
“Norway has always had a reputation for innovation and technology development in the energy sector. Recent developments in innovative digital solutions for operating facilities has been driven by a focus on;

  • improving production,
  • reducing operational and maintenance costs, while at the same time
  • maintaining the safety and integrity of producing assets

To showcase Norway’s capabilities in these areas, NORWEP will host a series of three webinars to present some of these technologies and novel approaches. This is an opportunity for you to hear from the experts and learn from their knowledge and experience.”

If you’re interested take a look here.

Epsis employee Ådne Tveit

Ådne Tveit

Epsis employee Henrik Wigers Larsen

Henrik Wigers Larsen

Epsis employee Bård-Henning Tvedt

Bård-Henning Tvedt

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Integrated Operation Center

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Collaborative Work Environments

What is an Integrated Operation Centre?

An Integrated Operations Centre (IOC) is a dedicated environment designed to tackle the business problems that manifest when working with highly collaborative processes. The most typical of these is within an operational environment where many dependencies exist between;

    • creating a product,
    • managing the quality of the product,
    • getting the product out the door efficiently, to the best market conditions available

In what industries do you find Integrated Operation Centers?

Many industries utilise the concept of IOC’s to help with their operations; manufacturing, oil & gas production, energy generation & distribution and so on. The broad roles, time pressures and underlying business issues remain similar but each industry will have a different emphasis.

What does an IOC look like?

 The following simplified diagram shows typical roles and seating within an IOC to maximise collaborative efficiency for operations: 

Integrated Operation Center Roles and layout

Each seat holds a role representative, not the entire team. The individual responsible for the minute to minute operations of the role within.

How does the Center help?

IOC’s operate in very time sensitive environment and if there is friction between these areas or a single failure, then the entire operational process can be compromised leading to massive inefficiencies. There is a need for everyone to see an up to date “big picture”, share a set of common priorities and have the experts at hand to support any breakdown in the process.

IOC’s are built to support the smooth running of critical areas of a real-time business.

Large and smaller centers

Not every IOC is “whole operations” focussed. Some companies may have a need for a smaller centre (or series of centres) to manage a single complex aspect of the business. These can often provide a massive value despite their size:

Planning:

A single planning function needs constant input from a huge range of distributed stakeholders and the ability to push their plans out to the same group. These planning centres have most other roles at the end of a VC rather than in a room together. (Virtual IOC)

Equipment Support:

A series of tiered centres able to support the complexities of machines and technology. Each tier offers a different level of specialisation to provide the most efficient use of resources.

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Hvordan oppnå delt situasjonsforståelse i team som ikke kan dele kontor?

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Hvordan oppnå delt situasjonsforståelse i team som ikke kan dele kontor?

Covid-19-viruset har på global basis utfordret oss på helt fundamentale måter – dette gjelder samfunnet sett under ett, men også oss som individer og arbeidstakere.

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Det er fortsatt uvisst hvordan vi kommer ut på andre siden av en «lock-down» som startet i Norge 13. mars og som gradvis nå åpnes opp igjen. I Epsis tror vi på at det å arbeide i team som ikke sitter samlet vil bli en naturlig del av vår nye måte å arbeide på – selv når samfunnet åpnes helt opp igjen. I dette utfordrende bildet har vi sett på muligheter for å nyskapning sammen med noen av våre kunder.
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Corona situation (Covid-19)

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Corona situation (Covid-19)

Epsis is closely following the global situation in connection with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. We as our customers have taken our own measures to keep our staff as safe as possible, and most of us are now working from home. The IT industry is central in keeping some of the wheels rolling in our communities. This also applies to the services that Epsis are providing. We take our social responsibility seriously and work to best meet government requirements whether we are based in Norway, UK, Australia and USA, protect society’s most vulnerable and at the same time deliver on our commitment to our customers. We are grateful to all those working to mitigate the effects of the virus and out thoughts are with all who are being personally affected.

Corona situation Epsis

Epsis support & teamwork

We have, in recent weeks experienced that our customers have had an impressive ability to quickly find good solutions for maintaining production and capacity, while meeting the requirements of the authorities. As a result, Epsis remains fully operational and will (for the time being) continuing to provide our full range of support and services in all time zones. Our staff is working from home, in line with the most recent advices of the governments (in Norwegian, UK, US and Australian), while maintaining the same levels of professional services and availability as always.

We have long experience in working remotely without compromising the productivity and our delivery capability. We are used to handling demanding assignments, and as experts we also quickly get up to speed and become productive. We feel we have established the right mechanisms to assist our customers in this demanding situation. If anyone gets sick, we have backup routines to take over the support function. Our team is dedicated to help our customers on remote operations. Please contact support@epsis.com if you have any technical questions.

Client relationship

Our customer relationship is very important to us and we want to help in any way we can. As well as using email correspondence we are happy to talk with you on video conference or telephone. Our team is currently helping customers effectively set up virtual remote operations centres and adapt new ways of working into the operations.

Ways of working & IT security

We use Teams and Yammer as our internal communication platform and start every morning with a virtual coffee meeting. We find it important to talk on a regular basis to lift the team spirit and share tips on how to work smarter remotely. Today we got a reminder: Unfortunately, there are people with bad intentions using this situation to try to get into people’s and businesses system. Remember – Do not click on any links or attachments unless you are 100% sure. If you are wondering call and ask the sender before opening.

Please do not hesitate to contact us with any questions or concerns regarding solutions and deliveries on Ådne Tveit / +47 55 92 57 50,- Together is better, even remotely.

Thank you and stay safe, the Epsis Team

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