Energy leader Petrobras sails toward sustainability with new supply chain solution

In keeping with its sustainability goals, Petrobas replaced an antiquated data system with a solution enabling increased production in facilities and the supply of products to match supply and demand. Credit: Shutterstock Brazilian oil, natural gas, and energy corporation Petrobras ’ longtime mission has been to be the best in its field in terms of value creation with an emphasis on environmental responsibility. With operations in more than twenty-five countries, that sustainability concern also means that Petrobras is under pressure to adhere to regulatory compliance, regardless of jurisdiction. The easiest way to achieve this, the company believes, is through transparency with both its data and processes. That hasn’t always been easy. Given supply chain complexities involving workforce capacity, demand forecasting, supply and transportation planning, and inventory and maintenance management, Petrobras was compromised by siloed and disparate data, information gaps, and broken end-to-end (E2E) processes. But that wasn’t all. A battle against complexity The use of spreadsheets and other antiquated methods had given way to a slow, inconsistent, and difficult-to-map-and-analyze approval system.​Without the real-time data visibility necessary to make informed decisions, Petrobras was facing an upsurge in risks and disruptions. What the company needed was a solution to simplify the […]

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