Oil and Gas

The Challenge

Oil and Gas companies face continued competition, pressure to increase production, decrease costs, and maintain compliance with government regulations and standards. In a business environment where markets are uncertain, people geographically dispersed and the workforce demanding better tools to undertake their work, collaboration and teamwork are essential. The effective management and delivery of information is now paramount to success.

Our Solution

TOWER Software has provided ECM solutions to the oil and gas market since 1985. From managing files to digital images we have provided solutions that will assist drive business forward. We provide a proven platform for enterprise content management that will ensure ease of access, delivery and re-use to assist in day to day operations and drive compliance and best practice. Through the management of unstructured data our solutions will

• improve productivity,
• ensure compliance,
• assist in the development of best practice and,
• improve competitiveness.

Our ECM platform will:

• Put in place a management system that will manage any object including but not limited to documents, folders, core samples, engineering drawings, images, audio, and video.
• Apply business rules such as storage, retention, security and access, classification and relationships. Flexible workflows that will standardize and improve business processes.
• The flexibility of a easy to use Web interface that allows both staff and partners remote access. Collaborative tools to speed up decision making based on good knowledge.
• The ability to create revisions and versions, annotate and redact electronic documents.
• Compliance with government regulations such as Sarbanes Oxley, National Archives legislation, Freedom of Information Acts, Privacy Acts as well as the ability to comply with the US Department of Defense DoD 5015.2 and The National Archives of UK PROII certifications.
• Allow organizations to concentrate on their core activities.

What does this mean for Oil and Gas?

Our customers have deployed the TRIM Context solution to manage information and help drive business programs. Our internationally-accredited solutions will enable you to:

• Comply with international government targets, including the International Records Management ISO 15489 Standard
• Improve delivery of services and information to all stakeholders through powerful collaborative document management functionality and process management tools
• Maintain complete audit trails and accountability throughout your business processes
• Comply with government requirements for archiving to ensure information is retained for required time periods
• Reliably retrieve current or historical information and prove its authenticity