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SAP Customer Success Profile | Oil and Gas | Pacific Drilling
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Pacific Drilling: Driving
Efficiency and Instant Insight
with SAP HANA® and SAP Fiori®
Global offshore ultradeep drilling is a complex and dangerous
business. The stakes are high, and there is no room for error. This
is why oil and natural gas companies count on Pacific Drilling,
which in turn has been counting on SAP® software since day one.
Working with Convergent Information Systems to combine the
speed of the SAP HANA® platform and the intuitive design of the
SAP Fiori® user experience (UX), Pacific Drilling is helping
employees around the world achieve instant insight to action. The
consistent UX and role-specific apps require no training and
speed daily tasks, driving a deeper focus on strategic innovation.
SAP Customer Success Profile | Oil and Gas | Pacific Drilling
Getting the job done with SAP HANA® and SAP Fiori®
Anytime, anywhere access to real-time data and analytics
Objectives
• Integrate the entire enterprise IT landscape on a
single platform
• Reduce training costs and streamline processes
by implementing a standard, intuitive, and
consistent user experience (UX) across
enterprise IT systems
• Accelerate and streamline the parts procurement
process
Why Convergent Information Systems
• Focus on enterprise mobile transformations to
manage remote assets and a mobile workforce
• Solid partnership and cross-team collaboration
between Convergent, Pacific Drilling, and SAP to
support long-term goals, growth, and success
Benefits
• Better user experience, helping streamline
business processes
Why SAP
• Intuitive user interface that simplifies the
• User of SAP® software systems for all core
onboarding process and reduces training costs
business processes since day one
• Increase in employee efficiency, reducing the time
• Complete IT integration across business units and
spent on individual tasks and redirecting it to
data sources
strategic initiatives and innovation
• Real-time, role-based access to SAP applications • Better data quality, thanks to automated prompts
across multiple devices with the SAP Fiori® UX,
from the apps to verify entries for things like
SAP Fiori apps, and the SAP HANA® platform for
inventory parts management
instant insight to action anytime, anywhere
• Rapid deployment of SAP Fiori apps for additional
key functions in the future
“An intuitive user experience is crucial for us. Employees all over
the world must be able to tap into our systems to manage data and
get insight instantly from a smartphone or tablet. SAP HANA gives
us the speed. With SAP Fiori UX, you don’t need any training – that
makes things easy and efficient, and keeps costs down.”
Andrew Marici, SAP IT Applications Analyst, Pacific Drilling Services, Pacific Drilling S.A.
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Company
Pacific Drilling S.A.
Headquarters
Houston, Texas
Industry
Oil and gas
Products and Services
Ultradeepwater drilling
Employees
>1,500
Revenue
US$745.6 million (2013)
Web Site
www.pacificdrilling.com
Partner
Convergent Information
Systems
www.convergentinfo.com
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