What's New
The de Wardt Times
Wednesday, February 08, 2012
Lean Manufacturing in Oil and Gas Manufacturing
de Wardt and Company launched updated program for applying Lean Manufacturing in oil and gas supplier sector based on extensive experience in application over past 17 years. Program is scalable and adjustable; this is the only Lean Manufacturing program that incorporates oilfield expertise, extensive hands on experience and knowledge of the Toyota Production System
Well Manufacturing
John de Wardt presented overview of Well Manufacturing at Gulf Publishing Shale Conference in Houston August 24th. These insights from oilfield experience and Lean Manufacturing knowledge can be viewed at Well Manufacturing. It is the next step for Lean DrillingTM, a very successful proprietary program from de Wardt and Company.
Drilling Systems Automation
John de Wardt will present a paper titled "Drilling Systems Automation - a technology that is at a tipping point" at the International Petroleum Technology Conference in Bangkok, Thailand November 17th
Company Integration
de Wardt and Company coached integration of low volume job shop products into established organization through engineering development, materials classification and manufacturing workflow design.
Business Growth Opportunity
John de Wardt presented findings of an analysis of a board recommended growth opportunity to the board of a public company. This analysis and associated recommendations changed the perspective of the board. John has been invited to participate in further board meetings to provide industry insights.
Drilling Systems Automation
John de Wardt, in the role of Program Chairman for SPE Drilling Systems Automation Technical Section, has organized a Drilling Systems Automation panel session at SPE ATCE in Denver, Oct 30th; a series of exciting automation perspectives presentations at IADC / SPE Drilling conference San Diego March 5th 2012 and an SPE workshop on "Step Change in Drilling Systems Automation" mid 2012 in the USA.
Updated newsletter
John de Wardt has launched an updated delivery mechanism for his newsletter - simply request to be on this list at this site to receive regular updates by e-mail. Topics in first newsletter were "Business Process Distinction is Critical to Applying Correct Drivers for Operations Performance" and " Engineering Variances - How they affect Manufacturing and Construction".
Search
Testimonials
John’s emphasis on rigorous planning has resulted in tangible and measurable results in the area of drilling and completing wells. A true step-change.
...substantial improvement in product delivery and resultant reductions of inventory. The catalyst for these new processes was the Strategic Planning workshop lead by John de Wardt.
His recent corporate strategy development work resulted in a set of strategic initiatives that are already beginning to deliver value only a few months into their implementation.
John de Wardt provided us with a straight forward, hard driving, no nonsense approach to strategic planning that is still helping us define and achieve new business goals.
His insight into the oil and gas industry is invaluable, and his knowledge of best practice in manufacturing has added measurable value to several of our investments.
We have seen significant improvements in results and have adopted the principles in our planning and operations efforts.
Case Studies
Pressure Vessel Fabrication Time Cut by 27%
A "Design to Build" process improvement program cut the manufacturing time of very large diameter heavy tar sands processing vessels by 27% with an aggressive goal to continue the reduction.
Fabrication Shop Increases Throughput 50%
A heavy engineering fabrication shop was reorganized with improved techniques that increased weld metal lay down time as well as a devoted material preparation area. The result was an immediate 50% improvement in throughput.