Regional, national and global businesses alike confront an array of diverse and often interconnected challenges that test their abilities to strengthen competitive position, sustain growth and increase profit margins.

In the face of such challenges, common imperatives emerge. Among them: the need to simplify work processes, improve knowledge management and find new ways to adapt and thrive in accelerating business environments.

In many instances, dissimilar industries are adopting similar solutions to meet common imperatives. One such solution is remote collaboration.

Drawing from experience across multiple industries, from mining and minerals to commercial business management, we will showcase remote collaboration solutions and highlight best practices—with an emphasis on how remote collaboration can be tailored to the petroleum industry to achieve transformative results.

Keywords:
infrastructure, spe 150245, honeywell, supplier, digital oilfield, work process, operator, cross-industry perspective, upstream oil & gas, consistency
Subjects:
Professionalism, Training, and Education, Information Management and Systems, Communities of practice, Knowledge management
Copyright 2012, Society of Petroleum Engineers
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