Founded by former executives from a publicly traded E&P, a private equity backed upstream operator launched in the Permian Basin with an aggressive growth profile. In just a few years, the company scaled to nearly 100 operated wells with an eye toward accelerating future growth through accretive acquisitions. From the outset, leadership recognized that early...Read More
So far in this blog series, we have examined why ERP modernization matters, why the ERP market is so difficult to navigate, and why implementation and data strategy determine success. Selecting and deploying an ERP is the most important enterprise technology decision for energy companies of all sizes, yet hidden risks abound at every step...Read More
Whether a greenfield deployment or ERP upgrade, executing large, complex software implementations is where enterprise value lives or dies. Vendor bandwidth, partner experience, and internal resourcing all play a role. When implementation plans are overly aggressive or poorly staffed, risk quietly shifts onto the customer. Go-live dates slip. Costs creep upward. Operational teams absorb disruption...Read More
Today’s ERP market is overwhelming. Energy companies can choose from horizontal ERPs designed for many industries, vertical/energy-specific ERP platforms, hybrid approaches that integrate niche applications at the edge, and cloud versus on-prem architectures. Vendors vary widely in maturity, scalability, and depth of upstream functionality. Versions and vintages of technology further complicate comparisons. In the previous...Read More
Energy companies are being asked to do more with less. Leaner teams, volatile commodity prices, steady M&A activity, and rising expectations for speed and insight have all raised the stakes for enterprise technology. At the center of it all sits ERP. Not as back-office plumbing, but as the operational backbone that determines how quickly decisions...Read More
It’s always a great day when one of our consultants gets the recognition they deserve. At Stonebridge, we’ve always believed that our consultants’ expertise, passion, and ability to turn complex challenges into real solutions make the difference for our clients every day. Heather embodies all of this and more, which is why we’re excited to...Read More
The acronym ERP has an interesting history that parallels the evolution of the energy software ecosystem. In the late 1980s, manufacturers had moved from materials requirements planning (MRP) to integrated manufacturing resource planning (MRP II) systems that encompassed supply chain, scheduling, shop floor control, and finance. As integration continued, companies began extending MRP II systems...Read More
Stonebridge Consulting recently led a large and complex business transformation from SAP ECC to S/4HANA on the cloud for a leading E&P company with operations in major US basins. Leveraging Stonebridge’s deep expertise in ERP and digital transformation, project accelerators, and SAP Activate best practices, Stonebridge and our project partners successfully completed core deliverables, organizational...Read More
Like other sectors, the energy industry is reaching for the prize of generative and agentic AI. IT researcher IDC reports that “masters,” companies that have achieved maturity in data management and governance, have seen a 24% increase in revenue and a 25% cost reduction by scaling AI across their organizations. That’s quite a prize, but...Read More
From a macro level, the oil and gas industry is made up of just a few primary business processes, from exploring for and extracting hydrocarbons to asset management, midstream, and downstream operations. But as any energy professional can attest, that barely scratches the surface of what the real work looks like day to day. In...Read More
