WIRELINE - Autumn 2017

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The Eiciency Task Force – catalyst for change

identified £105.5 million of bankable savings, but importantly, it changed the culture of the workforce to one that recognises it takes the whole village to achieve success in a business. It puts power into everyone’s hands to find better, smarter ways of working. activities, and we have had great success in promoting awareness of the Task Force and its approach. Part of this is driving up recognition of the value of continuous improvement professionals within every workforce. These are the people who are championing efficiency and providing a dedicated resource for companies to drive forward these changes. Q: Looking forward, what do you think the ETF will achieve in the next two years? It is always worth looking outside our back garden and being open about what we could do better. ” Over 80 companies are currently represented across ETF projects and A: We are shifting the tectonic plates of industry and are very conscious that the change will be gradual. However, we have already seen significant progress such as in the response to the roll-out of the Tender Efficiency Framework and the open publishing of case studies on the online Efficiency Hub. Providing we keep up momentum and stay alert to the case for change, we can put more blocks in place to build more resilience across the basin. By that I mean more good practice guidelines, devised by industry for industry; more case studies on the Efficiency Hub to help us learn from each other; and more efficiency champions to drive ETF initiatives forward within their company. If efficiency is the starting point of every process or the premise of every

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focus areas

business processes; standardisation and simplification; and co-operation, culture and behaviours

drive efficiency gains in subsea developments, tendering, logistics and engineered products

Work groups 80 40 More than 43

companies represented across the projects and activities

companies are signed up to the Industry Behaviours Charter

active efficiency champions who drive change and challenge old habits

employees roadshows held, each attended by up to 7 150 Online

promotes collaboration and sharing of information – featuring best practice tools and over 100 case studies

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