BSP, BLNG take on new SAP system

Acting Director of the Petroleum Unit inspecting SAP end user training at the BSP's Learning and Development Centre in Seria

For many employees of Brunei Shell Petroleum Company Sdn Bhd (BSP) and Brunei LNG Sdn Bhd (BLNG), the New Year also means that they will be signing onto a new integrated work management system based on SAP, stated a press release.

A thousand users were trained in November and December before it goes live for use.

The Acting Director of the Petroleum Unit, Awg Alias Hj Mohd Yusof, visited BSP to see training in progress and officiate the Staff Open Day on December 16, 2003. Awg Alias also viewed the SAP servers that are located in BSP Head Office.

The new work management system replaces seventeen old IT systems which have been retired after more than 20 years of service. SAP is used by many major corporations around the world to integrate their business processes for greater efficiency and enhanced business controls.

It will handle the request and planning of work on existing and new assets; procurement of goods and services; accounting for costs and payment of vendors.

The new system records the status of work on all assets and equipment used by the business in a totally integrated manner.

This will bring about a step change in improving the way BSP and BLNG will do business with access to accurate and comprehensive online information.

Such was the view shared by both Dato Paduka Hj Hamdillah B Hj Abd Wahab, the Managing Director of BLNG and Mr Mark Carne, MD of BSP.

The project was officially launched fourteen months ago with formation of the "Project HIJRA" team led by Vincent Liew.

The team comprised workers of BSP with BLNG drawing on SAP expertise from the Shell Group and BAG Networks Sdn Bhd. They had enormous support from management and staffs. During the course of the project, over 2,000 were engaged in various aspects of its implementation.

Suppliers of goods and services to BSP and BLNG have also been engaged in a number of vendor forums and special newsletters sent to them. This was to ensure that supplies required to operate this business is uninterrupted by a cut to the new system.

Courtesy of Borneo Bulletin