SC Creates SC Global Tubular Solutions as new Tubular Supply Chain Management Provider
SC Global Tubular Solutions LLC (SCGTS), a Sumitomo Corporation
(SC) subsidiary, works with SC tubular business units to perform
OCTG supply chain management functions worldwide.
SCGTS’ responsibilities include assisting the business units
in the following areas:
• Evaluate project opportunities
• Submit project proposals
• Implement projects
• Operate projects as needed
• Provide ongoing assessment of operations
• Recommend tactical operational adjustments
• Provide repository of standard policies and procedures
• Provide repository of benchmarks and key performance indicators
• Provide and maintain technology tools
• Provide and maintain computer system infrastructure
SCGTS is Sumitomo’s center of expertise for OCTG supply
chain management. Its staff consists of personnel who have spent
years working the OCTG supply chain as well as personnel in training
to become experts in this area.
SCGTS has its roots in the relatively recent oil company OCTG business
model change. In the past, oil companies managed all of the OCTG
supply chain and primarily purchased their OCTG from the mill. Now,
oil companies purchase OCTG at the time and point of need and outsource
the management of OCTG from the mill to the point of purchase. This
outsourcing has created a new market and provided a business opportunity
for those companies capable of providing these services.
Sumitomo Corporation made a strategic decision to become a player
in this new market. The decision to enter this market was a logical
extension to SC’s already well-defined role as a world-class
provider of OCTG products, primarily through its affiliation with
Sumitomo Metal Industries.
Sumitomo Corporation, with SCGTS’ help, has been very successful
in capturing OCTG supply chain management projects. SCGTS presently
supports projects in Australia, the North Sea, Alaska, the Far East,
and West Africa. Opportunities for additional projects in areas
such as the Middle East, Russia, former Soviet Union countries,
and China are anticipated in the future.
For more information, please contact
sales@scgts.com
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