In the oil field services (OFS) sector, volatility isn’t just a challenge — it’s the baseline. To navigate this complex energy market, you need to anticipate disruption and respond to change with speed and intelligence instead of relying on slow, disconnected planning processes.
It’s time to rethink planning and mandate agility for future success. The Anaplan platform empowers OFS leaders to transform their planning from a fragmented, reactive exercise into a connected, strategic advantage that drives profitability and resilience.
Turn energy market volatility into your competitive edge
OFS success is tied directly to the unpredictable swings of upstream investment. When market conditions shift, your ability to pivot quickly is critical. Traditional, spreadsheet-based planning is too slow and rigid for this reality.
Anaplan provides the dynamic capabilities needed to master market uncertainty:
- Move from reactive to predictive: Instead of just reacting to market events, simulate multiple “what-if” scenarios. See the full impact of price swings, project delays, or shifting demand on your margins and make proactive decisions with confidence.
- Replace guesswork with insight: Instantly test your core business assumptions. Understand the ripple effects of supplier price changes or new labor costs across your entire operation before you commit.
- Stay ahead of the curve: As customer plans change, your forecasts update automatically across sales, procurement, and finance, enabling your teams to align and act in hours, not weeks.
Fortify your global supply chain against disruption
The modern OFS supply chain is a complex global network where a single weak link can jeopardize project timelines and profitability. Gaining end-to-end visibility is essential to keep operations running smoothly and efficiently. Anaplan connects your entire supply chain on a single platform.
- Anticipate and align: Integrate your commercial, operational, and financial data to get a clear view of future demand. This allows you to align procurement and logistics to meet needs proactively, not just react to them.
- Optimize for continuous production: Dynamically model your entire supply network and capacity while proactively managing logistics and suppliers. This ensures critical assets are available when and where needed, at the best cost, to maintain seamless operations.
- Unite your operations: Break down the silos that cause delays and inefficiencies. With integrated business planning (IBP), you can ensure procurement, sales, and finance are always working from the same data and toward the same strategic goals.
Facing a complex and cyclical market, OFS leader Vallourec replaced its slow, spreadsheet-based planning with Anaplan. This move automated financial consolidation and saved 3,000 hours of manual work annually. Now, executives can access real-time data in seconds to make faster, more strategic decisions.
Building a resilient workforce for the next market cycle
In an industry reliant on specialized skills, having the right talent in place is a powerful competitive advantage. The historic boom-bust cycle makes workforce planning a constant challenge. Anaplan helps you build a more strategic and resilient workforce.
- Align talent with opportunity: Model your future workforce needs based on confirmed project pipelines and demand forecasts. Identify skill gaps or surpluses early so you can build the team you need for tomorrow.
- Optimize your staffing strategy: Integrate HR and financial data to make smarter decisions. Evaluate the trade-offs between full-time, contract, and overtime labor to ensure your workforce is both effective and cost-efficient.
- Invest in your most valuable asset: Give your HR team the foresight to focus on targeted upskilling and retention programs for top performers. Turn your workforce from a reactive cost center into a strategic asset.
A green energy supplier’s slow, quarterly forecasts couldn’t keep up with volatile wholesale energy prices, creating significant financial risk. With Anaplan, they built an “always-on” forecasting capability. As a result, they now forecast 90-times more frequently (daily), allowing them to make smarter, more timely purchasing decisions while controlling costs.
The way forward: Transformative planning with Anaplan
The pace of change in the OFS industry demands a new approach. Sticking with the old playbook of fragmented, reactive planning is a choice to fall behind.
The future of the industry belongs to those who can connect their data, align their teams, and plan with agility. Anaplan provides the foundation for this transformation, empowering OFS leaders to build a more resilient, agile, and profitable operation.
| Key capabilities | Business impact |
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Centralize planning and modeling |
Unite financial, operational, and workforce data for enterprise-wide visibility |
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Gain a single source of truth |
Ensure everyone — from the CFO to the supply chain manager — works from consistent, real-time insights |
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Connect to key business systems |
Guarantee seamless data flow between business-critical platforms like ERP, CRM, and operational systems |
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Simulate powerful scenario modeling |
Allow teams to test assumptions and evaluate the impact of decisions and risks before making costly commitments |
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Collaborate in real time |
Enable faster, coordinated action and decision-making across teams and regions |
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Drive faster, data-driven decisions |
Replace slow, manual processes with automated, intelligent planning |
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Accelerate time to value |
Deploy faster and realize measurable ROI sooner |
With Anaplan, OFS companies can deliver better business outcomes:
- Respond quickly to ESG pressures and opportunities: Model sustainability initiatives, track progress, and align them to financial goals.
- Overcome financial pressures and market uncertainty: Forecast with confidence and manage costs proactively.
- Optimize costs and spend more effectively: Gain visibility into margins and cost drivers to improve profitability.
- Stay in control with efficient, real-time planning: Operate with resilience and agility, no matter how unpredictable the market becomes.
