A Powerful Collection of Services
Achieve maximum possible benefit by working with a firm that has expertise in several distinct, yet often inter-related areas of your business.
With an intimate knowledge of the upstream oil business and lean manufacturing, de Wardt and Company is able to focus on those areas of your business that will reduce costs and increase profits.
Consulting
Achieve superior growth through strategic planning services, with world class guidance in scenario development, business modeling, and competitor analysis - all of which lead to the implementation of strategy initiatives.
Increase productivity and improve quality and safety through lean manufacturing techniques. de Wardt and Company has developed a suite of tools that can be applied to transform manufacturing facilities into World Class performers.
Reduce costs, improve schedules and functionality through developing custom fit Value Delivery Systems for your business including Project Management, Operations Management and organizational development.
Performance Coaching
Choose from workshops that deliver proprietary information and techniques, ongoing business performance coaching or client focused training courses, we can support your transition and ongoing operations.
de Wardt and Company can facilitate performance improvement workshops, or programs are available to teach you how to plan and run these workshops yourself.
Diagnostics
Whether for Strategy Development, Lean Manufacturing or Project Delivery, our diagnostic services are designed to identify areas that may need improvement in the performance of your organization. Get a complimentary custom diagnostic report by taking one of the Free online diagnostic tests.
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Testimonials
John de Wardt provided us with a straight forward, hard driving, no nonsense approach to strategic planning that is still helping us define and achieve new business goals.
We have seen significant improvements in results and have adopted the principles in our planning and operations efforts.
John’s emphasis on rigorous planning has resulted in tangible and measurable results in the area of drilling and completing wells. A true step-change.
...substantial improvement in product delivery and resultant reductions of inventory. The catalyst for these new processes was the Strategic Planning workshop lead by John de Wardt.
His recent corporate strategy development work resulted in a set of strategic initiatives that are already beginning to deliver value only a few months into their implementation.
His insight into the oil and gas industry is invaluable, and his knowledge of best practice in manufacturing has added measurable value to several of our investments.
Case Studies
Hercules Grew to 132 Offshore Units in 4 Years.
John de Wardt has facilitated the combined board and management strategy session each of the past three years. Through focused initiatives, the management team of Hercules Offshore has delivered superior growth from a start in mid 2004 with the acquisition of 5 rigs from Parker Drilling. In just 3 years the fleet has grown to 36 Jack Up rigs, 27 inland barges, 3 Submersible and 1 platform rig together with 65 lift boat vessels worldwide.
At Balance Partners for Super Growth
As the result of an aggressive strategic plan, technology leader At Balance (a Shell Technology Ventures Company) entered into a partnership with the established oilfield services company Smith. Immense synergy exists in this partnership and is already being utilized to develop new products and accelerate the introduction of the Managed Pressure drilling technology into the oilfield.