DRIL-QUIP
MICHAEL WELLS TITLE : VICE PRESIDENT SUPPLY CHAIN INDUSTRY : OIL AND GAS LOCATION : USA
and surface wellheads , subsea and surface production trees , mudline suspension systems , specialty connectors , liner hangers , drilling and production riser systems , tieback and blow-out preventor connectors and more — a comprehensive list that would fill dozens of column inches . Its primary customers are the major operators , integrated large independent , and foreign national oil and gas companies throughout the world . Ensuring these customers ’ equipment needs are met involves an enormously complex network of vendors and other partners .
Digitalisation of the supply chain has been key to ensuring this network not only runs smoothly but adapts and evolves over time . Wells depicts digitalisation as a table supported by three legs , the first of which is data engineering . He draws a parallel here to Dril-Quip ’ s manufacturing and inventory processes : taking raw steel , transforming it through work centres and routing , and producing a finished product for the end user . “ It ’ s the same thing with master data and data engineering ,” he says . “ We have
EXECUTIVE BIO
Vice President of Supply Chain for
Dril-Quip , an oilfield services , and equipment manufacturing company . Michael has over 20 years of leadership in supply chain and manufacturing in the Oilfield Services and Products , Automotive , Specialty Materials , Consumer Goods , Power Generation and Transportation Industries . At Dril- Quip , created and designed the first corporate supply chain , functional team , integrating with manufacturing to execute an outsource model . Implemented global category management team , who led all domestic and international sourcing activities . Developed logistics , sales & operations planning ( SIOP ), and warehousing leaders supporting 18 countries and four manufacturing centers in the United States , Singapore , Scotland , and Brazil .