Oil Field Solids Control Market Procurement Intelligence Report

Business practices within Oil Field Solids Control market are heavily influenced by changing trends across the category as well as within the broader Engineering Products and Equipment market. Procurement costs for Oil Field Solids Control are highly impacted by an increase in the costs associated with the value chain of Oil Field Solids Control, such as logistics, labor cost and energy. Additionally, outdated assets are also increasing the cost for suppliers.

Technology is improving productivity and creating fresh demand. Convergence of data science, automation tools, 3D printing, robotics, AI and big data has opened up multiple possibilities to better serve customers at a lower operational cost.

Markets across the globe are reeling under shortage of professionals and workforce that have relevant skills and training. Minimum wages and stringent regulations are compelling suppliers to increase their employee expenses which are expected to have an inflationary impact on buyers' procurement cost.

As a result, category managers need to closely monitor the Oil Field Solids Control procurement trends and identify changes required in their procurement environment for the category.

Oil Field Solids Control procurement best practices are moving towards a level of sophistication which is typically seen in traditional procurement categories. Category managers now have an attractive opportunity to adapt the best practices seen within this category as well as those being leveraged in other non-related categories. This report summarizes the best practices picked from across multiple categories that could work well for category managers involved with Oil Field Solids Control procurement strategy.

For example, Buyers should engage with suppliers that have recycling capability. Recycling capability of the suppliers will lower their production costs which will be passed on to buyers. Additionally, the recycling capability will contribute in furthering the sustainability goals of the buyers' organization.

Buyers need to evaluate the in-depth expertise of suppliers in the Oil Field Solids Control industry. This can be assessed by considering factors such as the years of experience, number of resources that have multi-year experience of working in the same industry and at least 3 to 5 credentials for the supplier.

Buyers should engage with suppliers that have adopted a global delivery model as it reduces buyers' risk. In this model, any disaster/emergency at any operating facility of supplier will result in the work being transferred to a different facility, thereby ensuring continuity of the project and reduced risk for buyers. This model also provides buyers access to skilled labor from across the globe, thereby improving the quality of engineering products provided by the supplier.

Oil Field Solids Control procurement managers also need to proactively identify and mitigate potential risks that can arise in the supply chain or contracts for Oil Field Solids Control procurement. Some examples include: