Chevron to Use the 2007 Microsoft Office System to Reduce Information Management Risk and Costs and Improve Worker Productivity
Chevron opted for the Microsoft Office system to create a new, enterprise-wide content management system and integrated collaboration environment in order to reduce information management risk and costs and improve worker productivity. Their centralized enterprise portal will take advantage of the offline viewing capabilities in Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 to provide remote workers with access to terabytes of data even when working in areas with limited connectivity.
Chevron is the fifth-largest integrated energy company in the world, with 53,000 workers in 180 countries. Based in San Ramon, California, the company is involved in all aspects of the oil and natural gas industry.
Business Situation
One of the greatest challenges Chevron Corporation, the fifth-largest integrated energy company in the world, faces today is how it manages the sheer volume of loosely structured data (an estimated 180 terabytes) being produced, stored, and consumed across its various businesses and operating companies worldwide. With more than 53,000 employees working across all aspects of the integrated oil and gas value chain from research and exploration to production, oil refining, transportation, and marketing, massive amounts of content and raw data need to be shared in order for the company to remain connected and operate efficiently in a highly competitive market.
Solution
As a participant in the Microsoft Office Rapid Deployment Technology Adoption Program, Chevron plans to create a new, enterprise-wide content management system and integrated collaboration environment based on the 2007 Microsoft Office system, Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007 and Microsoft Office Groove 2007 technologies. Chevron will develop a centralized enterprise portal created with Office SharePoint Server 2007 that will serve as a central document repository where all information can be stored and managed universally.
Benefits
To improve the quality of business decisions by making it easier to locate and retrieve relevant data
To reduce costs by more efficiently managing data in a unified content management structure
To improve productivity of knowledge workers with efficient tools for collecting, organizing and sharing data and information and working together dynamically, anywhere and anytime
To improve regulatory and internal compliance by automating document archival and final disposition of corporate information
Software
2007 Microsoft Office suites
Microsoft Office OneNote 2007
Microsoft Office SharePoint Server 2007
Quote
Chevron plans to use the 2007 Microsoft Office system to support our enterprise information management strategy and to help us more efficiently manage the enormous volumes of information created and shared daily across our many operating companies.
