Oil Suppliers Product Assessment
Technical Assessment of Lubricant Proposals
AJSS conducted a thorough review of lubricant proposals from various suppliers, comparing them against the customer's existing oil and grease products.
Compatibility Evaluation
AJSS assessed the compatibility of proposed lubricants with the client's fleet of equipment, ensuring that they met or exceeded the performance standards of the incumbent lubricants.
Product Parameter Review
AJSS reviewed technical datasheets of the proposed lubricants, analyzing over 20 key parameters, including chemical composition, physical properties, and performance standards.
Supplier Comparison
AJSS compared the proposed products' specifications with the client's existing lubricants to identify suitable alternatives that would work seamlessly with the client’s equipment.
Recommendations for Supplier Selection
Based on the assessment, AJSS provided the client with data-driven recommendations for selecting a supplier, ensuring that the chosen products would be compatible with existing machinery.
Documentation and Reporting
AJSS delivered a detailed report summarizing the findings from the compatibility evaluation and provided insights into the pros and cons of each proposed lubricant product.
Consultation and Support
AJSS worked closely with the client to ensure they had all necessary technical information to make an informed decision on selecting a single lubricant supplier.
Brief
- Customer Industry: Oil and gas exploration and production
- Project Duration: 1 month (June 2021)
- Lubricant Products Assessed: 6 lubricant products (oil and grease)
- Technical Parameters Reviewed: 20+ key product attributes (including chemical composition, physical properties, performance standards)
- Documents Reviewed: 10+ product datasheets from multiple suppliers
- Compatibility Validation: 100% of selected products met the required compatibility standards
- Outcome: Identified 4 lubricant alternatives that met over 95% of the incumbent product specifications
- Client Impact: Enabled client to select a single supplier based on data-driven recommendations
Situation
A customer engaged AJSS to perform a technical assessment of the proposals put forward by prospective oil suppliers to supply lubricants for the customer’s fleet of equipment. The proposal from each supplier consisted of a list of recommended direct equivalents to the lubricants (oil and grease) that the customer was currently using in its assets.
Task
The objective of the assessment was to validate the proposed lubricants for their compatibility with the customer’s existing assets. Additionally, the assessment provided the customer with the technical information needed for a further assessment in selecting a single supplier of lubricants.
Action
In this assessment, AJSS utilised technical parameters of the incumbent lubricant oil and grease products as the baseline to check the compatibility of supplier-proposed lubricant oil and grease products for respective applications. The required parameters were referenced from the product technical datasheets available on the product manufacturer websites. The motivation behind the compatibility check was to identify new products whose physical and chemical characteristics, performance standard and application were similar to the incumbent lubricant. These products could then be considered a direct equivalent to the existing lubricant.
Result
AJSS identified the proposed lubricant products that matched the physical and chemical characteristics of the existing lubricants. Therefore, these products were deemed suitable to be considered as equivalent alternatives to incumbent lubricants.
