Energy and Utilities

The Future of Preventative Maintenance Is Waiting  Imagine a world where you’d be alerted that your car or HVAC unit was about to break down before it does. For oil and gas companies, that possibility is already a reality for their equipment, and it can be found in cutting-edge digital solutions that manage equipment performance […]

Growth Mindset For the history of oil and gas companies, growth has been the key indicator of success. Recently, the global pressure to reduce carbon footprint has switched industry focus from growth to adaptability. To survive the volatility of supply and demand in the market – regularly disrupted by political, social, and economic trends – […]

Wind and Solar Power Versus Gas A World Economic Forum report at the beginning of this year announced that wind and solar generated more power than gas in 2022 for Europe. One of the key factors was Europe’s energy crisis sparked by Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In a swift pivot to ramp up its energy […]

In the post-pandemic age of political upheaval, supply chain volatility, and global market uncertainty, agility and efficiency are the oil and gas industry’s keys to surviving and thriving. Companies that command total control over their systems and production and adjust quickly to demand will leave slower and less capable companies far behind. At such a […]

Regulations and Policies In November of 2022, the EPA released new regulations to combat the release of air pollutants such as methane, VOCs, and benzene by both existing and new oil and gas operations. Another decisive move in 2023 by EPA enacted new policies to crack down on water pollution from coal plants. In these […]

Environmental initiatives are only successful if the effects are not more harmful than the outcomes. In the case of both electric vehicles (EV) and energy companies, the race towards net zero is a complicated one. On one hand, energy companies must shake a negative reputation for their contributions toward emissions and pollution. On the other […]

In our first blog in this series, Blockchain: The Secret Sauce to Supply Chain Visibility, we covered why visibility is so crucial in the supply chain for all parties and gave examples of firms using distributed ledgers to help improve customer service, reduce inventory costs, provide proactive status updates, and help mitigate risk. Per our […]

A website and mobile app are critical tools for utility customers, providing them with access to important information about their energy, water, or other utility services. As more people turn to the web and various devices for information about their services, utilities need to offer innovative, user-friendly, informative, and functional digital experiences. In this blog […]

A new Morningstar survey indicates that 90% of companies are developing an environmental, social, and governance (ESG) strategy. But when you look at the largest companies in the energy and utility industries, 100% of them are intensely focused on ESG due to the environmental impact of their operations and the value it provides their customers, […]

  New Salesforce Mobile Application Configure and Customization in Salesforce Org According to reports, 120 billion hours are spent with mobile business apps annually. According to Salesforce, Every month, almost 2 million users run their business from their phones using the Salesforce mobile app. Salesforce planning to retire the Salesforce mobile web experience with the […]

Did you know that two-thirds of projects fail to meet their objectives, scope, timeline, and to deliver the desired ROI? This occurs due to a lack of technology and often a lack of proper adoption processes (Prosci, Best Practices in Change Management, 2018.) Organizational Change Management (OCM) makes all the difference in how companies embrace […]

When Perficient senior project manager Morgan McNeal was assigned to collaborate with Xcel Energy to create a plan to revamp their arc flash safety electrical program, she had no idea what she was getting herself into. But, three years and a withstanding partnership with Xcel Energy engineer Eduardo Ramirez Bettoni later, she is now an […]