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one with SAP . Having utilised SAP ’ s oil and gas expertise for more than 50 years , Becerra Mizuno explains how this venture has evolved to provide all important flexibility to Pemex .
“ We have established a new partnership with them , where it ’ s not only them charging for their licenses or their service , but it ’ s also on a payas-you-use scheme on some of their modules , especially the oil and gas modules . Before , we had to pay for these no matter what , but we can now take into account peaks and troughs .” Becerra Mizuno further highlights an increasing number of pilot projects
“ WE ’ RE OPEN , WE ’ RE LOOKING FOR TALENT , WE ’ RE LOOKING FOR YOUNG PEOPLE , AND WE ’ RE GOING TO GIVE THEM THE OPPORTUNITY TO DEVELOP THEIR SKILLS ”
- Rodrigo Becerra Mizuno , Corporate Director and CIO
being initiated with suppliers in a bid to uncover the next game-changing solution . Typically lasting eight to 12 weeks across all business units , these programmes are helping convert vendors and suppliers into true partners which build solutions tailored to Pemex ’ s priorities .
“ I ’ ll give you a small example ,” Becerra Mizuno says . “ In the refining process , one of the things that affects us the most is unprogrammed outages , because of the resultant
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