Experience and Capability in the Water and Utilities Sector
Siecap is a renowned project management and advisory firm with extensive experience in the water and utilities sector. Our expertise spans across various domains including supply chain, procurement, asset management, and operational improvements. We have successfully collaborated with leading organizations to deliver impactful solutions that enhance efficiency, resilience, and sustainability.
How Siecap helps clients in the Water Sector
Supply Chain Planning:
Water sector clients often face challenges in ensuring a stable supply of critical chemicals and materials. This includes managing supplier relationships, forecasting demand, and maintaining adequate inventory levels to prevent disruptions.
Resilience:
Building resilience in the supply chain is crucial to mitigate risks associated with supply disruptions. This involves enhancing supply chain visibility, developing contingency plans, and ensuring robust infrastructure to support continuous operations.
Operational Improvements:
Operational efficiency is a key focus area, with clients seeking to streamline processes, reduce costs, and improve service delivery. This includes optimizing workflows, implementing best practices, and leveraging technology to enhance operational performance.
Asset Management:
Effective asset management is essential to ensure the longevity and reliability of infrastructure. This involves regular maintenance, timely upgrades, and strategic investments in new technologies to enhance asset performance and reduce downtime.
Commercial and Procurement Strategy:
Developing a robust commercial and procurement strategy is vital to ensure value for money and effective vendor management. This includes negotiating favourable contracts, implementing performance-based templates, and fostering strategic partnerships with suppliers.
Siecap’s comprehensive approach and proven track record in the water and utilities sector make us a trusted partner for organizations seeking to overcome these challenges and achieve their strategic objectives.
Case Study: Water Chemical Supply Chain Resilience
Project Overview:
Siecap was engaged by a major bulk water supplier to review the challenges and opportunities with its bulk water chemical supply chain. The project focused on de-risking the supply of 18 locally produced and imported chemicals essential to ensure a stable and resilient supply.
Key Achievements:
- Supply Chain Resilience:
Implemented strategies to enhance supply chain visibility, including telemetry for critical chemicals and increased inventory holdings. - Operational Improvements:
Developed a coordinated chemical management plan, standardizing safety, security, and delivery protocols. - Commercial Strategy:
Created a Procurement Category Strategy for Chemicals. Negotiated new supplier contracts with updated performance-based templates to ensure improved safety, delivery, and security outcomes. - Asset Management:
Validated the storage facilities at all water treatment plants and prioritised augmentation projects to ensure current and emergent demands can be reliably supplied.
Case Study: Water Infrastructure Services Panel
Project Overview:
Siecap supported a client in establishing a new Infrastructure Services Panel aimed at streamlining vendor selection and enhancing the capacity to manage major infrastructure projects, including essential upgrades to several dams as part of a broader improvement program.
Key Achievements:
- Asset Management:
Developed a comprehensive user guide and playbook for internal stakeholders, outlining workflows and processes for selecting and appointing vendors. - Procurement Strategy:
Provided strategic insights and guidelines to ensure effective vendor management and project delivery. - Operational Improvements:
Enhanced the capacity to manage and deliver significant infrastructure projects, ensuring alignment with the client’s strategic objectives.
Case Study: Inventory Enablement and Standards Planning
Project Overview:
Siecap supported a client with their inventory management capabilities by developing foundational standards and procedures to support a significant uplift in critical spare parts storage.
Key Achievements:
- Critical Parts Storage Planning:
Developed a roadmap to assess and enhance storage capacity across key operational sites. This included profiling critical items, evaluating physical space requirements, and outlining investment options for infrastructure upgrades or third-party logistics (3PL) solutions. - Cornerstone Procedures & Guidelines:
Designed core inventory workflows and safety protocols for receiving, storing, preserving, and issuing materials. These procedures also addressed equipment standards, hazardous materials handling, and integration with work order and procurement systems. - Catalogue Standards Development:
Established master data standards for cataloguing inventory, including taxonomy, naming conventions, units of measure, and technical classification. - Strategic Enablement:
Enabled the client to make informed investment decisions through concept-level planning, stakeholder workshops, and preliminary site layout designs. This work laid the foundation for future business case development and operational uplift.
