MOTOR OIL value offering from International and Local partners in order to be able to maximize the impact .”
From the International field SAP is an important partner for Motor Oil . “ They help us with all of our transactions , whether it ’ s on the customer side or the manufacturing side . Every inventory and every shipment lives in SAP , so it ’ s a no-brainer for us to look to SAP to also help us innovate .”
One of the largest local players is OTE . OTE has provided Motor Oil with a turnkey solution to modernise its corporate network with a Software Defined-WAN implementation . The SD-WAN solution provides a virtual WAN architecture , with users controlling and managing the entire system via software running on a central platform .
With the implementation of the SD-WAN project , Motor Oil will have achieved a simplified , fully secured network , with high availability and scalability to improve both the user experience and productivity .
Looking ahead , Giannakakis believes the major oil players will all adapt to new ways of working post-COVID .
“ I think we are going to live in a new reality where our priorities and our digital transformation will be accelerated , but also I think the traditional model was always focused on two pillars : innovation of the business model , and the operational side ,” concludes Giannakakis . “ Now we ’ ve added sustainability into the mix too . It ’ s a strong directive from the European Union but also from across the sector . Whatever is good for the environment is good for the business too .” energydigital . com 87