LABVANTAGEPETRONAS LUBRICANTS C ITALYase Studies 1 of 2 , they needed a They were looking for Lubricants PETRONAS Lubricants evaluated several LIMS vendors but E selected LABVANTAG because of their strong presence in Italy and credibility among similar organizations... 1212DR13CYL PETRONAS is a leading oil and gas company with business interests oil and gas company with business PETRONAS is a leading it ranks , headquarters in , in 35 countries. With world. 500 largest corporations in the Global among the FORTUNE balance between is due to their ability to strike a Much of their success organization. entity and a full-fledged commercial being a state-owned of 103 wholly owned The entire PETRONAS Group consists and 57 associated companies. subsidiaries, 19 partly owned outfits

Case Study: PETRONAS LUBRICANtS ITALY ere d.™ v e. Deli ledg w Kno Laboratory a consistent and robust repository that tracked analyses (internal and experimental samples and a consistent and robust repository that tracked analyses (internal and experimental shared data internally and study for competition), secured current and historical information, they wanted a system that adhered to the ISO Additionally, measured certain key performance indicators. Finally 17025 standard, which is highly requested to fully track samples and consumables. electronic signature. system that helped them monitor and track every sample using audit and ©2013 LABVANTAGE Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. System Sought System Italy was searching for a laboratory information In early 2012, PETRONAS Lubricants in Villastellone, management system (LIMS) that would satisfy their various requirements. The PETRONAS subsidiary in Italy, PETRONAS PETRONAS The PETRONAS subsidiary in Italy, was fully established in 2008 Lubricants Italy, Selenia and as a result of the union between FL Their pledge as a own Lubricant Unit. PETRONAS’s the Solutions company is to offer Technology Fluid Their to the world. best lubricants and functional fluids mission is to strengthen its position as the preferred partner of global OEMs in the development of next generation vehicles and to build its brand globally and reliability and establish strong association with quality, technology. Company Background Company exploration and production, downstream (oil and major facets of business include PETRONAS’s Through their and engineering. logistics and maritime, and technology ), gas and power, in locating, exploring, PETRONAS Carigali Sdn Bhd, they engage exploration and production subsidiary, marketing, trading and retail Their oil business covers refining, and producing oil and gas reservoirs. activities embrace the entire value chain right from the exploration operations, while their gas business processing and liquefaction, gas transmission pipeline operations, and production of to gas gas shipping marketing and trading, liquefied natural and supply of and regasification, gas district cooling industrial utilities. tS ITALY LUBRICAN PETRONAS High Configurability LABVANTAGE’s Through Meeting Requirements LABVANTAGEPETRONAS LUBRICANTS C ITALYase Studies 2 of 2 , and LABVANTAGE makes no , and LABVANTAGE ANTAGE Solutions, Inc. This document is subject to change without Solutions, Inc. ANTAGE uidotti, Guidotti, Carlo Chief Information PETRONAS Officer at Italy, stated, Lubricants is “The application and robust, flexible, it allowed complete; us to obtain what we needed with very few customizations. The technology behind the LIMS is also state of the art.” Any statements of possible future direction are for information purposes only ANTAGE Solutions, Inc. No part of this document may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, Solutions, Inc. No part of ANTAGE 1212DR13CYL Apple Safari® is a registered trademark of Apple Inc. Oracle®, WebLogic, and Java are registered trademarks of Oracle and/or its Apple Inc. Oracle®, WebLogic, Apple Safari® is a registered trademark of express or implied commitments or representations concerning the timing and content of any future functionality or releases. Case Study: PETRONAS LUBRICANtS ITALY ere d.™ v e. 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Sybase Enterprise trademark or registered trademark(s) of SAP disclaims any express or implied LABVANTAGE software products and technology. concerning possible functionality for LABVANTAGE This document may contain statements of their respective owners. commitment to deliver functionality or software unless or until generally commercially available. ©2013 LABVANTAGE Solutions, Inc. All Rights Reserved. WWW.LABVANTAGE.COM All rights reserved. Solutions, Inc. ©2013 LABVANTAGE Solutions, Inc. contact LABVANTAGE products, please For information regarding this and other LABVANTAGE The information contained in this document is proprietary and confidential to LABV V electronic or mechanical, including photocopying and recording, for any purpose, without the express written permission of LAB “LABVANTAGE 6 is definitely a successful solution for PETRONAS Lubricants Italy. It met all of our Lubricants Italy. 6 is definitely a successful solution for PETRONAS “LABVANTAGE connected instruments such as will include near future LABVANTAGE requirements,” said Guidotti. In the live in the research and development department and viscosimeter and PETRONAS will go MECOIL ICP, plans to continue After that, PETRONAS metal working fluids. as well as in a department related to 6 to other sites around the world. expanding their use of LABVANTAGE System Delivered System 6 offers, Due to the flexibility LABVANTAGE was able to go live with 90% of LABVANTAGE requirements met by configuration PETRONAS’s Chief rather than customization. Carlo Guidotti, Lubricants Italy, Information Officer at PETRONAS and stated, “The application is robust, flexible, we needed complete; it allowed us to obtain what behind The technology with very few customizations. enabled the system to be The configurable nature of LABVANTAGE the LIMS is also state of the art.” since there was less documentation to create for development and fully implemented in less than a year changes compared to systems requiring heavy customization. testing of the configuration-based System Selected System PETRONAS Lubricants selection process, During the but selected several LIMS vendors evaluated strong presence because of their LABVANTAGE among similar organizations. in Italy and credibility because LABVANTAGE In addition, they chose the 6 allows the user to configure LABVANTAGE The heavy customizations. system and avoid configurable solution is that it is advantage of a high it is less costly per hour for an easier to implement, than customize, and there is a engineer to configure in the code. lower cost of ownership