Dubai, June 19, 2006: SAP today announced that UNICOIL, one of the leading manufacturers of pre-painted steel products in the Middle East, implemented the SAP Applications with NetWeaver platform to support its growth strategy and integrate operations.
The SAP applications comprise the seamless, best-in-class modules that will enable UNICOIL to better record and report business events, improve Supply Chain Management, calculate actual production cost, reduce data redundancy and automate inventory management. The implementation started on November 2005 and went live on June 1st, 2006. Unicoil's implementation team uniquely adopted SAP Best Practice which saved around 40% of the estimated project duration.
Speaking on the implementation, Mr. Ahmad Shaaban - CIO, UNICOIL said: "We are very excited about the SAP NetWeaver installation. It will decrease the time it takes to move the products to the market, reduce service interruptions to the manufacturing process, and help determine sales prices based on market value and product cost". He further added: "the SAP installation will increase efficiency across the organization, impacting business processes for all employees and facilitate organizational growth."
Mr. Essam Enany, President SAP Arabia, said, "The implementation at UNICOIL caps a very impressive growth phase for SAP in the region, especially in Saudi. We are ranked the Number One player by IDC in MENA and this win takes us further away from competition."
He further added: "SAP applications are end-to-end, open and integrated and are adapted to the current and future needs of an organization. The SAP implementation at UNICOIL will serve as a foundation to support future growth for the group, enhance business management and reduce cost to increase profitability".
The SAP application is designed to coordinate across all aspects of the UNICOIL business, including product development, supply chain and inventory management, and financial reporting.
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Established in 1997, UNICOIL was first company in Middle East to manufacture pre-painted steel and aluminium coils. Located in the industrial city of Al-Jubail with an installed capacity of 120.000MT per annum for Pre-Painted and 250.000MT per annum G.I. steel coils production, UNICOIL is a leader in pre-painted steel coil manufacturing in the region. UNICIOL is a joint venture of A.H. Zamil Group of Industries, Rashid Al- Rashid . With constant stress on innovation, product quality and product range, UNICOIL is a ISO 9001 certified and also exports to GCC countries, Africa, Europe, and Asia.
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