Saudi Arabia, Riyadh
News facts:
- AlMajdouie Group, a Saudi based Company, operating in diverse industries all over KSA, GCC and through associate offices in North America, Europe, Far East, Middle East and Africa, with over 5000 employees, today announced that it would rely on the Oracle Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) to drive and sustain the growth of the Group's portfolio of operations.
- Acting as an organization-wide control centre, the Oracle ERP Suite will help AlMajdouie Group's management control information, make timely decisions and streamline work processes, thanks to its ability to collect status information and progress reports from different divisions and make them available to management and other departments. The Oracle solution also enables users to update information in real-time and access it any time.
- The Oracle ERP Suite comes in a modular format that allows companies to implement only the modules they need, and to add more at later stage, if required. Al Majdouie Group will make use of 85 modules to support growth across all its operations, but will focus more on the automobiles and logistics lines in the initial implementation phase.
- The ERP solution has been designed and improved to facilitate the flow of information between all divisions as in today's business environment, organizations need to demonstrate ability to handle and coordinate a great deal of information to help every division, from materials management, production and finance, to HR, sales and marketing, take the right decision on time.
- The installation of Oracle ERP Suite for all companies of AlMajdouie Group will be facilitated by Oracle partner, HCL, the leading global Technology and IT Enterprise with annual revenues of US$ 5.5 billion. HCL will, in coordination with Oracle, be responsible for the implementation, system integrations, post-go live support and managed services.
Supporting Quotes:
- Mr Abdullah AlMajdouie, President of AlMajdouie Group, said: "Nowadays, ERP is no longer a luxury choice or shorthanded as an IT system, it is a must have integrated platform solution, it is part of the Companies Transformation in order to stay at the lead of a developing market."
- Mr Dudi Hermanto, Corporate Procurements Manager, AlMajdouie Group, stated: "During our selection of the system and the business partners, we took serious consideration of the experience, possible growth and support, for our best practices system, we chose Oracle because we found it fits well for our business and overall outcome. The system will help AlMajdouie in making critical decision in very timely manners; it will help in tracking and analyzing our business transactions which will assist to set the business strategy, focus, and direction."
- Mr Ihab Hawari Corporate IT Manager, Al Majdoui Group, said: "As our Group portfolio and operations grow steadily, the need for consolidating out IT systems to accommodate the expansion strategies and goals becomes imperative. Hence, we were keen to make sure that whatever IT applications and solutions we opt for should transcend our expectations and Oracle's ERP applications have provided us with the tailor-made solutions that best work for our strategy as a major group of companies operating in variety of fields and industries".
- Abdul Rahman Al Thehaiban, Vice President, Oracle Middle East & Africa, said:
"The innovative idea behind Oracle ERP Suite is to provide businesses of all sizes with an unprecedented single integrated computer-based application across all functional areas to optimize control of information and decision-making processes and drive sustainable growth. Hence, businesses in Saudi Arabia and the region have found in Oracle's ERP a panacea for their IT management. AlMajdouie Group has now joined the long list of premium customers in the region that rely on Oracle IT solutions to meet their business objectives and drive profits to their investments."
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