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Dubai, UAE: Cofely Besix Facility Management (CBFM),recently announced their partnership with 36 Strategies, the fastest growing procurement solutions company in the Middle East.
Over the past 3 months 36 Strategies has improved CBFM's procurement and supply chain efficiency, thereby saving time and money by implementing an e-procurement platform called Insight Portal, and serving as a reliable supplier for over 800 products in 9 categories to sites across the UAE.
"Since we have gone operational with 36 Strategies, CBFM has already realised significant improvement in lead time through more reliable deliveries. It has allowed us to reduce our inventory on site, and consequently improve our cash flow," explains Ian Harfield, CEO of Cofely Besix Facility Management.
36 Strategies also reviewed the various items procured by CBFM, and identified duplicate or similar products purchased through different suppliers for different contracts. Going through a rigorous catalogue 'clean up' process, they were able to get rid of duplicates and redundancies, thereby delivering synergy and economies of scale across the business.
36 Strategies uses a mobile app called Insight Mobile which complements the portal by sending a message as soon as a manager has received a purchasing request to approve. The manager is then able to check his remaining budget for the month before either tapping "Approve" or "Reject", and when the "Approve" button is hit, an LPO is sent out to the supplier.
Cofely Besix employees can therefore complete their entire procurement cycle - from submitting a purchasing requisition for internal approvals to, sending LPO's to suppliers in a matter of minutes, whereas the previous process could take up to weeks to process.
"As the region's leading facilities management company, we believe in doing things better, quicker and smarter, therefore our partnership with 36 Strategies is a perfect fit, and we look forward to achieving even further cost and time savings for our customers in the future," concluded Harfield.
About Cofely Besix Facility Management
Cofely Besix Facility Management LLC is a joint-venture established in 2008 by Cofely Services and the BESIX Group, to provide first-class integrated facility management services in the Middle East. The company employs 650 staff members in the UAE and 800 in Qatar.
Cofely Services is part of the BtoB energy services business line of ENGIE, worldwide global energy player. GDF SUEZ is now ENGIE.
The Besix Group, active for more than 40 years in the Middle East, has a wide range of experience of real estate and infrastructure construction.
The strengths of these two companies were combined in order to deliver the most critical part of facility management - the maintenance of technical installations and energy management.
Cofely Besix Facility Management delivers an Integrated Facility Management Model which provides the ability to offer multiple services on multiple sites, all through a single point of contact. That means that we offer a complete range of maintenance, cleaning, management solutions and essential multi-disciplinary trades, supported via a 24/7 call centre, to every industry sector, from residential and commercial to educational and airports. Clients include Dubai Mall in Dubai, almost 100 Musanada schools in Abu Dhabi and Al Ain, and Adar Headquarters in Abu Dhabi.
For further enquiries please contact:
Ian Harfield
CEO
Cofely Besix Facility Management
Tel: 04 321-2114 Email: iharfield@cofely-besix.comwww.cofely-besix.com
Lorey Fenton Marketing Communications Consultant
Tel: +971 50 587-9068 Email: lorey@lmcdubai.comwww.lmcdubai.com
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