Emirates Industrial Gases goes Linux with Oracle
Posted: 07 January 2004
Oracle E-Business Suite and Collaboration Suite at the
core of the initiative
Oracle Corporation, the world’s largest enterprise software
company, today announced that Emirates Industrial Gases LLC, a leading
producer and distributor of industrial, medical, and speciality
gases, has selected Linux as the deployment platform for Oracle
E-Business Suite which will centralize and streamline the company’s
financial systems, manufacturing processes and distribution activities.
The gas provider intends to automate its external and internal
systems, increasing employee productivity and overall cost control.
The company is also deploying Oracle Collaboration Suite on Linux
to enhance collaboration between its employees, suppliers, partners
and customers via Oracle Collaboration Suite’s email, file
management and calendaring capabilities.
The comprehensive automation initiative will see Emirates Industrial
Gases deploy Oracle Process Manufacturing to optimise production
of its gas products; Oracle Purchasing, Oracle Order Management,
Oracle Inventory, and Oracle Business Intelligence to link supply
and demand while responding more efficiently to customer needs;
and Oracle Financials to create greater financial visibility across
its different lines of business.
Emirates Industrial Gases has also selected Oracle Collaboration
Suite to create an integrated messaging and collaboration infrastructure
to provide email, voicemail, fax, calendaring, and file-sharing
capabilities. The entire Oracle environment will run on the Linux
platform, which Emirates Industrial Gases opted for based on its
associated lower total cost of technology ownership, improved reliability
and security.
Mr. Al-Hareth Al-Khaled, SVP, Emirates Industrial Gases stated:
“Our organization required a comprehensive system to help
us streamline and integrate the different processes within Emirates
Industrial Gases, from manufacturing to order fulfilment to accounting
and internal communications. We believe that greater visibility
and control will reduce our costs and enable us to increase our
level of customer service, which in turn makes Emirates Industrial
Gases a more viable and competitive organization,”
“From a technology perspective, running the Oracle E-Business
Suite and Oracle Collaboration Suite on Linux creates a cost-effective,
reliable environment with scalability to expand as our gas business
grows. From a business standpoint, Emirates Industrial Gases selected
Oracle based on the seamless integration of its solutions, as well
as the regional office’s commitment to its customers and superior
level of support,” added Al Khaled.
Emirates Industrial Gases anticipates a number of operational and
business benefits by streamlining its gas manufacturing processes.
Oracle Process Manufacturing (OPM) will enable the organization
to manufacture its products in compliance with global formulas and
standards, while improving quality assurance, and lowering the overall
cost of producing gases for the energy, healthcare, food and beverage,
shipping and steel production sectors.
To improve customer delivery times and general service levels,
Oracle E-Business Suite will enable Emirates Industrial Gases to
link supply and demand processes; provide its customers with accurate,
timely order promises; and then efficiently deliver on those commitments.
Increased business intelligence will enable the gas producer to
better understand customer trends and buying patterns to create
more tailored products and services for its target markets.
The Oracle Collaboration Suite is set to boost employee ease and
efficiency of communication by more than 25 percent across Emirates
Industrial Gases’ main plant and four branch offices. The
solution integrates messaging, calendaring, file sharing, real-time
communications, wireless access, calendar and time management, and
voicemail and fax services, enabling the company’s sales force
to communicate with different offices and the production facility
to ensure that customer requirements are met.
Husam Dajani, Oracle’s Vice President for the Middle East
said: “Manufacturing a vast range of gas products to serve
a diversity of industries across the UAE means that Emirates Industrial
Gases requires both a highly streamlined and automated manufacturing
environment to ensure that its products are of the highest quality,
as well as the logistics and customer care facilities to satisfy
such a wide base of customers,”
“With its expertise in the manufacturing sector as well as
integrated solutions that immediately impact customers’ bottom
lines, Oracle is thrilled to be the technology partner of choice
for Emirates Industrial Gases as it becomes a more efficient, competitive,
and customer-focused organization,” Dajani concluded.
Oracle E-Business Suite
The Oracle E-Business Suite is the industry's first integrated suite
of Internet business applications that automate critical business
processes, offering customers unprecedented choice and flexibility
in implementing business applications. Its open architecture and
single data model allow applications to be deployed as individual
modules, business flows, or as an entire integrated suite. The Oracle
E-Business Suite is offered as traditional software on CD ROMs or
as an outsourced service.
About Emirates Industrial Gases
Emirates Industrial Gases Co. LLC is a leading producer and distributor
of industrial medical and specialty gases catering for the needs
of diverse industries like Oil & gas, Hospitals & Labs,
food and Beverages, shipping, steel plants and an entire gamut of
areas where gas applications are prevalent.
About Oracle
Oracle Corporation is the world's largest enterprise software company.
For more information about Oracle in the Middle East, please visit
our web site at www.oracle.com/me
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