Saudi’s
Saline Water Conversion Corporation selects Oracle
Posted: 22 April 2004
27 desalination plants to be linked via online business processes
Oracle Corporation, the world’s largest enterprise software
company, today announced that Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water
Conversion Corporation (SWCC) is set to deploy the entirety of the
Oracle E-Business Suite.
As part of its privatisation efforts, SWCC will initially utilize
applications including Oracle Financials, Oracle Human Resources
Management System (HRMS) and Oracle Procurement to streamline and
integrate its business processes from 27 desalination plants and
3 separate IT sites into a single, online environment.
The impetus for the SWCC’s major Oracle project is to centralize
financial management and create a supply chain foundation to connect
its desalination plant production, maintenance and procurement operations
to the organization’s Riyadh headquarters.
The major benefits that SWCC anticipates are greater control over
its procurement and supply chain functions, lower operational costs,
better insight into financial performance through daily business
intelligence, and more advanced forecasting and analysis of production
and supply chain.
“SWCC has two key initiatives running in tandem – our
privatisation efforts, which will gain momentum over the next few
years, as well as far-reaching growth targets, which include the
construction of three more plants, each costing around US $1 billion.
In order to administer these programmes professionally and according
to a set timeline and budget, we need to run more like a private
organization, with our core business processes managed centrally,
and an increased focus on efficiency and the level of service we
provide to suppliers and customers,” stated Loay Musalem Director
of IT, SWCC.
“Following an exhaustive market review, we selected Oracle
as a long-term technology partner based on the integrated and complete
nature of the Oracle E-Business Suite, as well as the strength and
market reach of Oracle’s operations in Saudi Arabia,”
he continued.
SWCC also expects that its new business infrastructure will address
a number of challenges within the organization, including automating
the inter-plant transfer process, better management and deployment
of human resources, and integrating project expenditure with the
overall procurement cycle.
“As Saudi’s population grows, the demand for a professionally-managed,
efficient desalination organization also increases. With its new
infrastructure in place, the SWCC also has the ability to export
its expertise to other markets, and create a culture of customer
service that will help it maintain market leadership should other
utility companies enter the Saudi market at some juncture,”
commented Abdulrahman al Dosary – Managing Director Oracle
Saudi
The Oracle implementation at the SWCC has already commenced, with
Oracle partner Ernst & Young providing on-site consulting expertise.
SWCC’s partnership with Oracle delivers a significant foothold
for the software provider in the Middle East’s increasingly
privatised utility sector.
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 the SWCC
Established in 1974, Saudi Arabia’s Saline Water Conversion
Corporation owns the largest desalination plant in the world and
is responsible for providing fresh water for the entire Kingdom.
It is also the second largest electricity supplier in the country,
producing 4000MW of hydroelectric power.
For more information see www.oracle.com/me
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