| Qatar
Foundation selects Oracle
Posted: 11 May 2003
Diverse non-profit group reduces costs by consolidating
information across enterprise
DOHA, QATAR — Oracle Corporation, the world’s
largest enterprise software company, today announced that the Qatar
Foundation for Education, Science and Community Development is implementing
the Oracle E-Business Suite to streamline its financial, human resources,
and purchasing processes.
The private, non-profit group, with more than 360 employees, will
utilise Oracle to automate many of its internal business functions,
make more informed decisions, and reduce administrative expenses.
Under the direction of Her Highness Sheikha Mozah Bint Nasser Al-Missned,
Consort of HH the Emir of Qatar, the Qatar Foundation manages a
number of separate but interrelated initiatives that contribute
to the development of Qatar’s academic potential.
The Qatar Education City, Qatar Academy, The Learning Center, The
Academic Bridge Program, the Social development Center, VCU-Q, Weill
Cornell Medical School-Qatar and Qatar Diabetes Association are
all components of The Qatar Foundation.
The organisation is deploying elements of the Oracle E-Business
Suite, including Oracle Financials, Oracle Human Resources Management
System (HRMS) and Oracle Order Management, to centralise financial
information and share workforce resources across the entire Foundation.
“Because the Qatar Foundation supports such diverse activities
and projects, until now it’s been a challenge to reconcile
our accounts quickly and receive a timely financial snapshot for
the group.
In addition, the Foundation wanted to migrate our human resources
approach to a self-service model that empowers employees to perform
their own administrative processes via the Internet,” said
Dr. Saif Al-Hajari, Interim Managing Director of the Qatar Foundation.
“By integrating the Qatar Foundation’s financial and
human resources systems, we’re reducing our paper-based processes
and decreasing expenses as a result.
The Foundation selected Oracle based on the integrated nature of
its platform, and the scalability Oracle can provide for our anticipated
growth,” added Dr. Saif.
Qatar Foundation will also receive considerable benefits from the
Oracle Purchasing and Oracle Order Management components of the
Oracle E-Business Suite.
With these solutions, the Qatar Foundation can now process requisitions,
purchase orders, RFQs, quotations, and receipts more quickly and
efficiently.
The organisation can also provide its customers accurate, timely
order promises and then efficiently deliver on those commitments
Up to ten Qatar Foundation offices/work sites will be linked via
the Oracle E-Business Suite when the implementation process, managed
by Oracle partner Hyperlink, is complete.
In addition to the Qatar Foundation, leading Qatar-based organisations
such as Faisal bin Qasim Group, Qatar Airways and Qatar Petro Chemical
Company have deployed Oracle solutions.
“Non-profit organisations like the Qatar Foundation have
a mandate to maximise their funding for the greatest possible humanitarian
benefit, while keeping a tight control over financial and human
resources,” commented Husam Dajani, Vice President of Oracle
Middle East.
“The Qatar Foundation’s implementation of the Oracle
E-Business Suite demonstrates a commitment to the longevity and
foresight of the Foundation’s different initiatives. By consolidating
all of the group’s information and resources, the Foundation
can now more rapidly commit its endowments and people to the causes
that need them the most,” Dajani added
About Qatar Foundation
Qatar Foundation for Education, Science, and Community Development
was established in 1995, pursuant to a decree issued by His Highness
Sheikh Hamad Bin Khalifa Al Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar; as
an educational, development, charitable non-profit organisation
so as to contribute, together with other similar institutions, in
the achievement of cultural and scientific development of the country,
and to give an example in the field of co-operation between society
and its leadership.
Her Highness Sheika Mozah Bint Nasser Al Missned, Consort of H.H.
the Emir, serves as Chairperson of the Qatar Foundation, and personally
guides the organisation's objectives and programs.
For more information see www.qf.org.qa.
About Oracle
Oracle Corporation is the world's largest enterprise software company.
For more information about Oracle see www.oracle.com/me.
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