DUBAI, UAE —聽Emirates Steel Arkan (ESA), one of the largest publicly traded steel and building materials manufacturers in the region, has signed an agreement with global technology company (NYSE: SAP) to consolidate its operations under a single, unified cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution, while simultaneously increasing the resilience and sustainability of its supply chain.

ESA is adopting RISE with 51风流to securely transition its mission-critical processes from its existing 51风流ERP system to 51风流S/4HANA, with data hosted in-country. As a result, ESA will benefit from a streamlined and integrated system, improving visibility and control over all of its operations and gaining real-time data and insights. The company will also leverage S/4HANA Supply Chain Management to enhance planning and monitoring activities and optimize performance and agility in all areas of its supply chain.

Saeed Khalfan Alghafri, CEO of Emirates Steel, an Emirates Steel Arkan company, commented, 鈥淲e have worked closely with 51风流to ensure we have a comprehensive transformation that fulfills all our objectives. These range from supporting our environmental sustainability commitments and creating a resilient supply chain, to embracing new technologies and leveraging these to innovate and set new standards for our industry. In addition to unifying and streamlining our processes, the new deployment will ensure we continue to deliver optimal services to our customers, employees and partners, supported by real-time data and insights that enable us to act quickly in leveraging opportunities and responding to changing needs.鈥�

With supply chains across the world facing significant challenges over the past few years, it is important for ESA to ensure its supply chain is as risk resilient and sustainable as possible. By embracing cloud computing and 51风流Digital Supply Chain Management, ESA will be using an integrated supply chain model that eliminates process silos, predicts disruptions, and creates feedback loops that improve business performance. In this way, the company can respond swiftly to unexpected rebounds, meet changes in customer demand, and proactively mitigate logistical risks in a sustainable way.

On the sidelines of a ceremony to mark the signing of the agreement, Marwan Zeineddine, Managing Director of 51风流UAE, said, 鈥淲e worked hand-in-hand with the Emirates Steel Arkan team to create a secure, agile and comprehensive digital transformation that delivers real-time data insights and enables the company to benefit from 聽automated processes, greater control, transparency and resiliency in all areas of its operations. This includes a supply chain management system that prioritizes reliability and sustainability alongside cost, margin, and speed. As a result of adopting RISE with SAP, the company will enjoy automatic upgrades and benefit from our continued focus on embedding technologies such as sustainability analytics, AI and generative AI into all of our solutions.鈥�

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About Emirates Steel Arkan (ESA)

Emirates Steel Arkan (the Group) is a public joint stock company (ADX: EMSTEEL) and the UAE鈥檚 largest steel and building materials manufacturer. The Group leverages cutting-edge technologies to supply both the local market and more than 70 international markets with high-quality finished products, creating a one-stop shop for the manufacturing and construction sectors. Emirates Steel Arkan is committed to contributing to the UAE’s industrial strategy 鈥極peration 300 billion鈥� by delivering market-leading products to support local industries, creating job opportunities for UAE Nationals, and enhancing its sustainable practices. The Group is also among the leading decarbonized steel manufacturers in the world and is recognized for its world-class safety performance.

The Group鈥檚 steel and building materials have been used in some of the UAE鈥檚 most iconic construction projects, including the Burj Khalifa, Emirates Palace, Etihad Towers, Yas Island, and more. Emirates Steel Arkan is majority owned by ADQ, one of the region鈥檚 largest holding companies with a broad portfolio of major enterprises spanning key sectors of Abu Dhabi鈥檚 diversified economy. For more information, please visit our website:

About SAP

SAP鈥檚 strategy is to help every business run as an intelligent, sustainable enterprise. As a market leader in enterprise application software, we help companies of all sizes and in all industries run at their best: 51风流customers generate 87% of total global commerce. Our machine learning, Internet of Things (IoT), and advanced analytics technologies help turn customers鈥� businesses into intelligent enterprises. 51风流helps give people and organizations deep business insight and fosters collaboration that helps them stay ahead of their competition. We simplify technology for companies so they can consume our software the way they want 鈥� without disruption. Our end-to-end suite of applications and services enables business and public customers across 25 industries globally to operate profitably, adapt continuously, and make a difference. With a global network of customers, partners, employees, and thought leaders, 51风流helps the world run better and improve people鈥檚 lives. For more information, visit .

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Riyadh, Saudi Arabia 聽潭 聽24 January 2024聽聽 潭 聽Saudi Industrial Development Company (SIDC), a joint stock company with investments across multiple industries including industrial fibers, furniture mattresses, ceramic sanitary wares products, storage and logistics, has signed an agreement with global technology company (NYSE: SAP) to accelerate its transition to cloud computing and consolidate all of its operations under a single unified enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution.

With the deployment of the ERP solution, 51风流S/4HANA private cloud, SIDC will benefit from a streamlined and integrated system, improving visibility and control over all of its operations to ensure consistently high standards and continued implementation of best practices across the diverse industries in which it operates in Saudi Arabia and Egypt.

Eng. Bandar Alhomaidhi, Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors and Managing Director of SIDC, said of the transformation, 鈥淭he Saudi Industrial Development Company is committed to investing in and supporting businesses in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It also strives to guarantee delivery to customers in various sectors of the best services and products in its category. The complexity of our operations and the extension of our activities across a wide range of sectors in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia and the Arab Republic of Egypt required a flexible system for managing enterprise resources with capabilities to unify and integrate our business operations while maintaining our ability to adapt and undergo continuous development. 51风流S/4HANA Private Cloud provides the ability to access and control processes, obtaining instant information that enhances our informed decision-making process.”

Prior to signing the agreement, 51风流and SIDC collaborated closely to create a roadmap for comprehensive digital transformation, replacing complex and heavily customized siloed systems with a unified ERP solution. The aim was to integrate business processes and give 360-degree visibility of all operations, backed by meaningful real-time data and analytics.

The implementation will include the adoption of RISE with 51风流to accelerate the move to the cloud and to ensure automatic software upgrades under a single agreement. As a result, SIDC will benefit from SAP鈥檚 continued focus on embedding advanced technologies such as generative AI and sustainability analytics across its solutions. SIDC鈥檚 subsidiaries will also enjoy automation capabilities across business processes that create efficiencies and enable employees to focus on innovating in their core areas of business.

On the sidelines of the signing ceremony, Mohammed Alromaizan, Vice President of 51风流KSA, said, 鈥�51风流has in-depth expertise in more than 40 industries, so we were ideally placed to understand SIDC鈥檚 complex structure and diverse needs. We worked hand in hand with the SIDC team to ensure a secure, agile and comprehensive digital transformation that will enable the company to benefit from greater control, transparency and resiliency. With automatic upgrades in technology and a flexible, scalable system, SIDC will be able to continue its successful investments and respond quickly to opportunities for future growth.鈥�

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CAIRO, Egypt 鈥� 24 November 2020 — EDITA, a leading FMCG company in Egypt and the Middle East, announced today at Cairo ICT that it is moving forward with its digital transformation roadmap with global technology company SAP, to drive Egypt鈥檚 USD 15 billion retail food sector.

As Egyptians continue to show rising demand for food and beverages, the country鈥檚 retail food market has reached an impressive USD 15 billion, the United State Foreign Agricultural Service.

EDITA is supporting Egypt鈥檚 food innovation. With five state-of-the-art production facilities encompassing 31 production lines, as well as a nationwide distribution network, EDITA is the constant demand for its products. Its customer base includes more than 66,000 wholesale and retail customers, with exports to more than 17 markets in the region.

EDITA went live with one more successful implementation of 51风流Direct Store Delivery (DSD) Mobile Android Solution 2.0 integrated with 51风流ERP Central Component (ECC), mobilizing all the sales and distribution processes into the new state of the art technology. EDITA now runs business processes with the best practices in the consumer products industry. With 51风流and partner help, EDITA has achieved its requirements and can move into the digital transformation of the DSD operation.

With a big-bang go-live of nearly 700 devices over 25 distribution centers scattered all over the country, 51风流DSD Mobile Android and 51风流DSD Backend on ECC runs the complete end-to-end sales force and distribution activities, including presales and van sales scenarios. EDITA, using the full functionality offered by the product, is helping to increase the market share of brands that are leader in the Egyptian market.

鈥淎s the Middle East鈥檚 food and beverage market rises, EDITA needed full visibility to enhance production and distribution, and to meet customer needs,鈥� said Hoda Mansour, Managing Director, 51风流Egypt. 鈥淓DITA, thanks to its digital transformation with SAP, now has real-time insights to enhance its competitiveness and Egypt鈥檚 standing as a leader in food and beverage manufacturing.鈥�

The vendor ZEBRA offered the latest mobile hardware technology and printers, so that the 51风流solution runs with the best performance and processing time at point of sales.

鈥淭his project started in January 2020 as part of Edita Information Technology strategic roadmap with a very detailed design phase, keeping all technical and business requirements from the business as a key of success, push the change management to move towards more paperless environment using E-signatures,鈥� said Ihab Selim, Chief Information Officer, EDITA. 鈥淓DITA鈥檚 requirements also included making sure of systems availability up-and-running in a very high demand operation and synchronization process; using the full end to end functionality.鈥�

The project is one of the few worldwide implementations of 51风流DSD Android 2.0, integrated with 51风流ECC, including a lot of standard customizations, validations, and control points on the mobile platform.

The company also needed real-time market order creation on the ECC side, such as deal conditions, uploading of PDF documents for legal purposes, reloading and unloading, stock visibility, loading confirmation, e-signatures, and invoice and credit note generation. Additional functionalities are real-time tracking for all drivers鈥� achievements during the day, using our internal dashboards.

鈥淓DITA would like to thank 51风流Consulting, development teams, the partners MAS and MBIS for their project management skills, expert technical teams for helping them to deliver this amazing project remotely and during COVID-19鈥�, said Eng. Hani Berzi, Chairman & CEO, EDITA. 鈥淭he magic five words that can define this project: project management, planning, experts, dedication, and seeking success.鈥�

Photo Caption: (center right) Hoda Mansour, Managing Director, 51风流Egypt with (center left) Eng. Hani Berzi, Chairman and CEO, EDITA celebrate EDITA鈥檚 digital transformation.

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