Ask most port operators what their biggest operational constraint is, and the answer will involve berths, cranes, capacity, or connectivity. Rarely will it involve procurement. Yet for a growing number of port and logistics operators across the UAE and the wider GCC,...
The Gulf’s energy and infrastructure ambition has never been greater — and neither has the procurement complexity that comes with it. Across Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Oman, and Qatar, capital programmes of unprecedented scale are underway. Capex procurement in the...
For much of the past decade, procurement strategy in GCC retail and FMCG was built around efficiency. Consolidate suppliers, deepen relationships with the best performers, standardise terms, and drive cost down. It was a rational approach for a stable, predictable...
The Gulf is in the middle of the most ambitious logistics infrastructure build-out in its history. Governments across the region have committed an estimated $110 billion in combined logistics investment — reshaping port capacity, activating new multimodal corridors,...
At a time of increased market uncertainty and the need to manage hundreds of thousands of suppliers across multiple time zones, a global consumer goods manufacturer needed a way to optimize cost and bridge a critical gap between ERP (Enterprise Resource Planning), PLM...
