Alba shares SAP expertise at summit

Aluminium Bahrain (Alba), one of the largest modern aluminium smelters in the world, provided delegates of a regional SAP users summit with insight into the application’s effective deployment in a large organisation like Alba. The SAP Users Group Middle East & North Africa (Sug-Mena) recently held its annual conference for the first time in Bahrain. Alba has been one of the region’s most prominent users of SAP and was involved in this conference right from the planning stage. The level of prominence that Alba received at the conference was a testament to the company’s commitment towards utilising technology for improving productivity and creating a richer working experience for employees. “Our involvement with the SAP users group enabled us to learn from experiences of other users, collaborate with them on projects and share how we have simplified complex operations with the help of this application,” said Esam Hadi, superintendent of Alba business solutions division. “Additionally, we see our participation in the group’s activities as part of our corporate social responsibility since it involves sharing our expertise with other organisations and contributing towards strengthening the knowledge base for fellow users,” he added. A presentation also provided a detailed introduction on how Alba has improved its processes through the integration of the SAP system into Alba’s IT network. “In addition to sharing SAP best practices, the event provided an excellent opportunity to meet with our regional counterparts in Dubai Aluminium (Dubal), Emirates Aluminium (Emal) and Sohar Aluminium to network and share development ideas,” concluded Alba’s IT manager, A Hameed Hussain. – TradeArabia News Service