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THESE IMPROVEMENTS WILL UNDOUBTEDLY YIELD COUNTLESS FUTURE BENEFITS TO AL-KHALDI AND ITS CUSTOMERS .
Infor , a cloud company , recently announced that Saudi Arabia-based Al-Khaldi Holding Co has gone live with Infor industry-specific cloud solutions , including multi-tenant Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise , powered by Amazon Web Services ( AWS ), as its digital backbone to automate , gain visibility , and boost efficiency and agility to expand its operations in Saudi Arabia , the wider Gulf region , and internationally .
Al-Khaldi Holding Co made the announcement at a special ceremony at its headquarters in Al Khobar , attended by the CEO Megren Al-Khaldi and his top management , board members and the team who implemented the solutions . GThey were joined by Infor executives Kerry Koutsikos , VP and General Manager for the Middle East and Africa , and Salem Machaka , Vice President , Global Professional Services .
Founded in 1972 , Al-Khaldi Holding Co is a transportation and logistics company with headquarters in Al-Khobar , Saudi Arabia . The business started as a logistics entity and has grown to become one of the largest companies in the kingdom . Today , Al-Khaldi is well regarded in the region for its up-to-date facilities , trucks and technology , as well as its overall reliability and expediency , meeting the needs of oil and gas and petrochemical companies like ARAMCO and SABIC .
Saudi Arabia ’ s freight and logistics market is expected to reach a value of US $ 32.12 billion by 2026 , up from US $ 20.47 billion in 2020 , according to research from Mordor Intelligence . With this in mind , Al-Khaldi is keen to tap the growth opportunity and help support the aims of the Saudi Vision 2030 to transform the country into a leading industrial powerhouse and a global logistics hub .
Al-Khaldi chose Infor ’ s industry-specific cloud solution , along with Infor Birst , to automate its shared services across its business units and to enhance various aspects of its operations , including transportation and fleet management , contracting , third-party logistics ( 3PL ), warehouse management , building materials , and trading .
Al-Khaldi is using the solution to standardize all operations across its multiple businesses , implement best practices for better control of processes , and achieve operational efficiency , all while meeting its customers ’ quality requirements .
The solutionis also helping Al-Khaldi optimise vehicle availability , measure drivers ’ performance , and deliver incentives .
“ By adopting industry-specific cloud solutions with Infor , we have improved our asset management processes and decision-making , and gained greater visibility of our assets , giving us the agility and resources to expand our operations whilst simultaneously improving customer satisfaction ,” said Al-Khaldi .
In addition to CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise , the Infor OS cloud operating platform is helping to integrate Al-Khaldi ’ s systems , giving a unified user experience and organisation-wide real-time insights , providing the information required to drive Al-Khaldi ’ s business .
“ These improvements will undoubtedly yield countless future benefits to Al-Khaldi and its customers as it centralises and takes control of its business units . We look forward to continuing to support Al-Khaldi on its Digital Transformation journey ,” said Koutsikos .
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