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39 develop . You ’ ve got to stay ahead . We ’ ve got a lot of big changes going on at the moment with climate change and environmental conditions . And if we don ’ t change , then it ’ s going to hurt us .”
As far as the future is concerned at Petro Rabigh , the company has lofty ambitions of becoming the best in class in the Gulf Cooperation Council ( GCC ) within the next 18 months . “ We have to deliver on the business expectations in two areas : 99 % availability and on-time delivery of materials to support the ongoing operations ,” says Gustafson .
“ Our processes and practices must change and this will be enabled through the finalisation of the ARIBA implementation , integration with SAP and further digitalisation of the processes .”
“ This is crucial for us to handle the increase in volume due to the expanded capacity of the operation . We must reduce the number of touches on work orders from procurement to pay with seamless vendor integration through the process .”
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