DEPARTMENT OF CULTURE & TOURISM – ABU DHABI
there can be many iterations , development and construction , right through to pre-handover , commissioning and delivery ,” he says .
“ What we then do is build lists of requirements and schedules , identify lead times and risk levels and work with the project team to establish the procurement plan .”
This is where that communication component is key and DCT has utilised a procurement dashboard for performance planning and tracking , allowing it and end users to see into the cycle status , PO status , spending and supplier engagement . This dashboard , allows DCT to access what Al Saeedi calls as the “ most used functionality ” in a project – status updates .
“ What we have now is the first stage in eventual automation of procurement and supply management . It will free up our people for more value adding work and a more strategic focus ,” he says .
“ The dashboard is really about information sharing to support executive teamwork and decision making . A great deal of the time and effort in managing procurement and supply for a large project is in working directly with suppliers and
Teamwork has been central to recent internal project success at DCT