SupplyChain Magazine January 2018 | Page 203

Encouraging innovation
Automation for the people
SUPPLY CHAIN three main factors , the 40-year old Gulf Joint Procurement programme would not be successful .”
business , so if you don ’ t encourage your people to innovate , you are wasting your resources , I believe .”
Encouraging innovation
Out of 50 employees within the Health Council , seven employees are serving in the Gulf Joint Procurement programme . Alkathiry strives hard to attract and retain the best staff to ensure the continued success of Gulf Joint Procurement programme . “ I create a workspace where every employee is engaged by the work they do and inspired by who they work for . Without good staff you will not achieve your goal . The management structure achieves this by encouraging everyone to innovate .
“ It doesn ’ t have to be earthshattering . It can be a small change , but innovation equals improvement . Innovation must streamline , must enhance , must endure . Innovating our business by looking for ways to reduce expense , speeding up or streamlining processes , improving customer interactions and experience , making our products or services better . Innovation drives
Automation for the people
Such innovation is central to Gulf Joint Procurement ’ s future plans . “ I ’ m working now with my team to automate our processes . There are plans in the future , to implement a new system for the Gulf Joint Procurement programme . Currently we have requirement to automate our process , and link with the GCC countries and the suppliers to make quotations align , and to organise everything historically . The second thing - there are plans for expansion of the service procurement to market our services to the private hospitals to join in our programme ,” Alkathiry concludes .
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