DUBAI WORLD TRADE CENTRE

— Jason Tranter ,

Contracts Director , Dubai World Trade Center

138 across several different timelines for a variety of clients , both in-house and offsite .” Despite the complexity of the operations at DWTC , Tranter emphasises that the company is constantly striving for transparency and innovation in the hope of promoting a new perception of procurement , at a time when the department can often be considered a “ roadblock ” to business functions . “ We want to remove this concept of P & C being a roadblock , and not only become fully integrated into the company , but also have a real impact on its bottom line . As we have progressed through our digital transformation , this is beginning to become a reality ,” says Tranter .

There are two major projects that assisted in the digitisation of DWTC ’ s procurement process . The first was the company ’ s migration to the Oracle ERP system in 2012 and the second was the implementation of the new

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