Al-Futtaim Group partners with SAP to enable complete digital transformation across all regional businesses

Family-owned multinational adopts RISE with SAP to accelerate and consolidate move to the cloud

The UAE’s prominent Al-Futtaim Group, has committed to a full digital transformation, powered by its long-term partner SAP, and supported by Microsoft Azure as intelligent cloud platform, to maintain its competitive edge and realise multiple benefits for its customers, partners and employees.

At a recent signing ceremony attended by Omar Al Futtaim. Vice Chairman and CEO, Al-Futtaim Group, and Christian Klein, Global CEO, SAP, the Al-Futtaim Group officially adopted RISE with SAP, a customised solution to ensure a quick and seamless transition of mission-critical systems to the cloud, it was announced in a press communique.

Once implemented, all of Al-Futtaim Group’s business systems will be fully integrated in the cloud, with upgrades enabling the company to leverage the benefits of new technologies and the efficiencies arising from automated and streamlined business processes.

“In line with our continued pursuit of excellence, the comprehensive SAP solution we are implementing incorporates sustainability metrics, industry best practices, extensibility, analytics and business process intelligence,” asserted Himanshu Shrivastava, Chief Technology Officer, Al-Futtaim Group, at the signing ceremony.

Automation of business processes

Among the new SAP cloud solutions Al-Futtaim Group will implement is SAP S/4HANA, an enterprise resource planning (ERP) solution that enables automation of business processes, reduces total cost of ownership, provides 360-degree visibility over all operations, and is adaptable for multiple industry needs to ensure accurate reporting and compliance, the press statement continued.

Benefits include end-to-end, integrated finance capabilities, as well as enhanced procurement, supply chain and inventory management; seamless and personalised customer journeys; and self-service capabilities.

Other existing SAP solutions, such as SAP SuccessFactors for human resource management, are being upgraded in the cloud to be used across all areas of AlFuttaim Group’s business.

Leveraging SAP

“With this partnership, Al-Futtaim Group is positioning itself as a transformational leader in adopting new technologies to deliver better value to its customers, employees and partners. Leveraging

SAP’s expertise in regional automotive, financial services, real estate, retail and health markets, and with Microsoft Azure’s comprehensive cloud infrastructure, we are confident this partnership will enable Al-Futtaim Group to achieve operational excellence and drive continued success for the company,” affirmed Zakaria Haltout, Managing Director, SAP UAE.

“By leveraging the expertise and cuttingedge technology offered by SAP and the trusted cloud infrastructure of Microsoft Azure, Al-Futtaim Group is ensuring it has the clear execution roadmap for the next level of business transformation and further driving value through the interoperability benefits,” commented Yvonne Chebib, Global Partner Solutions Lead, Microsoft UAE.

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