Cover Story: Savoye Middle East
Savoye makes extensive inroads in the Middle East
The Logistics Technology and Supply chain Software provider comes in as a designer, manufacturer, and integrator to offer global solutions to intralogistics challenges The leading supply chain technology provider seeks to leverage the region’s geographical location and advanced logistics network to grow its markets and to contribute to national efforts aimed at boosting industrial activities in line with the National Vision objectives of individual regional countries.
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n April 2021, Savoye, the global logistics solution engineering company, announced that it had established its own office in the UAE as part of its ongoing expansion in the Middle East. Savoye has a huge portfolio of solutions deployed across over 40 countries that combine hardware and software according to customer needs such as manual, semi-mechanised, mechanised, highly automated or robotic installations. The company, which made a €191-million turnover in 2021, meaning a 26% growth compared to 2020, provides cutting-edge equipment and warehouse management system (WMS) solutions which harness the latest digital technologies. “We are very optimistic for the industry’s growth potential which will primarily depend on e-commerce activity. Logistics companies will invest and enhance in last-mile deliveries through technology to create more agile supply chains. We believe there is a vast potential in the UAE market to expand our specialized logistics services as demand for data-driven intra-logistics services continues to grow and the UAE pushes ahead to achieve the UAE Industrial Strategy 2030,” affirmed Alain Kaddoum, Managing Director, Savoye ME, on his appointment to this apex position at the commencement of
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“My top priorities is to help build a strong and self-dependent local team by hiring top talents and experts from the region. I will also keep working on empowering employees through training, upskilling, and creating a work environment that recognises and values their hard work.” regional operations. The UAE and the GCC have been resolute to enhance its logistics capabilities by embracing digital technologies to drive value for the supply chain. To that end, Savoye is keen to bring to the market its more than 35 years of experience in retail logistics and the control of automated systems amid rising e-commerce demand and growing customer expectations on speed and accuracy of delivery across the globe. A year on into its operations, Alain Kaddoum sat down with Global Supply Chain for an exclusive and wide-ranging interview to bring our readers to speed on developments, accomplishments and his strategy for the company going forward.
Global Supply Chain (GSC): In your own words, give us the one-minute spiel of the Savoye Group as a corporate entity and provider of Supply Chain solutions? Alain Kaddoum (AK): With our 35 years of global experience in the design and implementations of automated intralogistics solutions combined to software for the Supply chain, Savoye has established itself as a significant player in the regional supply chain sector, bringing a wide range of logistic solutions in just oneyear of setting up an office in the UAE. Our full range of automated and robotized technologies as well as software (WMS—Warehouse Management System; WCS—Warehouse Control System; TMS—Transport Management System; OMS—Order Management System) helps bring about better management and performance of supply chain systems. GSC: As the Managing Director for Savoye Middle East, what are your top priorities for the company for the short and possibly the long-term? AK: I strongly believe that the growth of any organisation depends on the quality of its workforce. So, one of my top priorities is to help build a strong and self-dependent local team by hiring top talents and experts from the region. I will also keep working on empowering
