ASRY modernisation continues, signs deal with Infor

TDT | Manama

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ASRY, the Arabian Gulf ’s leading maritime repair and fabrication facility, announced signing a contract with Infor, a New York-based multi-national enterprise software firm, to implement a new state-of-theart facility-wide Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system.

Mazen Matar, the Managing Director of (ASRY), and Jeorg Jung, the Executive Vice President for EMEA (Infor), signed the deal in the presence of Shaikh Mohammed bin Khalifa AlKhalifa, the Minister of Oil, and officials from both companies.

“This project is a digital overhaul of the entire company’s processes and procedures,” said ASRY Managing Director Mazen Matar. 

“It is the most wide-reaching administrative transformation in the facility’s 44-year history, and after an extensive feasibility study, we have chosen Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise.”

Matar added: “ASRY completes over 250 projects per year across four industrial sectors, and once this system is deployed, these operations will be simplified and digitised, bringing agility to the business, and ultimately streamlining our ability to serve customers, maximise ASRY’s contribution to Bahrain’s Economic Vision 2030 and boost the region’s maritime sector.” 

ASRY’s use of Amazon Web Services (AWS) for the new ERP also creates further integration with the Kingdom’s burgeoning ICT sector, which hosts the AWS Middle East Region.

“We are the latest in a wave of businesses and government entities tapping into the advanced and secure technology infrastructure are being developed and expanded throughout Bahrain, and join an elite list of global firms who have also chosen Infor’s services.”

Infor Executive Vice President MEA, Jeorg Jung, said: “We’re thrilled to be working with ASRY on its digital transformation, and we look forward to helping it achieve its business goals in a dynamic industry.”

ASRY and Infor said they aim to complete the deployment of the first phase of Infor CloudSuite Industrial Enterprise within 11 months. 

The platform will incorporate all divisions of the yard, including commercial, supply chain, production, finance and general services. 

As well as a simplified IT architecture, streamlined and automated processes, and end-toend visibility of key aspects of the business, there will also be modules for a new cloud-based human capital management (HCM) capability to help ASRY deliver streamlined workforce processes, as well as a new customer relationship management (CRM) module.