Pakistan Telecommunication Company Limited PTCL signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with SAP, a global technology company, to enhance Cloud-based digital business transformation, vital for enabling Pakistan Vision 2025, especially in agriculture, banking & education sector. The MoU was signed at PTCL HQs in Islamabad by Adil Rashid, Chief Business Services Officer, PTCL and Saquib Ahmad, Managing Director, SAP Pakistan. On the occasion were also present Dr. Daniel Ritz, President & CEO, PTCL, Ahmed Al-Faifi, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, SAP Middle East North, along with officials from respective companies. Through this MoU, PTCL & SAP will be able to jointly support enterprises in Pakistan to accelerate their cloud-based digital business transformation. In particular, PTCL will offer ‘Enterprise Resource Planning on the Cloud’, through which enterprises can gain real-time business insights that can further enhance their decision-making and digital business models. Business leaders in Pakistan are increasingly turning to the cloud to become Intelligent Enterprises that can secure higher revenue, market share and profitability. Worldwide, 84 percent of organizations rate digital transformation as critical by 2022, according to the recent SAP Digital Transformation Executive Study. Must Read: SaudiGulf Airlines starting new direct flights between Saudi Arabia and four cities in Pakistan On the occasion, Dr. Daniel Ritz, President & CEO, PTCL, said, “PTCL & SAP collaboration will enable cloud-based digital transformation that is aligned with Pakistan Vision 2025. PTCL has the vision and expertise to deliver cloud-based business solutions that span hardware, software, and services to meet Pakistan’s digital business needs. Cloud is vital for the public and private sectors to transform customer experience drive business innovation and raise productivity to the next level.” PTCL will collaborate with SAP and SAP’s ecosystem on offering business solutions on the HANA Enterprise Cloud, aiming to become a Partner Managed Cloud to offer private cloud solutions, presenting enterprises with SAP Business One analytics software and enabling the Digital Economy with Internet of Things (IoT) innovations. Ahmed Al-Faifi, Senior Vice President and Managing Director, SAP Middle East North, said, “This MoU with PTCL will strengthen our ties with Pakistan’s leading digital innovators. CEOs in Pakistan are regional leaders in embracing the cloud to move to an OPEX model that optimizes costs, productivity, and innovation. Cloud is being adopted by the agriculture sector for connected farms, banking and finance for digital banks and education for connected campuses.” This collaboration with SAP will further accelerate PTCL’s long-term digital transformation roadmap.
Fauji Fertilizer Company Goes Live on SAP Digital Core to Transform Business Processes
Fauji Fertilizer Company Goes Live on SAP Digital Core to Transform Business Processes. Enabling Pakistan Vision 2025’s goals of growing Pakistan’s agricultural contribution to GDP through technology, the Fauji Fertilizer Company Ltd(FFC), Pakistan’s largest fertilizer company, has gone live on a digital core for real-time analytics. FFC successfully deployed the SAP S/4HANA next-generation business suite. Agriculture is a pillar of Pakistan’s economy, representing 45 percent of the workforce and 21 percent of GDP, according to Pakistan Vision 2025. The Vision aims to use technology to make farmers 20 percent more efficient, decrease the crop yield gap by 40 percent, and reduce crop losses by 50 percent. The China-Pakistan Economic Corridor is also seeing strong investment in agricultural technology. “By leveraging on the latest and emerging technology innovations provided by SAP S/4HANA, FFC has been able to transform its business processes to attain excellence previously impossible with traditional management practices, thus becoming the example of modern success” said Lieutenant General Shafqaat Ahmed (Retired), CEO and Managing Director, Fauji Fertilizer Company Ltd. “I congratulate my team for achieving this milestone.” Must Read: Once A Struggling Startup, Now A Success Story Saquib Ahmad, Country Manager, SAP Pakistan, said: “Digital transformation will contribute to Pakistan’s economic growth. Data analytics can enable agile planning for more productive businesses. As a digital vanguard, FFC is spearheading Pakistan Vision 2025’s goals of agricultural innovation, with digital solutions helping to strengthen the agricultural sector’s productivity.” FFC has successfully woven intelligent capabilities into market-leading Business Suite system platform to facilitate enterprise-wide innovation. The aggressive use of data is transforming business models, facilitating new products and services, generating greater utility, and ushering in a new culture of management. “The companies that have had the most success with digital transformation don’t just change what they do – they change how they do it,” said Fakhar ul Hasan, Head of IT, Fauji Fertilizer Company Ltd. “Using improved business processes, mobility and real-time analytics on our supply chain, we can help our sales force and customers to gain the fertilizers that can help them achieve more productive farms and flourishing businesses.”
Pakistan Vision 2025 Drives Future Cities Growth
Pakistan Vision 2025 and the China Pakistan Economic Corridor are driving investment in Future Cities to deliver economic growth and enhance urban livability, the new country manager for Future Cities enabler SAP announced today. With the United Nations projecting over half of Pakistan set to live in cities by 2025, the China Pakistan Economic Corridor partnership is investing millions of rupees in Future City projects in Islamabad, along with Gwadar, and Quetta, and supporting Pakistan Vision 2025 digital transformation goals. Using innovations such as 3D printing, blockchain, artificial intelligence, and machine learning, Pakistan is transforming key industry verticals such as government, healthcare, logistics, and transportation. Smart utilities and the smart grid, the smart supply chain, and public safety all present major opportunities. “Pakistan’s cities face complex challenges that require innovative thinking and vision to reinvent how the country tackles economic, social, and environmental issues. Urban leaders in Pakistan are at the forefront of using citywide digital transformation to deliver better public services, good governance, safer cities, and economic prosperity,” said Saquib Ahmad, County Manager, for SAP Pakistan. Supporting Pakistan’s Future Cities, SAP is exchanging global best practices from the recently-launched SAP Leonardo digital innovation system, the Future Cities program that co-innovates with over 4,500 local governments worldwide, and the SAP Training and Development Institute that upskills youth. With more than 16 years of IT experience in the region, Saquib Ahmad is committed to supporting new digital business models in Pakistan and driving Digital Economy growth. “Pakistan is a strategic growth market for SAP, and we are exchanging global best practices in using real-time technology to deliver clean, safe, and competitive cities. Saquib Ahmad has the experience, leadership, and disruptor vision to drive public-private partnerships that support Pakistan Vision 2025,” said Gergi Abboud, Managing Director for the Gulf and Pakistan at SAP.
