Intelligent CIO Middle East Issue 36 | Page 65

CASE STUDY A rabian Farms was established in 1978 in Saudi Arabia by two well- known corporate investors SEDCO Holding and Saudi Bugshan Group. Seeing the growth potential, the company expanded its operations to the UAE in 1999 and set up Arabian Farms Development Co Ltd in Dubai. The company’s UAE facility, one of the country’s premier egg producers under the SAHA brand name, is spread over a compact area of one million square feet. The fully integrated company is capable of producing almost 120 million table eggs through its fully automated, environmentally controlled chicken houses and an in-house feed manufacturing plant. Arabian Farms is known for its innovative approach to produce premium quality designer eggs and poultry products. With five major categories of eggs namely SAHA white eggs, SAHA brown eggs, SAHA Omega 3 eggs, SAHA eco eggs and SAHA pasteurised eggs, they stand tall as market leaders. Arabian Farms is also the first and only producer of SAHA pasteurised shell eggs in the entire GCC. Taking a cue from its success since its launch in 2015, the company is currently working on introducing another premium class of eggs – SAHA Lutein to their broad category. Successful production, sales and marketing strategies have spurred constant investment in the facilities. In line with this, both KSA and Dubai farms have added new poultry houses to boost gross production by 10%. The company has also upgraded its machinery and built structures to enhance process and product quality. High biosecurity standards are enforced to protect birds from disease outbreaks, and new feeding techniques and formulae are developed to modify the egg contents for greater health benefits to the consumer. Success of the business model has prompted Arabian Farms to expand into poultry meat products for which a greenfield broiler project is being developed at Al Ain to produce 6 million kgs of broiler chicken meat per year. Once fully operational, this would catapult Arabian Farms to capture 2% of the premium THE MAIN CHALLENGE WE FACED WAS INTEGRATING INFORMATION FROM VARIOUS DEPARTMENTS AND ANALYSING IT TO MAKE SENSE FOR PROMPT DECISION MAKING. fresh chicken market and also increase the turnover two-fold. “Since we began operations in the UAE, our strategy had been quite simple – build a strong and quality conscious advanced production facility, innovate and produce designer premium quality eggs to differentiate ourselves from the competition and provide consistent service to our customers through an efficient distribution network. Great team work from our highly motivated professional workforce has been www.intelligentcio.com INTELLIGENTCIO 65