What is the “ERP” project that the government is implementing now, and in which sector, and why was the Ministry of Business entrusted to it, and within how long this project will exist, and what is the benefit from it? We will tell you all the details in this report.
In the last hours, the Minister of Public Business Sector, Engineer Mohamed Shimi, unveiled the “ERP” project, and said that it had been agreed with the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology to set a tight timetable for its implementation, which is the application of the enterprise resource planning system in companies affiliated with the Ministry. The public business sector, in order to save a lot of financial burdens and generate more revenues.
For this reason, joint working teams were formed from the Ministry of Business Sector and Communications to monitor the progress of work and ensure the implementation of the project according to the specified plans, all with assignments to speed up the implementation steps of the project.
The Minister of Business Sector and the Minister of Communications also discussed ways to accelerate the implementation of the system that aims to improve and automate work systems in new projects, including the implementation of the “ERP” system, which will be a pivotal step in the ministry’s strategy to develop and modernize the subsidiaries.
This new system will contribute to improving the decision-making process based on accurate and real-time data, in addition to enhancing administrative performance, consolidating governance principles, and reducing operational costs. All of this will enhance the competitiveness of companies in the market, and thus also compete in achieving profits and reviving the micro and macro economy as well.
The application of the “ERP” system in public business sector companies comes within the framework of the efforts made to achieve digital transformation and apply the latest technologies in the various sectors of the country. That is why the Ministry of Communications and Information Technology is fully prepared to provide the necessary technical support, as well as all innovative and advanced solutions to overcome the challenges that may face the implementation process.
We can say that there is a great interest from the government in accelerating the implementation of the system to enhance companies’ capabilities to manage their resources more effectively and transparently, and to keep pace with the digital transformations that all state institutions are witnessing, and this will happen in conjunction with the training and qualification of human cadres in affiliated companies to ensure optimal use of the new system. This.
In a related context, yesterday, the Minister of Public Business Sector, on behalf of Prime Minister Dr. Mostafa Madbouly, opened the activities of the 15th Kuwaiti Week in Egypt, which is organized by the Kuwaiti Embassy in Cairo in cooperation with the Jabriya Group of Kuwaiti Exhibitions, under the slogan “Kuwait in Egypt.”
This opening was attended by a large group of officials in Egypt and Kuwait, as well as heads of major partners, including Dr. Sherif Farouk, Minister of Supply and Internal Trade, Dr. Ibrahim Saber, Governor of Cairo, and on the Kuwaiti side, Ambassador Ghanem Saqr Al-Ghanem, Ambassador of the State of Kuwait to the Arab Republic of Egypt, and representatives of the Ministries of Defense and Information. The General Authority of Endowments, the Public Authority for Industry, major companies operating in various fields in the State of Kuwait, and the head of the Jabriya Exhibitions Group, Ahmed. Ismail Behbehani, in addition to the presence of a number of Arab ambassadors, diplomats and dignitaries.
More than 80 Egyptian and Kuwaiti entities and companies in various sectors are participating in the 3-day exhibition, such as the Egyptian ministries (Health and Population, Petroleum and Mineral Resources, Labor, Tourism and Antiquities, Civil Aviation), Cairo Governorate, and a number of Kuwaiti ministries.
From here, Engineer Mohamed Shimi confirmed that the Kuwaiti Week in Egypt is one of the largest Egyptian-Kuwaiti gatherings that contribute to strengthening the bonds of interdependence between the two brotherly countries.
He also stressed that the periodicity of holding this annual event over the course of 15 years reflects the depth of the fraternal and established historical relations between Egypt and Kuwait and the keenness to enhance joint cooperation in various fields, especially economic, trade and investment, in light of what the Egyptian state is witnessing under the leadership of President Abdel Fattah El-Sisi, President of the Republic. From a development boom and unprecedented achievements in the new republic.
