Borouge stressed supply chain solutions at 7th GPCA Supply Chain Conference

Borouge participated and sponsored the 7th Gulf Petrochemicals and Chemicals Association (GPCA) Supply Chain Conference held recently in Dubai, UAE. With the theme, ‘Strengthening the supply chain backbone – Paving the way forward for 2020’, the conference gave Borouge the opportunity to discuss key developments in the supply chain business within the petrochemical and chemical industries and reinforce its leading position and market share in the region.
 
“The 7th GPCA Supply Chain Conference provides leaders in the supply chain business with an opportunity to engage in learning about the latest developments in supply chain management,” said Ahmed Al Shamsi, Senior Vice President Supply Chain Management, Borouge. He stressed that the participants of the conference were involved with significant discussions about the policies and strategies that the region’s governments and industrial sectors are undertaking to improve accessibility to and from the region and to meet the GCC’s economic development goals for 2020.

Alan Izzard, Senior Adviser, Borouge, and Director of Gulf Sustainability and Quality Assessment System (SQAS) Programme, GPCA, delivered a presentation at the conference on the aspects of SQAS. He said that SQAS aims to evaluate and drive continuous improvement in EHSS&Q performance of logistics service providers (LSP’s) and drives continuous Responsible Care® improvement in supply chain. He pointed out that the SQAS programme also promotes internal improvement in logistics service providers, reduces resources and cost for manufacturers and comprehensively addresses the two Distribution and Product Stewardship Codes of the Seven Codes of Management Practice.  Another presentation was also delivered by Naser Zaid Al Omaira, Vice President Site Supply Chain, Borouge, in which he highlighted the importance of achieving sustainability through collaboration.

As a founding member of the GPCA, Borouge also sponsored students from the American University in the Emirates (AUE) to participate in the 7th GPCA Supply Chain Conference. The students had the chance to enhance their knowledge about supply chain business and realise the important role that Borouge supply chain professionals play in ensuring a reliable and safe delivery of products to our customers around the world.

A robust supply chain infrastructure and integrated IT systems provide Borouge’s customers with a seamless ordering process within competitive lead-times. Polyolefin pellets are distributed from Khalifa Port and Jebel Ali, the logistics Gateways in the UAE, and sent to major local depots before being distributed to ports around the world. Borouge is expanding its commercial and logistics network in the Middle East and Asia to be closer to customers. The company already dedicated logistics hubs in Asia with warehousing and packing facilities in Shanghai, Guangzhou and Singapore. In 2014, Borouge opened three new Asian warehouses to better serve the needs of Borouge’s growing customers base in the Asia North and Asia South regions. These include two new local warehouses in Tianjin and Ningbo in China, and a regional warehouse in Singapore.