Bahri Annual Report-2014

Information Technology The Company completed several major IT projects which serve different businesses of the Company through facilitating internal procedures and operations in order to increase efficiency and quality in line with the international standards. This will help the Company to provide excellent services to its clients, improve its overall performance, enhance its competitive position as a leading international and regional maritime company and ensure that the Company is in touch with the latest developments in the Information Technology sector. One of the major achievements was to develop a latest and sophisticated system for general cargo transportation sector. The project included testing the system procedures by the Company’s working team, represented by all concerned departments, in order to provide necessary comments and ensure its appropriateness before training the staff on its effective usage and implementation. Additionally, an integrated meeting management system was applied for the Board of Directors and its committees meetings utilizing the latest technologies. The system covers all aspects of any meeting, including the invitation, agenda, documentation, e-voting, etc. This will help to conduct paperless meetings, and the system will be the main platform of the Board’s meetings and related documentation. Moreover, the Company started to develop its website which will be launched soon to keep in touch with the Company’s expansion and meet the requirements of its clients and shareholders. Continuing its efforts to streamline the technical systems used by the Company, the financial and administrative system was expanded to cover a set of the Company’s offshore offices. To ensure the security of IT infrastructure and applications, the related policies and procedures were reviewed. Moreover, a data center will be established in the new headquarters, and all IT infrastructure needs will be met according to the work conditions. To ensure optimal use of all applicable systems and expand their application to all business units in the Company, actual use is regularly reviewed and enhancements are introduced, and the smart reporting system will be applied to follow-up the performance indicators and obtain different analytical reports at different levels.

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The National Shipping Company of Saudi Arabia ( )

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