DP World embarks on digital transformation program

DP World has embarked on a digital transformation program that will be led by the development an integrated software for the company’s key core processes.

The port operator will work with Oracle Business Applications to create the platform, which will be used to standardise DP World’s finance, operations, procurement and human resource work.

The Oracle Cloud Application platform will employ cloud applications and will also incorporate technologies such as artificial intelligence, machine learning, the Internet of Things, and block chain.

DP World group chairman and CEO Sultan Ahmed Bin Sulayem said, “Innovative tech solutions are the way forward in the 21st century and we’re equipping ourselves with an effective platform to grow into new sectors where technology can maximise efficiencies and enable us to deliver transformational products and services.”