Saudi Arabia: India-based software developer Mastek has successfully digitised operations at Yanbu Cement’s Yanbu cement plant in Medina province. Mastek deployed automation, industrial internet of things (IoT) and integrated enterprise platforms throughout the plant’s 5.9Mt/yr integrated cement production and 10Mt/yr despatch processes. The plant also handles 220,000 truck movements annually. Mastek installed Oracle Fusion Cloud enterprise resource planning (ERP) software, integrated with IoT-enabled weighbridges, automated gate systems, GPS-driven transit tracking and a unified dashboard to provide real-time visibility from order to delivery. A new customer-facing digital portal facilitates order placement and live shipment tracking. As a result of these operational changes, truck turnaround time halved.
Yanbu Cement CEO Ali Al Ayed said "The transformation has enhanced operational efficiency and reduced costs, leading to quick turnaround and accelerated deliveries."
Yanbu Cement hired Mastek for the project in 2024, extending a digital and cloud transformation programme the two partners began in 2022.
