FARABI Petrochemicals has been recognised by Microsoft giving it the 2012 Industry Excellence Award, as part of the Microsoft Dynamics Customer Excellence Awards programme.

Farabi was honoured by Microsoft executives at an awards ceremony at Convergence 2012 Houston, the premier Microsoft Dynamics user conference.

The 2012 Customer Excellence Awards, which are presented in nine categories, recognize and celebrate Microsoft Dynamics customers that have achieved notable accomplishments using their Microsoft Dynamics solutions.

Farabi Petrochemicals was recognised for its strong commitment to industry excellence. Working with Microsoft Gold Certified Partner, Infosys Limited, a global leader in consulting and technology, Farabi was able to build a robust, fully integrated and easy-to-use Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) system that provides real-time visibility into company-wide data, improves business intelligence, enables rapid decision making and reduces duplication of work.

Mohammed Ibrahim Al Bibi, president of Farabi Petrochemicals says: “We are pleased to receive this recognition from Microsoft in the category of Industry Excellence. This is well deserved recognition for the teams at Farabi and Infosys who have participated and contributed to the successful implementation of this ERP system.

“This solution has helped us improve productivity leading to increased savings and better information management.”

After extensive market research and due diligence, Farabi identified Microsoft Dynamics AX as the ERP solution best suited to fulfill its requirements, as it scored high on all evaluation parameters – meeting requirements of flexibility, scalability, ease of integration and lower total cost of ownership.

“Microsoft Saudi Arabia is really proud that a leading Saudi organisation such as Farabi Petrochemicals was recognised in the global program, Microsoft Dynamics Customer Excellence Awards, and has achieved ‘2012 Industry Excellence Award’ due to the implementation of Microsoft Dynamics solutions,” says  Loai Bafaqeeh, marketing and operations director at Microsoft Saudi Arabia. Bafaqeeh adds that Microsoft’s main objective is to help businesses improve productivity and return on investment.

Optimally suited to help the company overcome its challenges, this solution enables synchronised and aligned supply and demand management, purchase and requisitioning, storage and inventory and net back statements.

It helps Farabi integrate multiple facilities and departments by delivering a single, real-time view into all sales, operations, procurement and financial activities using familiar applications that are readily available globally.