EOS Technologies, the technology providers for OTN in the Sultanate recently attended a conference entitled Enhancing Procurement & Supply Chain Strategies in Oil & Gas in Jakarta, Indonesia.

The conference, chaired by Dr Graham Smith of Petroleum Development Oman attracted delegates from across the globe eager to learn best procurement practice from Industry pioneers and figure-heads. Recognised as opinion leaders on this subject; the esteemed speakers included Alan Livingston, CEO of EOS MENA and Dr Smith of PDO.

PDO’s existing system, managed by OTN provided an insightful and inspiring case study from which Oil & Gas procurement experts began discussing the future of supply chain management. After listening to Livingston and Smith; delegates began to appreciate that this superior level of solution not only exists but translates into tangible organisational benefits.

In June 2005, EOS announced the acquisition of a major stake in EOS MENA by the Zubair Corporation. EOS is a young dynamic privately owned e-commerce company which is rapidly establishing B2B e-commerce exchanges around the world, and aims to have an exchange operating in every major country in the world by 2007, each delivered together with local partners.

Alan Livingston, EOS MENA CEO enthused, “The EOS business model is primarily targeted at Corporates that want to gain supply chain connectivity to 100% of their trading partners, which up until the introduction of the EOS Document Delivery Exchange (DDE) has not been possible. We have also developed various adaptors for seamless integration into various backend systems from world leaders like SAP, Oracle, IBM, and Microsoft.”

When questioned about the delegate response to the presentations; Dr Smith proudly stated; “It is a pleasure to present what has been done with PDO, EOS and OTN to a global audience. Oman has one of the most e-enabled trading communities in the world and is something we should all be very proud of. I have no doubt that the business model applied here in the Sultanate will be used as a benchmark for procurement practice in numerous countries across continents.”

EOS has established regional offices around the world to facilitate the expansion, and local offices in operating countries through our Country partners for direct support. Formed in 2003, the company has its HQ in Dubai (UAE) and a state of the art development centre in India as well as offices in Aberdeen and Oman among others with office opening in Qatar and Abu-Dhabi. EOS also provides local support for a rapidly growing number of members through an ever expanding partner operations.