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GE, Saudi Arabia deals to focus on mining, energy, healthcare

RIYADH, June 1, 2017

New projects between General Electric (GE) and Saudi Arabia will focus on the kingdom’s power, healthcare, energy and mining sectors, as well as skills training and digital analytics running on Predix, said a report.

Predix, the company’s platform for the industrial internet, is aimed at powering digital industrial businesses.

The agreements, worth $15 billion overall, includes a partnership with Saudi Aramco to generate $4 billion in efficiency savings by digitising its operations, Kate Johnson, vice president and chief commercial officer, GE Digital, was quoted as saying in a Saudi Gazette report.

GE and its Saudi partners will also use software applications running on Predix to create digital hospitals in the kingdom and improve the efficiency of its minerals mining, it said.

Johnson said: “It also includes a large healthcare digitisation component through partnerships with Saudi Telecom, under the patronage of the Saudi Ministry of Health and Dr Sulaiman Habib Medical Group (HMG).”

She added that the landmark agreement is a vital element in the digitisation of industry in the kingdom and will introduce digital solutions through an Electronic Medical Records Predix Solution and a centralised appointment system (CAS). Together, these will serve to transform MOH facilities into ‘digital hospitals’ across the region.

Johnson also highlighted that GE has recently announced a partnership with Obeikan Investment Group that will support the digitisation of Obeikan facilities.

She further noted that initially, two plants will be digitally transformed, with the potential to scale and convert the group’s other plants across the Middle East, Africa and Europe in the future.

This conversion will bring unprecedented levels of efficiency and productivity, leveraging GE Digital’s Brilliant Manufacturing solutions, added the report.




Tags: Saudi Arabia | | Energy | GE | Healthcare | Mining |

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