Qatar Steel Company has completed the implementation of Oracle's e-business suite, which has enabled Qasco to streamline its internal business processes, as well as giving senior management a clearer, more concise means to analyze business performance and make informed and timely business decisions, as per a statement from the company. Oracles e-business suite will allow Qasco the ability to expand while retaining its lean manufacturing structure and high-quality production, it said.

Qasco sought to strengthen its IT capabilities by replacing systems developed in-house with a world class enterprise resource planning solution from Oracle. According to Mr Malek Hamdieh, information technology manager for Qasco, the company required a solution that would provide an integrated view of its growing operations.

Qasco has developed an aggressive expansion plan, with the steel manufacturer on course to complete in 2010 the building of a state of the art facility capable of producing four million tonnes of iron per year.