SearchOUR MANUFACTURING ASSETS
We strive to maintain the health, integrity, and reliability of our assets as we work to deliver on our production goals.
- Customer Centricity
- Innovation and Sustainability Solutions
- Product Stewardship
- Our Manufacturing Assets
- Digitalization
- Cybersecurity
- Environment, Health, Safety, and Security
- Climate Change and Resource Efficiency
- Supply Chain
- Procurement
- Raw Materials
- Our People
- Toward Saudi Vision 2030: Driving Local Content
- Communities
- Ethics, Compliance, and Human Rights
Manufacturing materials is SABIC’s primary activity and, as such, the fundamental objective of our manufacturing strategy is to align our production capabilities with SABIC’s overarching strategy and vision. The manufacturing strategy establishes targets, ownership, and accountability, which in turn allows us to use our resources efficiently, optimize costs, ensure a safe working environment, and maintain the health, integrity, and reliability of our assets as we work to deliver on our production goals.
FOCUS ON DIGITALIZATION
Digitalization plays a central role within manufacturing and, hence, it presented one of the earliest opportunities to embrace digitalization, allowing us to elevate asset performance through several digital initiatives. A key initiative is Asset Healthcare, a digital program to complement existing manufacturing efforts toward improving asset reliability in over 100 plants globally. In the next five years, SABIC forecasts achieving close to US$ 400 Mn. in material loss avoidance through this program, along with being able to better predict potential failures, allowing for proactive maintenance and minimizing unplanned downtime.
OPERATIONS MANAGEMENT
SABIC continues to enhance performance drivers and seek operational excellence through the Operations Discipline program, which was established to ensure compliance with critical operational elements during manufacturing processes, capitalizing on best operational practices and complementing other corporate programs. The Operations Discipline program helps manufacturing sites develop and deploy a structured operational discipline culture to ensure that tasks are performed in a manner consistent with the organization's risk tolerance and that everyone is doing the right thing, at the right time, every time. In 2023, the Operations Discipline maturity level improved by 7%.
COMMUNITIES OF PRACTICE
We launched seven Communities of Practice across Saudi Arabian sites in 2023. These Communities of Practice brought together people operating similar plants and technologies allowing them to discuss, share concerns and opportunities, and collaborate on solutions. Through this initiative, SABIC is creating a knowledge-sharing culture to tap into the reservoirs of expertise across its business.
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Disclaimer: This abridged interactive version of the SABIC Integrated Annual Report 2023 is based on the original PDF report published on this website. In case of any discrepancy, the original PDF report will prevail.