DED, represented by the Dubai Export Development Corporation (DEDC) and the Dubai Department of Business Excellence (DED), has launched the Smart Industry Award to be added to the categories of the Dubai Quality Award, which aims to engage the industrial sector in the march of excellence within the Business Excellence Awards, and to achieve the vision of Dubai Industrial Strategy 2030. To encourage Dubai's industrial sector, especially manufacturing, to compete on the basis of knowledge and innovation, keep pace with global trends in digital industrial transformation, and adopt the tools of the Fourth Industrial Revolution.
Dubai Export Development Authority (DED), which oversees the Dubai Industrial Strategy 2030, in collaboration with the Department of Excellence for Business, will work to spread this category of awards in the industrial sector, which is one of the most important tributaries of economic development.
The Smart Industry Award, which includes nine core criteria, is based on the European model of the European Foundation for Quality Management, in addition to technical standards to measure the extent of transformation of processes digitally, and integration in the horizontal and vertical value chains in the industrial organization, to include the development, manufacturing, supply, products and services chain.
Khalid Al Qasem, Assistant Director General for Economic Affairs at Dubai Economic Department, said: “Dubai Economy is continuously working to enhance the prestige of business excellence awards, especially the Dubai Quality Award, as a reference for all sectors and a means to improve performance and productivity. Quality, service and competitiveness among the participants, as well as the launch of initiatives that serve the business communities. ”
For his part, Director General of Dubai Export Development Corporation, Eng. Saed Al-Awadhi said, “The Foundation seeks to launch the Dubai Smart Industry Award, the first of its kind in the Emirate, to support the industrial sector and enhance its sustainability. To encourage companies to transform digital industrial, and achieve the objectives of Dubai Industrial Strategy 2030 core ».
Al Awadi stressed that the launch of the award promotes the adoption of advanced technologies, and transforming future challenges into rewarding opportunities and multiple returns in the industrial sector, pointing out that the Smart Industry Award will contribute to spreading the culture of adopting advanced technologies supporting the industrial sector.
Digital Maturity Level
Aisha Al Falasi, Director of Industries and Product Development at Dubai Export Development Corporation, said that the Smart Industry Award, within the Dubai Quality Award, determines the level of digital maturity of local factories and the prevalence of the concept of best practices and methodologies used by the industrial companies in the emirate for smart transformation. “We look forward to highlighting the factories that keep pace with the technologies of the Fourth Industrial Revolution, in order to inspire competition and compete towards the adoption of industries that include smart sensors, location detection technology, IoT platforms, cloud computing, big data analysis and block-based artificial intelligence. Shane and others ».