customer and emphasized Yokogawa’s principles of taking the customer’s perspective to address issues and honoring all commitments based on the motto “A commitment made is a commitment kept.” Through such efforts on the Petro Rabigh II project to meet localization requirements that it has never faced before, Yokogawa is demonstrating its ability to carry out projects successfully.Yokogawa Saudi Arabia is stepping up its CSR programs by developing human resources in collaboration with eight universities and sponsoring events to promote greater social engagement by women. Yokogawa’s development of its Saudi engineering workforce will ensure that the high quality work needed to achieve highly efficient and stable operations at this complex is performed, and will also achieve the human resource development goals set out by the Saudi Arabian government. Yokogawa’s Saudi engineers will continue to add to their skills and abilities by carrying out projects in Saudi Arabia.The experience gained on the Rabigh I project has positioned us well for subsequent project activities that include the hiring and training of local engineers; the development of strong manufacturing traditions through the local procurement of products; working with local project staff whose customs and practices differ considerably from those of Japan, other Asian countries, and the West; and coordinating the activities of teams made up of staff from other countries such as the Philippines and India.To meet these challenges, Yokogawa has promoted to a senior position a Saudi national who was involved in the Rabigh I project, hired a former intern from a local university to serve as a project manager, and established a women-only Saudi work team that has been placed in charge of the preparation of computer graphics and planning documents. Yokogawa has prepared a plan to ramp up the project over an 11-month period, covering not only work but also the leisure activities of the project personnel. This has promoted a unified teamwork approach with the Yokogawa has demonstrated its capabilities by carrying out projects all around the world in such markets as North America, Europe, Asia, the Middle East, Africa, and South America. The company will continue to work to break down barriers to international and inter-company cooperation, and will foster the development of a workforce that is willing and able to meet challenges, overcome difficulties, and bring projects to a successful conclusion.Advancing Together through the Development of Saudi Human ResourcesYokogawa Saudi Arabia’s headquartersRabigh I facility in operation27
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