Nahdi Medical Co. wins first place locally in competition

Nahdi Medical Company, the largest retail pharmacy chain in the MENA, has exemplified its strength and expertise in supply chain management, ranking first place locally and seventh place globally in the Fresh Connection competition, which concluded on June 5, qualifying Nahdi to participate in the finals in Amsterdam in September, alongside other teams from around the world.

Nahdi took part in the competition that was administered by Trax Consulting, a business solutions and consulting services provider, with over 650 professionals, making up 130 teams from 30 countries, with 13 teams from Saudi Arabia. Participating teams were tasked with making strategic and tactical decisions to save a fictional company from financial loss and make it as profitable as possible. 

Yasser Joharji, CEO, Nahdi, expressed his pride of the supply chain department and said: “We are very proud of the outstanding results that were achieved by the supply chain team throughout this competition, and we hope that they excel respectively in the finals. At Nahdi, we are committed to providing great quality of the utmost standards throughout our various functions and departments.”
Raed Jammel Monagel, VP, supply chain department at Nahdi, said: “Our team has proved its worth, achieving a leading position in this realm amongst a large number of participants who took part in the challenge.”

Nahdi is dedicated to improving its supply chain system by building a warehouse that is globally certified by ISO Global Standards.
Nahdi employees that make up the supply chain department oversee the warehouses, maintenance planning and transport. 
The Fresh Connection is an international web-based supply chain management learning program that has an annual worldwide professional competition at the organizational level. The Fresh Connection challenges are designed to deliver the ultimate value chain learning experience, helping to build true alignment between functions while developing skills and knowledge of participants.