Digital Transformation of the Yanbu Royal Commission, Saudi Arabia

Driving Digital Transformation of the Yanbu Royal Commission through Innovative Smart City Development

Client Profile

Digital Transformation of the Yanbu Royal Commission, Saudi Arabia

In 1975, Saudi Arabia established Yanbu Industrial City by royal decree, which has since become the world’s third-largest refining hub. In April 2016, Saudi Arabia launched Vision 2030, marking a pivotal opportunity for national transformation. The Smart Yanbu Industrial City Project was initiated, embodying the hopes of the Saudi people for a new era of modernization. The Yanbu Royal Commission is determined to leverage smart city solutions to address its challenges, positioning itself as a pioneer in the Saudi government’s digital transformation.

Industry Challenges

Data from multiple existing smart systems needs to be aggregated, necessitating the construction of the Yanbu Smart City Big Data Center.
Being at the early stage of digital transformation, there is a lack of standardized data norms and mechanisms for data asset management.
There are no effective methods or mechanisms for sharing data services with the public and government departments.

Solution

Build a Data Integration System

Provide a unified data aggregation and fusion capability for different data sources, including source management, collection, cleaning, transformation, loading, as well as visualized task orchestration, scheduling, and management.

Build a Data Governance System

Relying on a data governance platform, implement data collection, aggregation, standards and quality management, and data asset management, establishing full-lifecycle data control capabilities to support the Yanbu Royal Commission’s digital transformation.

Build a Data Sharing System

Simplify service registration and invocation, improve the efficiency of data service development, and provide data sharing services externally through unified interfaces or file-based methods.

User Benefits

Conducted a thorough assessment of existing data resources and data product processing workflows.

Aggregated data from systems such as smart weighing, smart street lighting, emergency response, smart policing, and IoT platforms to form the Yanbu Smart City Big Data Center.

Established relevant data standards, data quality norms, and metadata for smart city development in Yanbu.

Implemented data quality management processes and data sharing mechanisms, creating a data-sharing portal for both the public and government departments, serving as a high-quality data engine for smart city centers and applications.

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