- Company Name: Canal Regional Company
- Location: Saudi Arabia (Headquarters) & China (Manufacturing)
- Industry: Manufacturing – Plastic Products (PVC & CPVC)
- Implementation partner: Rightechs Solutions
- Apps: Manufacturing, Sales, Purchase, Inventory, Accounting, HR (Fingerprint Integration), and more
- Leading ERP Solutions in KSA: How Canal Regional Company Modernized a 60-Year Manufacturing Legacy.
Canal Regional Company is a pioneering leader in the Saudi Arabian plastic industry, with a prestigious history spanning 60 years. The company specializes in the high-quality production of PVC and CPVC products, serving a massive customer base across the Gulf countries. With a strategic operational model that includes a corporate headquarters in Saudi Arabia and primary manufacturing facilities located in China, the Canal regional company manages a complex international supply chain. To maintain its position as a market leader after six decades of success, the management team recognized the need to move away from legacy processes and adopt a unified digital infrastructure to support its global scale.
Before Odoo:
Technical Bottlenecks and Failed Transitions. For years, Canal Regional company relied on a system called Data Ocean, but as the business grew in complexity, the system could no longer meet its evolving needs. The company initially attempted to modernize by transitioning to Microsoft Dynamics; however, the implementation failed to meet the leadership team’s specific requirements and expectations.
This left the company with significant operational gaps:
- Unsupported Departments: Critical areas, such as Human Resources, were not supported by any system at all, leading to manual workflows.
- Data Silos: There was a lack of integration between the factory in China and the administrative functions in Saudi Arabia.
- Limited Visibility: Tracking real-time costs and synchronizing manufacturing with sales was difficult, hindering the company’s ability to respond quickly to market demands.
The leadership team, including Financial Director Mohammed Salah, knew that to protect their 60-year workflow, they needed a platform that was "business-Oriented" and flexible enough to be tailored to their unique industrial nature.
Phase 1 – Building the Integrated Industrial Backbone The Canal Regional Company chose Odoo, implemented by Rightechs Solutions, due to the platform's open-source flexibility and Rightechs' deep understanding of business logic. In the first phase, the focus was on creating a "linked" workflow that connected every vital organ of the company.
The core applications deployed included:
- Manufacturing: To manage the distinct production lines for PVC and CPVC.
- Sales & Purchasing: To automate the order-to-cash and procure-to-pay cycles.
- Inventory: To provide real-time stock visibility across international locations.
- Accounting: To ensure all operational data is automatically reflected in financial reports and cost tracking.
For the first time in the company's history, the HR department was brought online and fully integrated with the company’s fingerprint attendance devices, creating an automated and seamless payroll and attendance experience.
Growth with Rightechs: Global Transparency and 100% Quality Today, Rightechs serves as the central nervous system for the Canal Regional company. The implementation has successfully bridged the gap between their Saudi headquarters and Chinese manufacturing plant.
Key achievements include:
- Manufacturing Excellence: The manufacturing workflow is now so precise that operational quality has reached 95%-100% in Phase 1.
- Customized Logic: Unlike standard ERPs, Rightechs solutions enable Sales customizations to handle complex pricing structures and special offers critical to the plastic industry.
- Unified Financials: The integration between purchasing and accounting now provides the management team with accurate, real-time data on production costs and profitability.
Key Challenges and How Rightechs Solved Them
- Change Management & The "Mentality" Shift Challenge: Moving a 60-year-old company from legacy systems to a modern ERP required a massive cultural shift. Many staff members and senior managers were hesitant to change their long-established ways of working.
- Solution: This was overcome through the "strong insistence" and unwavering support of top management. Rightechs Solutions company provided structured training to ensure every employee, from entry-level to senior management, was comfortable and capable on the new platform.
- Complex Data Migration Challenge: Migrating six decades of historical data—including thousands of customer records, supplier histories, product catalogs, and opening balances—was a high-stakes task.
- Solution: Rightechs and The Canal regional company worked tirelessly to ensure a clean migration of all opening balances, products, and sales data, ensuring that the company’s history was preserved while moving into the future.
3. Round-the-Clock Operational Support Challenge: The nature of the Canal’s global manufacturing meant that support was often needed outside of standard business hours, particularly during stock adjustments.
- Solution: Rightechs provided 24/7 support, with consultants often working until dawn alongside the Canal’s team to oversee critical implementations like stock adjustments. This level of commitment ensured that the "on-ground" operations never stalled during the transition.
A Long-Term Partnership for Continuous Growth. The transformation of the Canal regional company—from a fragmented legacy environment to a high-performance digital leader—demonstrates the power of combining industry expertise with flexible technology.
While Phase 1 has already achieved near-perfect quality in manufacturing and operations, the company is now moving into Phase 2. This next stage focuses on advanced management reporting to provide the leadership team with 100%
visibility into every metric of the business. With Rightechs Solutions company as a strategic partner and Odoo as its foundation, Canal regional company is now future-ready, ensuring its next 60 years will be as successful as its first.
Following our success in the KSA market, Rightechs Solutions is now expanding its footprint to provide world-class ERP solutions in Egypt, helping local manufacturers achieve similar digital excellence.
Ready to transform your manufacturing operations in KSA or Egypt? Contact Rightechs Solutions today