Milaha, Microsoft launch hackathon to help boost digital transformation
‘MILAHA’, Qatar’s maritime and logistics industry leader, organised its inaugural Innovative Hackathon, in partnership with Microsoft. The event included a number of competitions and interactive programmes aimed at motivating inventors -- Citizen Developers -- to provide effective creative solutions for enhancing digital transformation, facilitating complex processes and encountering business challenges.
The event attracted employees from different business departments, backgrounds and skill levels, who collaborated and competed to create and design smart applications and digital solutions, using the low-code development platform and other technologies to find the best solutions for various business challenges.
The participants were asked to create and develop digital solutions focusing on three categories and objectives achieving digital transformation, providing a user-friendly experience, and adapting to new challenges and circumstances.
The prize category winners include
The ‘Overall Application Winner’ awarded to Suhaib Jalis (Human Resources), Roshan Gaonkar (Digital and Process Excellence) and Aneeb Liaqat (Financial Planning Analysis) for developing ‘Milaha Management System Request’ application.
A second ‘Overall Application Winner’ was awarded to Al-Anoud Abdulla (Freight Logistics) for creating ‘Equipment Pre-Start Daily Check List’ application.
The ‘Business Impact
Winner’ was awarded to Suriawati Chandra (Maritime and Logistics) for developing ‘Container Shipping Price Rates’ application.
‘Milaha Values Winner’ achieved by Vijay Seshan (Marine Industrial Equipment) and Riyas Vellanath (Marine
Industrial Equipment), for creating ‘Traffic Registration’ application.
Commenting on the initiative, Abdulrahman Essa Al-Mannai, Milaha President and CEO, said “This low-code development hackathon is a part of Milaha’s Digital Transformation Strategy, aimed at empowering our creative employees to take an active part in the economic growth and increasing productivity levels through developing technology-based solutions to tackle existing industrial challenges.”
Lana Khalaf, Microsoft Qatar country manager, said “Microsoft is committed to empowering every person in Milaha to further advance the Digital Transformation journey, knowing that Milaha is one of the outperforming companies in the region in achieving advanced stages of digital transformation.”