SAUDI ARABIAN BUSINESS MARKET & STRATEGIES TO GET ESTABLISHED

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The below has been based only on the type of business booming in Saudi Arabia &/ or a business which
may have a proposed bright days for a longer/ everlasting duration.

Saudi Business Market current types:
1. Wholesale business/ Suks/ Supermarkets,
a. Consumer goods
i. Households,
ii. Food & cutleries,
iii. Electronics,
iv. ..
2. Construction
a. New Building/ Maintenance of Old ones,
i. Housing,
ii. Commercial,
iii. Social.
b. Electromechanical,
i. Workshops,
ii. Maintenance jobs,
iii. Machine shop set-ups,
c. Infrastructure,
i. Road/ highways,
ii. Bridges,
iii. Crossings,
iv. Railways,
v. Colleges/ schools/ Universities,
vi. ..
d. Oil & Gas,
i. Turnkey/ EPCC,
ii. Engineering,
1. FEED,
2. Main/ developing FEED.
iii. Procurement,
1. Manufacturing,
2. Vendor development,
3. Stockiest,
4. Import/ stock/ supply/ export (applies when dealing with Out of
Kingdom business),
5. ..
iv. Construction,
1. Temporary Construction Facilities,
a. Offices,
b. Camp,
c. Catering/ mess-hall,
d. Supply & Maintenance.
2. Earth moving,
a. Excavation, exposition,
b. Fill material,
c. Sand,
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d. Marl.
3. Civil,
a. Pre-casting,
b. Cast-in-situ,
c. Raw material supply,
d. Ready-mix,
e. ..
4. Fabrication/ Piping/ Pipeline,
a. Pre-engineered material,
b. Pre-fabrication,
i. Pipe spools,
ii. Structural fabrication heavy/ light.
c. Painting/ coating.
5. Mechanical,
a. Equipment,
i. Rotary,
ii. Vessels,
iii. Boxes,
iv. Exchangers,
v. ..
6. Electrical & Instrumentation,
a. Over-head power line OHPL,
b. Specific discipline viz. X-mer, Rectifier,..
c. Calibrations, surveys, ..
7. Telecommunication,
a. FOC,
b. SCADA,
c. RTU,
d. Corrosion Monitoring System,
e. Metering System,
f. Filtration System,
g. Leak Detection System,
h. PLCs,
i. CCR,
j. ..
8. Pre-commissioning/ commissioning,
a. Caliper survey,
b. Water filling/ Cleaning/ Flushing/ Pressure test,
c. Dewatering/ Drying/ Purging/ Lay-up.
d. Leak-test.
v. Manpower supply,
1. Specific disciplines,
a. Skilled
i. A grade,
1. QA/QC Inspectors,
2. PCON personnel,
3. Safety personnel,
4. Contracts personnel,
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5. ..
ii. B grade,
1. Pipe fitter,
2. Fabricator,
3. Welder,
4. Rigger,
5. Scaffolder,
6. ..

b. Unskilled
i. Labourer,
ii. Helper,
iii. Mason,
iv. Carpenter,
v. ..
c. ..
2. Any.

vi. Sub-contracting,
vii. ..
3. Logistics,
a. Supply chain management,
b. ..
4. Service Industry,
5. ..

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Strategist to adopt;
Market Survey,
o Business to penetrate into,
Vision for next 25 years/ long term goals,
Maximum profit at lowest risk,
Low initial investments.
o Competition,
Local,
Expats.
o Strategy to deal with competitors,
Solid referencing,
Establishing contacts to exemplary extents.
o Initial Capital Investment needed,
Funds through?
Trade-offs?
New funds generation & re-generation.
o Resources available & needed,
o Co-Existence (& Co-Subsistence).
o ..