Tribune News Network
Doha
The Ministry of Commerce and Industry, in cooperation with strategic partners, factories, national companies, hypermarkets, and catering companies, conducted simulation exercises of operational supply processes of food and consumer goods to local markets during the FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022.
The simulation exercises for operational processes form part of the ministry’s efforts to define scenarios to address projected challenges while holding the tournament, particularly with aims at facilitating communication between national businesses, local factories, and goods suppliers with hypermarkets. The ministry’s efforts also seek to enhance the response to inventory shortages at hypermarkets, catering businesses, and the three central markets.
Moreover, the said exercises seek to test quick response plans for any emergency, assess the readiness of all concerned parties in terms of handling various scenarios, assure the understanding and awareness of joint plans, and define roles and responsibilities.
The simulation exercises saw the participation of the Emergency Committee’s operations room, hypermarkets, national companies and factories, catering companies, and major suppliers of food and consumer goods.
The ministry emphasised that the simulation exercises offered a chance to evaluate the efficiency and effectiveness of operational process coordination structures and communication channels amongst all stakeholders, in preparation for hosting the international event.
The simulation exercises included simulating many possible events and scenarios during the tournament, as well as defining ways to address them by the concerned authorities.
One simulation exercise involved supplying fruit and vegetable types from strategic partner warehouses to the central markets in Al Sailiya, Umm Salal, and Al Wakrah in coordination with Aswaq Company for food facilities management.
Moreover, simulations included assessing the supply of vegetables, fruits, frozen red meat, frozen chicken, table eggs, and bottled water, from strategic partner warehouses to those of catering companies, in addition to assessing the supply of food items from strategic partner warehouses to major outlets or their associated warehouses, such as Al Meera, Carrefour, LuLu Hypermarket, Safari Hypermarket, Spar, Masskar Hypermarket, and the Family Food Center.
The ministry confirmed that the simulation exercises were carried out successfully, demonstrating that all parties involved were prepared to meet the diverse local market needs during the FIFA World CupQatar 2022.
