Case Study: Gulf Air achieves 15-minute payroll and same-day supplier certification with Oracle E-Business Suite

Gulf Air Now Completes Payroll in 15 Minutes, Rather Than Four Hours Certifies Suppliers in Less Than a Day

Gulf Air, the national carrier of Bahrain founded in 1950, operates an extensive regional network and relied on legacy Oracle E-Business Suite modules that were reaching end-of-life. The airline faced slow, manual processes—payroll could take up to four hours and supplier certification up to a week—and needed greater scalability, reliability, and continued vendor support to sustain growth and business continuity.

By upgrading to Oracle E-Business Suite Release 12.1.3 and adopting Oracle Financials, Payroll, Purchasing, Inventory, HR, and related modules, Gulf Air automated core finance, procurement, HR, and inventory workflows. The results included payroll processing cut to under 15 minutes, supplier certification reduced to less than a day, faster procure-to-pay cycles, improved inventory accuracy and reporting, stronger security and mobile access, and better scalability and support for future growth.

Gulf Air

Jassim Haji

Director of Information Technology