Meta Lean
Partner since
2022
Locations
United Arab Emirates
Bahrain
Egypt
Saudi Arabia
Morocco
Qatar
Languages
Arabic
English
Hindi
Urdu
About Meta Lean
As a Platinum and CRM Specialist monday.com Partner, Meta Lean empowers teams to optimize workflows, enhance collaboration, and accelerate growth with custom monday.com solutions and end-to-end digital transformation expertise.
Expertise & focus areas
Our team of certified consultants combines deep platform knowledge with real-world business experience, delivering tailored solutions in CRM, project management, marketing automation, and operations.
Why work with us
Whether you’re a growing startup or an enterprise looking to scale with structure, we make systems work for you, not the other way around.
People
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Souphien Akhrif
Chief Executive Officer
United Arab Emirates
Arabic. French. English.
Abdallah El Hassan
Head of Operations
United Arab Emirates
Arabic. English.
Maged Basem
Account Executive
Egypt
Arabic. English.
Bassam Elkoshkany
Account Manager
United Arab Emirates
Arabic. English.
Hossam Ibrahim
Account Manager
United Arab Emirates
Arabic. English.
Jessica D'silva
Marketing Executive
United Arab Emirates
Hindi. English.
Shoaib Ali
Implementation Consultant / Senior Project Manager
Pakistan
Urdu. English.
Usama Sarwar
Implementation Consultant / Senior Project Manager
Pakistan
Urdu. English.
Mugiebelrahman Awad
Customer Success Manager
United Arab Emirates
Arabic. English.
Samson Victor
Customer Success Manager
Pakistan
Urdu. English.
Raquel Pancho
Office Manager/Accounts Assistant
United Arab Emirates
Tagalog. English.
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Their primary challenge was to establish an integrated system to manage project intake, PMO workflows, risk and issue tracking, and budget oversight across multiple departments.</p><p></p><ul><li><p><span style=\"color: rgba(2, 1, 1, 0.74);\">A structured intake mechanism using request forms to route new project proposals for approval or rejection by relevant decision-making bodies.</span></p></li><li><p><span style=\"color: rgba(2, 1, 1, 0.74);\">Automatic creation of project boards from a master template upon approval.</span></p></li><li><p><span style=\"color: rgba(2, 1, 1, 0.74);\">Seamless integration of newly approved projects into the central Portfolio Management board.</span></p></li><li><p><span style=\"color: rgba(2, 1, 1, 0.74);\">Real-time visibility into tasks, risks, issues, and budgeting for each project via dedicated dashboards.</span></p></li><li><p><span style=\"color: rgba(2, 1, 1, 0.74);\">A high-level, department-wise portfolio dashboard to aggregate data across all projects for strategic oversight.</span></p></li></ul><p></p><h2><span><strong>Solution</strong></span></h2><p></p><p>To address Silal’s complex and multi-layered project management needs, we developed and implemented a comprehensive <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-blue-link cursor-pointer hover:underline\" href=\"http://monday.com\">monday.com</a> solution tailored to streamline their end-to-end project lifecycle—from intake and approval to execution, tracking, and reporting. The solution was designed with scalability, automation, and real-time visibility in mind, ensuring the system could grow with their evolving business demands.</p><p></p><h2>Key Phases of Implementation</h2><p></p><h2><strong>Centralized Project Intake & Approval Workflow</strong></h2><p></p><p>We began by creating a structured project intake form within <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-blue-link cursor-pointer hover:underline\" href=\"http://monday.com\">monday.com</a>, customized to capture key information such as project title, department, priority, expected start/end dates, business justification, and category. Automations were applied to route each request to the relevant approval authority based on project type and category. These automations ensured timely reviews and approvals, reducing manual follow-ups.<br><br>Each phase of the intake process was date-stamped automatically, and real-time notifications were sent to the initiators and decision-makers, keeping everyone informed throughout the approval lifecycle. This setup improved internal communication, eliminated bottlenecks, and provided complete traceability of the intake-to-approval process.</p><p></p><h2><strong>Automated Project Board Creation & Portfolio Integration</strong></h2><p></p><p>Once a project request was approved, our solution triggered the automatic creation of a new project board using a pre-configured master template. Simultaneously, a new item representing the project was added to the Portfolio Management board to maintain centralized oversight of all initiatives.<br><br><strong>The master template was thoughtfully designed to include:</strong></p><p></p><ul><li><p><span style=\"color: rgba(2, 1, 1, 0.74);\">Predefined task groups and stages</span></p></li><li><p><span style=\"color: rgba(2, 1, 1, 0.74);\">Dedicated views for Risks, Issues, and Budgeting</span></p></li><li><p><span style=\"color: rgba(2, 1, 1, 0.74);\">A ready-to-use project-level dashboard</span></p></li><li><p><span style=\"color: rgba(2, 1, 1, 0.74);\">Column structures for resource planning, timelines, dependencies, owners, and progress tracking</span></p></li></ul><p></p><p>This ensured standardization across all projects and eliminated the need for manual setup—saving time and reducing the risk of errors.</p><p></p><h2><strong>Integrated Risk, Issue & Budget Management</strong></h2><p></p><p>Each project board contained sections to track project-specific <strong>risks</strong>, <strong>issues</strong>, and <strong>budgets</strong> in dedicated views. These were aligned with PMO best practices to ensure consistent categorization and prioritization. Stakeholders could easily log, assign, and update risks and issues, while budget fields provided visibility into estimated vs. actual spend.</p><p>The budget view was further enhanced with calculated fields and custom dashboards to display financial summaries and variance indicators, empowering project managers to make informed, data-driven decisions.</p><p></p><h2><strong>Cross-Board Synchronization with Live Data Feedback</strong></h2><p></p><p>To maintain real-time alignment between project boards and the Portfolio board, we implemented <strong>mirror columns</strong> and <strong>automation rules</strong> that fed key data—such as status, risk level, budget updates, and overall progress—back into the Portfolio board.</p><p>This synchronization allowed Silal’s leadership to monitor the health and performance of each project at a glance, without needing to navigate into individual boards. It also ensured data integrity and created a single source of truth for reporting and decision-making.</p><p></p><h2><strong>Executive-Level Dashboards for Portfolio Oversight</strong></h2><p></p><p>Finally, we designed a comprehensive <strong>portfolio-level dashboard</strong> using <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-blue-link cursor-pointer hover:underline\" href=\"http://monday.com\">monday.com</a>’s widget-based dashboarding tools. This dashboard pulled data from all linked project boards and visualized them department-wise using charts, counters, timelines, workload indicators, and status overviews.</p><p></p><p><strong>This gave department heads and executive management a consolidated view of:</strong></p><p></p><ul><li><p><span style=\"color: rgba(2, 1, 1, 0.74);\">Ongoing projects by department or category</span></p></li><li><p><span style=\"color: rgba(2, 1, 1, 0.74);\">Project statuses (On Track, At Risk, Delayed)</span></p></li><li><p><span style=\"color: rgba(2, 1, 1, 0.74);\">Key milestones and deadlines</span></p></li><li><p><span style=\"color: rgba(2, 1, 1, 0.74);\">Financial tracking and burn rates</span></p></li><li><p><span style=\"color: rgba(2, 1, 1, 0.74);\">Active risks and critical issues</span></p></li></ul><p></p><h2><strong>Impact</strong></h2><p></p><p>This end-to-end implementation not only digitized Silal’s project management operations but also provided them with a robust, transparent, and scalable system to monitor performance, manage risks, and ensure accountability across teams.</p>",
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What I appreciated most about Meta-Lean was their professionalism, adherence to deadlines, and commitment to quality. Keep up the great work!\"</p><p></p><h4><span><strong>Karthik B Ramesh</strong></span></h4><p>Head of Digital CRM and Lifecycle Management, Al-Futtaim Automotive</p></blockquote><p></p><h2><span><strong>The Challenge</strong></span></h2><p></p><p>Al-Futtaim Automotive, one of the leading automotive brands in the UAE, sought a centralized and streamlined system to manage marketing campaign requests across multiple internal brands. 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These initiatives needed to go through feasibility and budget assessments, during which they would be classified as either <strong>small-scale</strong> or <strong>large-scale projects</strong>. ADNEC also required a <strong>centralized portfolio management view</strong> where all active initiatives and projects could be monitored in real time based on their current status.</p><p></p><p>In parallel, they also wanted a <strong>separate intake mechanism for project charters</strong> with built-in <strong>first and second level approvals</strong>. Once approved, these charter-based projects needed to be incorporated into the same project portfolio system for consistency and tracking.</p><p></p><h2><span><strong>Solution</strong></span></h2><p></p><p>To meet ADNEC’s requirements, we designed a complete project lifecycle management solution in <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" class=\"text-blue-link cursor-pointer hover:underline\" href=\"http://monday.com\">monday.com</a>, which unified idea submission, initiative development, project classification, execution tracking, and portfolio-level oversight—all through seamless automations and real-time dashboards.</p><p></p><p></p><h2>Key Phases of Implementation</h2><p></p><p></p><h2><strong>Investment Idea Submission & Initiative Management Workflow</strong></h2><p></p><p>We first developed a <strong>custom Idea Intake Board</strong>, integrated with a structured external <strong>submission form</strong> for internal teams to propose new investment opportunities. This board was equipped with <strong>automations</strong> to track submission dates, notify reviewers, and move ideas through initial screening stages.<br><br>Once an idea was <strong>approved</strong>, it was automatically converted into an <strong>initiative</strong> and moved to a dedicated <strong>Initiative Board</strong>. Here, the initiative underwent further evaluation, including <strong>feasibility studies</strong>, <strong>budget allocation</strong>, and <strong>stakeholder approvals</strong>. Depending on the outcome of this phase, the initiative was either classified into a <strong>Small-Scale</strong> or <strong>Large-Scale Project</strong>.<br><br>Upon final approval, a new item was generated in the <strong>High-Level Portfolio Board</strong>, and simultaneously, a corresponding <strong>Project Board</strong> was created using a <strong>pre-configured template</strong>. These project boards were structured to support planning and execution activities, including milestones, tasks, owners, timelines, risks, and budgets.<br><br>Each project board was automatically <strong>linked back</strong> to the portfolio board, allowing all status changes, progress updates, and key metrics to be reflected at the portfolio level through <strong>mirrored columns and automation rules</strong>.</p><p></p><h2><strong>Project Charter Request & Approval Workflow</strong></h2><p></p><p>For the second use case, we built a separate <strong>Project Charter Intake Board</strong>, again using a tailored <strong>external form</strong> to receive structured project requests. This intake went through a <strong>two-tiered approval process</strong>, where automations ensured proper routing to the appropriate reviewers for both the <strong>1st and 2nd approval stages</strong>.<br><br>Once a charter received both approvals, the request automatically moved to the “Approved” bucket. 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